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Latin Poetry - Ennius

Quintus Ennius (239-169 B.C.), the founder of Roman literature, was an epic poet, dramatist, and satirist. His epic Annales, the story of Rome from Aeneas until Ennius' day, was the national epic until Vergil's Aeneid replaced it.
Golden Age of Roman Drama
Annotated timeline about Roman drama. Ennius wrote in many genres.
Roman Satire Timeline
Annotated satire timeline.
Q. Ennii Fragmenta
Fragments of Ennius, in Latin.
Hendry on Ennius
Cicero says that Ennius used an acrostic (akrostikhís) in his writing to spell out Q. ENNIVS FECIT.

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