The Aeneid was written by the Roman poet Virgil between about 30 and 19 bce, during the reign of the emperor Augustus. Composed in 12 books, the epic was left with about 60 unfinished lines when Virgil died in 19 bce. It nevertheless became Rome’s national epic and one of the most influential works of Latin literature.
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