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Excerpt from The Works of Virgil In completing the Georgics, his most finished poem, Virgil employed the seven most vigorous years of his life. During this period important changes had taken place in the political world. In the year 31 b.c., Owsar had gained the battle of Actium, and in the following year accomplished the final overthrow of Antony and the subjugation of Egypt. On his return to Italy, the Georgics, which had been just completed. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.