Hesperus (factotum of the Hesperia project) was active in the 1990s as a member of the Marche-based black metal band Sulphuria, one of whose tracks appeared in a well-known Norwegian compilation released by Oskorei Productions, alongside prominent acts of the scene such as Horna, Dornenreich, Frostmoon, and others.

In 1997, Hesperus left Sulphuria to pursue his vision of a conceptual one-man band devoted to epic and introspective themes. Every Hesperia album is built around a concept inspired by the history, literature, and mythology of the Italic lands, following a chronological order, and each work is recorded in ancient or historically significant locations.

In 1998, Hesperus began working on his first concept album, based on Virgil’s *Aeneid*, the sacred Latin epic narrating the birth of Rome through the union of Trojan and Latin origins.