Roman poet
Ancient Italian bard
A Roman poet is a poet from ancient Rome, writing in Latin during the Roman Republic or Empire.
The term evokes figures like Virgil, Ovid, and Horace, whose works shaped Western literature.
He studied the Roman poets in his classics course.
Sometimes used loosely for any poet writing in the classical tradition.
- BordeauxFrench port and vineyard area
- Latin poetryVerse in Rome's language
- MoselleRhine-feeding river's wine
- elegyPoem lamenting the departed
- MartialOf or relating to war
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