Extant Latin poetry dates from 240 , when the Greek Livius Andronicus made his first Latin translations of Greek dramas, but there is ample evidence of a poetic tradition in Rome prior to this date. Most literary histories of Rome terminate their surveys with the close of the second century , yet a strong Latin poetic tradition continued in Europe well into the seventeenth century. Further, even if one were to limit the chronological range of Latin poetry to the period between 240 and 1700 ,... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Literature, 2022. 3p.