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Vergil: Poet Laureate of the American Founding

September 29, 2025 Ancients / History 0

By: Rob Natelson   The reverse side of the dollar bill reproduces the Great Seal of the United States. On the left is the back of the seal. It features two ...

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The ideas that formed the Constitution: Virgil alone

February 19, 2023 Founding Principles 0

By: Rob Natelson The previous (ninth) essay in this series identified three Roman poets quoted by participants in the constitutional debates of 1787–1790—Ovid, Horace, and Virgil. The essay explained why Virgil ...

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The ideas that formed the Constitution: Virgil and other poets

By: Rob Natelson Answering Questions About This Series Some questions have arisen on this series, which I think best to clear up now. First: As the series title indicates, these essays ...

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The Ideas That Formed the Constitution, Part 10: Virgil Alone

January 5, 2023 Roman Poets 0

by Rob Natelson The previous (ninth) essay in this series identified three Roman poets quoted by participants in the constitutional debates of 1787–1790—Ovid, Horace, and Virgil. The essay explained why ...

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