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.