Virgil (<em>Publius Vergilius Maro</em>) was a poet of Ancient Rome during the Augustan period. His most famous poems are: <em>the Eclogues</em> (or Bucolics), <em>the Georgics</em>, and <em>the Aeneid</em>. The Aeneid was considered the national epic of Ancient Rome since it was written. Virgil is also Dante's guide through Hell and Purgatory in <em>The Divine Comedy</em>.
