Latin literature
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Latin literature includes the essays, histories, poems, plays, and other writings written in the Latin language. The beginning of formal Latin literature dates to 240 BC, when the first stage play in
Cato the Elder
Cicero
Virgil
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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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…being the lingua franca of Western and Central Europe throughout the Middle Ages. Latin literature features the work of Roman authors, such as Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and Horace, but also includes the work of European writers after the fall of the Empire, from religious writers like Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274…
![A 3rd-century Roman mosaic of Virgil seated between Clio and Melpomene (from Hadrumetum [Sousse], Tunisia)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Virgil_mosaic_in_the_Bardo_National_Museum_%28Tunis%29_%2812241228546%29.jpg/500px-Virgil_mosaic_in_the_Bardo_National_Museum_%28Tunis%29_%2812241228546%29.jpg)
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