Annales

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Annales is an epic poem by the Roman writer Ennius that narrates the history and legendary origins of Rome in chronological order.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin literature work ⓘ
epic poem ⓘ
approximateCompositionStart c. 200 BC ⓘ
associatedWith Roman historiography ⓘ
Roman mythology ⓘ
author Ennius NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Roman Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ
culturalRole foundation of Roman epic tradition ⓘ
dateWritten 3rd–2nd century BC ⓘ
era Old Latin literature ⓘ
focus Roman Republican ideology ⓘ
genre historical epic ⓘ
influenced Roman epic tradition ⓘ
Virgil's Aeneid NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy Homeric epics NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm poetic historiography ⓘ
literaryMovement early Latin epic ⓘ
literaryStatus highly esteemed in antiquity ⓘ
mainCharacter Roman people ⓘ
mentions Aeneas NERFINISHED ⓘ
Romulus NERFINISHED ⓘ
early Roman kings ⓘ
meter saturnian verse ⓘ
narrativeForm chronological ⓘ
originalLengthBooks 18 ⓘ
originalMedium manuscript ⓘ
placeOfComposition Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ
portrays Roman military achievements ⓘ
Roman national identity ⓘ
Roman political history ⓘ
quotedBy Aulus Gellius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Macrobius NERFINISHED ⓘ
Varro NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting mythical and historical Rome ⓘ
status fragmentary ⓘ
structure organized by years and events ⓘ
subject history of Rome ⓘ
legendary origins of Rome ⓘ
survival known from quotations and fragments ⓘ
timePeriodCovered from Aeneas to Ennius' own time ⓘ
titleMeaning Annals NERFINISHED ⓘ
workType national epic ⓘ

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Ennius → notableWork → Annales ⓘ