Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Life Of Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro was born in a small country village, Andes, near Mantua on October 15, 70 B.C. Tradition says his mother's name was Magia Polla, The daughter of a certain man of property, Magius, for whom Virgil's father worked at one time. From careful study of his poems and from references in early biographers, we learn that he was the son of a middle class farmer, received some education at the nearby city of Cremona, and possibly further education at Milan. He took his "graduate courses" in Rome and Naples, where the usual curriculum included ...
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