For leaders who built empires throughout history, The Aeneid has been a blueprint for how to take over land that belongs to ...

Best known for his epic poem, “The Aeneid”, Virgil (70 – 19 BC) was regarded by Romans as a national treasure. His work reflects the relief he felt as civil war ended and the rule of ...

who established himself as Rome’s first emperor while Virgil was writing his poem. By retelling the myth that the city was founded by one great man, The Aeneid seemed to confirm that Rome should ...

Augustus Caesar, the newly minted Emperor, full of crusading zeal, embarked on a bit of a re-brand, and the Aeneid was Virgil ... Twelve books of the poem occupied him for about ten years ...

known for his famous epic poem Aeneid. World Poetry Day is all about supporting "linguistic diversity using poetic expression," according to the UN. Most countries that are part of the UN now ...