Virgil was one of Rome's most prolific poets, but how much was he influenced by ancient Greece and Greek writers like Homer?

Born a peasant, Virgil was raised on a farm before being educated in the Greek and Roman authors. His rural upbringing influenced all his poetry, especially his earlier work, like the “Eclogues”.

Virgil was perhaps the greatest Ancient Roman poet and his greatest work was the Aeneid, the story in epic verse of Trojan her Aeneas's journey from Troy to the area where Rome was founded.