Publio Virgilio Marón (Virgilio, 70 a. C.-Brundisium, 19 a. C.), better known by his nomen Virgilio, was a Roman poet, author of the Aeneid, the Bucolic and the Georgics. In Dante Alighieri's work the Divine Comedy appears as his guide through Hell and Purgatory.

Trained in the schools of Mantua, Cremona, Milan, Rome and Naples, he was always in contact with the most notable cultural circles. He studied philosophy, mathematics, and rhetoric, and became interested in astrology, medicine, zoology, and botany. From a first stage influenced by Epicureanism, he evolved towards a mystical Platonism, which is why his production is considered one of the most perfect synthesis of the spiritual currents of Rome.

He was the creator of a great work in which he shows himself as a faithful reflection of the man of his time, with his illusions and his sufferings, through a form of great stylistic perfection.