Hadrumetum, also known by many variant spellings and names, was a Phoenician colony that pre-dated Carthage. It subsequently became one of the most important cities in Roman Africa before Vandal and U
A 3rd-century mosaic discovered at Hadrumetum depicting Vergil and his Aeneid between the muses Clio and Melpomene. (Bardo Museum)
The Euting Hadrumetum inscriptions are similar to the Carthaginian tombstones
Roman ruins at Hadrumetum
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: the Eclogues, the
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A 3rd-century Roman mosaic of Virgil seated between Clio and Melpomene (from Hadrumetum [Sousse], Tunisia)
Modern bust of Virgil at the entrance to his crypt in Naples
Painting of Virgil's Tomb, with the Figure of Silius Italicus by Joseph Wright of Derby
Virgil's tomb in Naples, Italy