Virgil – the Aeneid – Roman poetry
The death of Dido, Queen of Carthage, from an illustrated copy of Virgil's Aeneid, about 400 AD Who was Virgil? Virgil was a poet who lived during the civil wars in Rome [...]
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Latin Literature – the writers of ancient Rome
Latin literature: A Roman papyrus scroll from a library of Epicurean philosophy (Herculaneum, Italy) Where did Latin come from? The Roman Empire lasted for more than a thousand years, so there was [...]
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Trojan Horse Story – Greek mythology
Earliest picture of the Trojan Horse story, on a Greek vase ca. 670 BC The end of the Trojan War After the events of the Iliad and the death of Hector, the [...]
