The Ages of Man in Fulgentius por Cardigni, Julieta

“…In his Expositio virgilianae continentiae, Fulgentius the Mythographer (5th or 6th century C.E.) makes an exposition and interpretation of the Virgilian Aeneid in an allegorical-etymological key, to which he adds the moral sanction of the Scriptures to close the meaning. The most novel thing about Fulgentius’ work – leaving aside the fact, in itself remarkable, that he is the first Christian commentator of Virgil – is that he transforms the Aeneid into a kind of journey through the stages of human life, making each book of the epic correspond to an age of man. …”
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