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Timeline: Latin literature

Years: c. 185 BCE - c. 525	Subject: Literature
Publisher: HistoryWorld	Online Publication Date: 2012
Current online version: 2012	eISBN: 9780191737077

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c. 185 BCE	Plautus and Terence, in the second and third century BC, create a Roman drama based on Greek originals Go to Plautus, Titus Maccius (c.250–184 bc) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 2nd century BCE Greek literature Performing arts Theatre Literature Drama Europe Greece Italy
c. 160 BCE	The Roman statesman Cato the Elder writes Origines ('Origins'), a history of Rome which survives only in fragments See this event in other timelines: 2nd century BCE Literature Rome Europe Italy
81 BCE	Cicero, whose speeches become models of oratory, makes his first appearance in a Roman court Go to Cicero, Marcus Tullius in The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century BCE Literature Europe Greece Italy
37 BCE	Virgil's reputation is established by his ten Eclogues, influenced by the Italian countryside in the region of his birth near Mantua Go to Virgil (70–19 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century BCE Literature Poetry Europe Greece Italy
c. 34 BCE	Maecenas buys a farm for Horace, in the Sabine hills near Tivoli - the most fruitful of his many acts of patronage Go to Maecenas (d. 8 bc) in The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century BCE Literature Europe Greece Italy
27 BCE	Livy begins writing and publishing his History of Rome, a task which will occupy him for forty years Go to Livy (59 bc–17ad) in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century BCE Roman empire Literature Europe Greece Italy Empires
23 BCE	The first three books of Horace's Odes are published, written on his Sabine farm Go to Horace (c.65℃08 bc) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century BCE Roman empire Literature Poetry Europe Greece Italy Empires
c. 20 BCE	The excellence of the arts, particularly literature, during the reign of Augustus Caesar causes it to be remembered as a golden age of culture Go to Augustus (63 bc–ad 14) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century BCE Roman empire Literature Europe Greece Italy Empires A collection of witty love poems, entitled Amores, brings Ovid an early success Go to Ovid (43 bc–ad 18) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century BCE Roman empire Literature Poetry Europe Greece Italy Empires
19 BCE	Virgil dies just after completing the Aeneid, and imperial command from Augustus Caesar prevents his executor from destroying the epic Go to Aeneid in The Oxford Companion to World Mythology (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century BCE Roman empire Literature Europe Greece Italy Empires
98	Tacitus begins his career with two specialized but influential works of history, one on Britain and the other on Germany Go to Tacitus, Cornelius (c.ad 55–after 115) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 1st century CE Roman empire Literature Europe Greece Italy Empires
c. 125	Suetonius, librarian to Trajan and personal secretary to Hadrian, is well placed to research his racy Lives of the Caesars Go to Suetonius (ad c.70–c.140) in The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature (3 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 2nd century Roman empire Literature Europe Greece Italy Empires
c. 170	Marcus Aurelius is rare among emperors in writing twelve books of philosophical Meditations Go to Aurelius, Marcus in A Dictionary of World History (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 2nd century Roman empire Literature Philosophy Europe Italy Empires
c. 244	Plotinus, moving from Alexandria to Rome, teaches the influential philosophy later known as Neo-Platonism Go to Plotinus (205–270) in World Encyclopedia (1 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 3rd century Literature Philosophy Alexandria Africa North Africa Egypt Europe Italy
c. 525	Boethius, in prison in Pavia and awaiting execution, writes the Consolation of Philosophy Go to Boethius (c. 480–524) in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines: 6th century Literature Philosophy Europe Italy

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