Ovid (In Our Time)
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Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Roman poet Publius Ovidius Naso (43BC-17/18AD) who, as he described it, was destroyed by 'carmen et error', a poem and a mistake. His works have been preserved in greater number than any of the poets of his age, even Virgil, and have been among the most influential. The versions of many of the Greek and Roman myths we know
On these timelines: In Our Time (BBC podcast), Resources: Combined
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- Reign of Augustus (27 BCE)
- Jesus of Nazareth (4 BCE)
- Crucifixion of Jesus (33)
- Reign of Nero (54)
- Destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem (70)
- Roman conquest of Britain (43)
- Reign of Trajan (98)
- Caesar crosses the Rubicon (49 BCE)
- Augustus (63 BCE)
- Reign of Tiberius (14)