ormation about Vergil, and Tityrus could have possibly been Vergil. If this is factual, Vergil was among the few who were fortunate enough to be allowed to keep their land. Tityrus was a slave and was concerned with "libertas" or freedom. He goes to Rome to seek freedom and meets a young man there, who could possibly be the young Octavian. This mysterious young man tells Tityrus to "Graze cattle as before, my children, and yoke bulls" (Verg., Ecl. 1.45, Lee tr.). Because this young man calls the old Tityrus "my children", this explains that Tityrus is a slave. It
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