...Publius Vergilius Maro—for the manuscripts and inscriptions of antiquity spell his name Vergilius, not Virgilius, as is customary—was born near the present city of Mantua, in Upper Italy, in the year 70 B.C., at a little village called Andes, which has been identified with the modern ... — Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 of 8 • Charles F. (Charles Francis) Horne
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