8Ovid's Exile from Rome

Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Blac...
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✍️ Ovid's Exile from Rome

Roman poet Ovid is banished from Rome and exiled to the Black Sea near Tomis (modern-day Constanța).
Ovid's Exile from Rome (8)
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✍️ Ovid Completes Tristia III in Exile

Ovid completes Tristia III (the "Sorrows") describing the sadness of banishment.
Ovid Completes Tristia III in Exile (10)
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✍️ Ovid Ceases Writing Fasti

Ovid stops writing Fasti, because of the lack of resources (being far from the libraries of Rome). He completes 6 books that detail festivals found in the Roman calendar.
Ovid Ceases Writing Fasti (12)
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✍️ Ovid Publishes First Three Books of *Epistulae ex Ponto*

Ovid publishes books 1-3 of his Epistulae ex Ponto.
Ovid Publishes First Three Books of *Epistulae ex Ponto* (13)
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✍️ Death of Roman Poet Ovid

Ovid, Roman poet (or AD 18)
Death of Roman Poet Ovid (19)
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✍️ Birth of Roman Poet Statius

Publius Papinius Statius, Roman poet (approximate date)
Birth of Roman Poet Statius (49)
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