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'''Virgil''', the foremost of all Roman epic poets likewise wrote on agriculture. Although he cultivated his own estate until 30 years of age, he was generally unfamiliar with agricultural problems. He spent the remainder of his life at the court of Emperor Augustus. He had read | '''Virgil''', the foremost of all Roman epic poets likewise wrote on agriculture. Although he cultivated his own estate until 30 years of age, he was generally unfamiliar with agricultural problems. He spent the remainder of his life at the court of Emperor Augustus. He had read [[Xenophon 430-354 B.C.|Xenophon]], [[Hesiod 8th Century B.C.|Hesiod]], [[Cato, Marcus Porcius 234-149 B.C.|Cato]], and [[Varro, Marcus Terentius 116-29 B.C.|Varro]]. His ''Georgics'' is considered a "poetical compendium of agriculture taken from Greek and Roman writers then extant but particularly from Varro" (Loudon). He depicted the beauty and peace of country life. | ||
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Virgil, the foremost of all Roman epic poets likewise wrote on agriculture. Although he cultivated his own estate until 30 years of age, he was generally unfamiliar with agricultural problems. He spent the remainder of his life at the court of Emperor Augustus. He had read Xenophon, Hesiod, Cato, and Varro. His Georgics is considered a "poetical compendium of agriculture taken from Greek and Roman writers then extant but particularly from Varro" (Loudon). He depicted the beauty and peace of country life.