B.C. 70. Born at Andes, near Mantua.
„ 65. Birth of Horace.
B.C. 55. Assumes the Toga Virilis at Cremona. Death of Lucretius.
„ 53. Studies philosophy at Rome under the Epicurean Siron.
„ 42. Eclogues II, III, V, and perhaps VI, written.
„ 41. Suffers confiscation of his estate. Takes refuge in Siron’s villa. Estates restored by Octavianus through Pollio. Eclogue I.
„ 40. Vergil evicted a second time. Eclogues IV, VI, IX. Becomes a member of the literary circle of Maecenas.
„ 39. Eclogues VIII and X.
„ 38. Introduces Horace to Maecenas.
„ 37. Begins the Georgics at the suggestion of Maecenas.