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Ennius

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En·ni·us  (n-s), Quintus 239-169 b.c.
Roman poet. His works, including plays, annals, and satires, greatly influenced later authors but survive today only in fragments.
Ennius [ˈɛnɪəs]
n
(Biographies / Ennius, Quintus (239 bc-169 bc) M, Roman, WRITING: poet, THEATRE: dramatist) Quintus (ˈkwɪntəs). 239-169 bc, Roman epic poet and dramatist


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27) Other authors whom he explains include (in the order in which they are mentioned) Auhis Gellius, Donatus, Livy, Caesar, Suetonius, the two Plinys, the younger Seneca, Virgil, Ennius, Persius, Tacitus, Juvenal, Horace, Catullus, Ausonius, Hyginus, Servius, Martial, Sallust, and Lucretius.
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Second: she drives a continuous parallelism between Boccaccio and the Latin classic authors, Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Statius, and Ennius, classic authors of Boccaccio's time such as Dante and Petrarch, and also minor authors like Giacomo Da Lentini, Filippo Villani, Brunerto Latini, and Cino Da Pistoia.
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