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| | Virgil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17) |
 | | Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC September 21, 19 BC), later called Virgilius, and known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was an ancient Roman poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that became the Roman Empire 's national epic. |
 | | Virgil was born in the village of Andes, near Mantua in Cisalpine Gaul (Gaul south of the Alps ; present-day northern Italy). |
 | | In the 19th century, some German -trained classicists in the United States suggested modification to "Vergil," as it is closer to his original name, and is also the traditional German spelling. |
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