- For other uses, see Virgil.
Virgil (15 October 70 BCE - 19 September 19 BCE) was an author of ancient Earth's Roman Empire, best known for writing the Aeneid.
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In 2155, Audentes fortuna juvat (translated as "fortune favors the bold"), from the Aeneid was chosen as the ship's motto of the Columbia. (ENT novel: Beneath the Raptor's Wing)
In 2364, a mercenary named "Poet" quoted Virgil when he said "Who ever asks whether the enemy were defeated by strategy or valor?", advising a more careful approach as the Silver Paladin's team plotted to replace the Riatine drug with a placebo on the planet Treva. (TNG novel: Survivors)