The Empire
Ovid
He wrote playful poems and a book of myth stories.
Years. 43 BC to AD 17
We are not sure. We still do not know the real reason Augustus banished him.
Three short facts
- 1His myth book is called the Metamorphoses.
- 2Augustus sent him away to a far town by the Black Sea.
- 3He wrote sad poems asking to come home.
The story
Ovid was witty and popular in Rome.
Then Augustus exiled him in AD 8.
Ovid said a poem and a mistake were the cause.
He never clearly explained the mistake.
He died still far from Rome.