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Virgil (70 B.C–19 B.C), regarded as the greatest Roman poet, is known for his epic, The Aeneid (written about 29 B.C.E), which had taken its literary model from Homer‘s epic poems Iliad and [...]

from Virgil's Aeneid, VII, 803–817 The best for last: Camilla at the head Of her cavalry, a warrior queen not bred For girlish tasks and weaving at the loom, She strides before her squadrons all [...]