CLASSIC 20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Gaius Maecenas, Sestertius, Barberini Family
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Exile of ovid (8 ce: first and most famous case of literary censorship, ovid alleges two causes: carmen et error b. i. A poem and a mistake: he says he was forced to go somewhere, carmen art of love d. i. Banned from the public libraries, but still conserved: much speculation on error e. i. May be tied into the exile of julia the younger, daughter of julia the. Elder & marcus agrippa: ovid in tomis f. i. Died a broken man in exile just short of his 60th birthday f. v. Asked his friends and members of the imperial family to come back but even with the death of augustus he wasn"t granted permission to come back. Aulus cremutius cordus: second victim of censorship, roman historian b. i. Celebrated the heroes of the republic: crime: praised brutus and cassius ( the last of the romans ) c. i.
