Virgil

• Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BCE), known as Virgil, was a famous Roman Poet writing during the reign of Augustus.
• Virgil wrote the Aeneid which is considered to be the national Epic Poem of Ancient Rome. It is written in Dactylic Hexameter.

Works

• • Aeneid
    • written in 12 Books between 29-19 BCE.
  • Eclogues
    Georgics
  • Appendix Vergiliana
    • a collection of minor Poems.

Virgil's Tomb

• Virgil’s Tomb is located in Piedigrotta, Naples at the entrance of a Roman Tunnel called Crypta Neapolitana or ‘Grotta Vecchia’.
• Virgil died in Brindisi but asked for his ashes to be buried in his villa near Naples. Although the ashes have been lost, a monument to his memory remains, known as ‘Virgil’s Tomb’.

Famous Quotes by Virgil

• Amor vincit Omnia
  • ‘Love conquers all things’

• Aspirat primo fortuna labori
  • ‘Fortune smiles upon our first effort’

• Audentis fortuna iuvat
  • ‘Fortune favors the brave’

• Fama crescit eundo
  • ‘The rumor grows as it goes’

• Nunc scio quid sit amor
  • ‘Now I know what love is!’

• Romanos, rerum dominos, gentemque togatam
  • ‘Romans, lords of the world, the toga-wearing race’

Coins with Quotes by Virgil

• Coins with unique titles and quotes were issued by Carausius from mints in London and Rouen.
  • ‘Expectate veni’
    • ‘Come, expected one’ – a quote from the Aeneid by Virgil.
  • ‘RSR’
    • ‘Redeunt Saturnia Regna’
    • ‘The Golden Age is back’ by Virgil.
  • ‘INPCDA’
    • ‘Iam Nova Progenies Caelo Demittitur Alto’ (Now a new generation is descended from heaven).
    • These are the 6th and 7th lines from Virgil’s Eclogue. The educated Romans knew this to be Virgil, as famous lines from poetry were frequently reduced to sets of initials.

Virgil’s Tomb, Crypta Neapolitana