Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (* 30 BCE; † 17) gave up his political and legal career quite early on and devoted himself entirely to literature. He joined the circle of poets around Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus and celebrated his breakthrough with the Amores. Other works on love followed, such as the Heroides, the Ars amatoria and the Remedia amoris. The best known are the Metamorphoseis. In the year 8, Emperor Augustus banished Ovid to Tomi, today’s Constanța in Romania. The reasons for this have never been clarified. Since Augustus sent his granddaughter Julia into exile at the same time for her scandalous lifestyle, it is assumed that Ovid was also involved in the affair. All his attempts to be rehabilitated so that he could return to Rome failed. He died around the year 17 in Constanța.