Ovid

Ovid was a poet during Rome's Golden Age. His given name is Publius Ovidius Naso and he was born on March 20, 43 BC. His father wanted him to persue a political carrer, but he was much too ambitious and talented for that. He was reading his poetry to audiences by the time he was twenty and by the age of thirty, he was Rome's most famous poet. He remained successful for two decades when his carrer abruply came to an end. Augustus exiled Ovid when he was fifty. The reason for the exile is unclear, but some have presumed that it had to do with a mistake Ovid made with regard to one of his poems. He was exiled to Tomis, which is in modern Costanza, in Romania. His remaining years were spent writing poetry about exile and he died an unhappy man of sixty. Ovid's works before his exile reflects his thoughts, theories, and beliefs about love.