Why should you read Virgils Aeneid Mark Robinson

Check out our Patreon page: View full lesson: In 19 BC, the Roman poet Virgil suffered heatstroke and died on his journey back to Italy. On his deathbed, he thought about the manuscript he had been working on for over ten years, an epic poem called the Unsatisfied with the final edit, he asked his friends to burn it. But they refused, and soon after Virgils death, Augustus ordered it to be published. Why Mark Robinson explains. Lesson by Mark Robinson, directed by TEDEd. Thank you so much to our patrons for your support Without you this video would not be possible. Ricardo Rendon Cepeda, Mauro Pellegrini, Jose Mamattah, Aleksandar Srbinovski, Javier Martinez Lorenzo, Maya Toll, KaHei Law, Zayed Al Maktoum, Julie CummingsDebrot, Michal Salman, Hiroshi Uchiyama, Peter Liu, Adi V, Tamás Drávai, Mark Morris, Robert Sukosd, Nik Maier, Catherine Sverko, Shooteram, Andrew Bosco.