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Name: Vergil Date: 70 – 19 BCE Region: Mantua [modern northern Italy] Citation: Aeneid 9.276 – 280 |
“With all my heart
I accept you and embrace
you
As a companion in all my
troubles.
I shall seek no glory without you.
You have my truest loyalty
In everything I say
And in everything I do.”
. ...iam
pectore toto
[te] accipio et comitem casus complector in
omnis.
Nulla meis sine te quaeretur gloria rebus:
seu pacem seu bella geram, tibi maxima rerum
verborumque fides.
Vergil, also known as Virgil, [Publius Vergilius Maro; 70
– 19 BCE, modern Italy] was born in Mantua, Cisalpine Gaul, and lived during
the tumultuous transition of Roman government from republic to monarchy. His
writing talent earned him a place of honor among Maecenas’ fellow authors under
Augustan rule. He was friends with numerous famous authors of the time period,
including Horace and Asinius Pollio. His former slave Alexander was the most
influential romantic partner in his life, and the poet memorialized his love
for him under the pseudonym “Alexis” in Eclogue 2. His masterpiece, the Aeneid,
tells the story of Aeneas’ migration from Troy to Italy; it was used for
centuries as the pinnacle of Roman literature.
