Roman Literature

The Literature of Ancient Rome created many works of poetry, tragedy, comedy
satire and history influenced by the traditions of other cultures and particularly of
Greece. Latin literature, the body of written works in the Latin language, remains
an enduring legacy of the culture of ancient Rome. Latin literature is divided into
distinct periods. Some of the early works are the plays of Plautus and Terence,
which have remained very popular in all eras down to the present. The period of
Classical Latin when Latin literature is considered to have reached its peak, is
divided into the Golden Age and the Silver Age.
The Golden Age of Roman Literature is usually considered the period from the
1st Century BCE up to the mid-1st Century CE. The Golden Age Latin reached
their peak in the epic poetry of Vergil, the odes and satires of Horace and the
elegiac couplets of Ovid.The Silver Age of Roman Literature extends into the
2nd Century CE, a period during which poetry of Seneca the Younger and Lucan,
Pliny the Youngers letters and the satires Juvenal were made.
Early Latin Literature were mostly made up of Terence and Platus. Titus Maccius
more commonly known as Plautus, was a Roman playwright. His comedies are
among the earliest surviving works in Latin literature. He is also one of the
earliest pioneers of musical theater. The word Plautine is used to refer to
Plautus's works or works similar to or influenced by his. Terence Publius Terentius
was a playwright of the Roman Republic. A Roman senator brought Terence to
Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed
him. All of the six plays Terence wrote have survived while platus wrote 21 plays.
The poetries that reached its peak during the Golden Age of Roman Literature
were the poetry of Vergil, the satires of Horace and the couplets of Ovid. Publius
Vergilius Maro either called Virgilius, Virgil or Vergil was a classical Roman poet.
He was the author of epics in three modes: the Bucolics (or Eclogues), the
Georgics and the Aeneid which was the poem in the heroic mode. This became
the Roman Empire's national epic. HoraceQuintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8,
65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was
the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus.