Storiascopio · Era 6 of 12 · primary year 5
Virgil and the Aeneid
19 BC · Rome (Virgil was born near Mantua)
In short
Publius Vergilius Maro, known as Virgil, was born near Mantua and worked for about ten years on a great poem in Latin, the Aeneid. It tells of the journey of Aeneas, a Trojan hero who flees his burning city and reaches Latium, where his descendants will found Rome. Virgil died in Brindisi before finishing it and asked for the manuscript to be burnt. The emperor Augustus refused and had it published.
Why it matters The Aeneid became the Romans' national poem, and centuries later Dante chose Virgil as his guide in the Divine Comedy.
Source: Treccani, entry “Virgilio Marone, Publio”
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about 753 BCEvent 16 of 25AD 476
Your turn
Name ______________________ Class ______ Date __________
When did it happen? Find the date at the top and write it here:
Tell it in your own words: what happened?
Draw the scene below.
storiascopio.com/en/event/virgil-and-the-aeneid/ · free worksheet, you may photocopy it for your class