Virgil was no Roman but a Gaul - the village was situated in what was then called Cisalpine Gaul. Publius Vergilius Maro, or Virgil, grew up to be hailed as the greatest Roman poet. And although his work has influenced Western literature for two millennia, little is know about the man himself. Virgil received good education. He attended school at Cremona and Milan, then went to Rome, where he studied mathematics, medicine and rhetoric, and completed his studies in Naples.
Fortune assists the bold.
After the battle of Philippi in 42 B.C.E. Virgil his or his father's property in Cisalpine Gaul was confiscated for veterans. In the following years Virgil spent most of his time in Campania and Sicily, but he had also a house at Rome. During the reign of emperor Augustus Virgil became a member of his court circle and was aided by minister Maecenas, patronage of arts and close friend to poet Horace . Maecenas was twice left in vistual control of Rome when Augustus was away. Much of it is carefully based on technical treatise on this subject.