Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro) is perhaps the most famous of all the ancient writers. He wrote three poems: The Eclogues, the Georgics, and his most famous - the Aeneid. 

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He was born as a peasant, and came to be known as a national treasure even during his lifetime by Ancient Romans. The works of Virgil mirror his belief for the end of the civil war and remain to this day a fantastic insight into epic poetry of the time. 

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An interesting fact about Virgil is that he was heavily influenced by Epicurean philosophy, but later came to embrace the Stoic ideals most famously denoted by Epictetus and Marcus Aurelius.