Publius Vergilius Maro, known in English as Virgil or Vergil, was an ancient Roman poet who lived during the Augustan period. He is remembered as one of the most important figures in Latin literature, having composed three major works that remain influential to this day. Virgil's most celebrated compositions are the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid. These works represent some of the finest achievements in Latin poetry and have been studied and admired for nearly two thousand years. The Aeneid in particular stands as a monumental epic poem that tells the story of Aeneas and the founding of Rome. In addition to these three major works, a collection of minor poems known as the Appendix Vergiliana were attributed to Virgil in ancient times. However, modern scholars have generally regarded these as spurious works, though some short pieces among them may have been genuinely composed by him.