1. Early Roman Authors

2.  280/260-200 BC  Translates Odyssey into Latin  46 lines survive  Wrote Palliatae (comedies) Livius Andronicus

3.  239-169 BC  Born in an Oscan town  Most important work Annales  Epic history of Italy in dactylic hexameter  600 lines survive of 18 books Ennius

4.  Other works of Ennius:  Epicharmus- gods and operation of the universe  Euphemerus- theological poem  Hedyphagetia- poem about food  Saturae- satires in mixed meters Ennius cont.

5.  234-139 BC  Soldier-farmer turned statesman  Held offices of Cursus Honorum  Conservative  First important prose writer, one of first native Latin authors  De agricultura- about agriculture  Origines- 7 book history of Italian towns  Political speeches and other manuals Cato the Elder