Vergil (70-19 BCE) wrote the Aeneid, the renowned epic of Roman nationhood. But he himself is a shadowy figure, personally mysterious but publicly mythologized like few other writers. Sarah Ruden uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil's own writings to make shrewd and careful deductions to reconstruct his life.
Vergil (70-19 BCE) wrote the Aeneid, the renowned epic of Roman nationhood. But he himself is a shadowy figure, personally mysterious but publicly mythologized like few other writers. Sarah Ruden uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil's own writings to make shrewd and careful deductions to reconstruct his life.