WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Aeneid, Latin epic poem written from about 30 to 19 bce by the Roman poet Virgil. Composed in hexameters, about 60 lines of which were left unfinished at his death, the Aeneid incorporates the various legends of Aeneas and makes him the founder of Roman greatness.

Detailed explanation-2: -Virgil was commissioned by the Emperor Augustus to write the Aeneid in about 30BC. The theme of the importance of sensibility, hard work and religion that Virgil had shown in his earlier works, the Eclogues and the Georgics, was exactly what Augustus thought Rome needed to reclaim order after the civil war.

Detailed explanation-3: -Publius Vergilius Maro was a classical Roman poet, best known for three major works-the Bucolics (or Eclogues), the Georgics, and the Aeneid-although several minor poems are also attributed to him.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Aeneid is an epic poem written by the Roman poet Virgil between 29 and 19 BCE. Virgil composed this epic for his patron, Augustus Caesar, the first Emperor of Rome. Augustus wanted the Romans to have an epic of their own, a story that would be to Rome what the Iliad and Odyssey were to Greece.

Detailed explanation-5: -Virgil, also spelled Vergil, Latin in full Publius Vergilius Maro, (born October 15, 70 bce, Andes, near Mantua [Italy]-died September 21, 19 bce, Brundisium), Roman poet, best known for his national epic, the Aeneid (from c. 30 bce; unfinished at his death).

Detailed explanation-6: -He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues (or Bucolics), the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid.