Virgil and some of his work

Virgil was born and raised on a farm and was an author of many books and poems including the ten Eclogues, the four Georgics,and the Aeneid. At first, Virgil wanted to take up law, but ended up going into philosophy instead. It took him a total of 13 years to write all of his work, and he still didn't have the Aeneid finished when he died almost 51 years old in October of 19 B.C. Even though Virgil did not finish his story, the Aeneid, people thought it was a greater story than the Iliad, the work of Homer. Both are stories about what they thought were the ideal people of the land and how they should act. Virgil's character, Aeneas, was the idea of the ideal Roman. He had the virtues of duty, piety, and faithfulness. His work inspired many people and uplifted many spirits in the Age of Augustus, and gave historians an idea of what the Roman people idealized. His other works, the ten Eclogues and the four Georgics, gave historians an idea what is was like back then on farms and life for shepherds because that's what they were about (Virgil).