Quintus Ennius Livres

The fragments of Ennius' Annals provide a glimpse into ancient Roman history through the poet's narrative style. Although only remnants of the original eighteen books survive, these texts capture significant events and themes from Rome's past. This 1825 facsimile reprint aims to preserve and promote this culturally important work, despite potential imperfections from its original state, ensuring that readers can access and appreciate this foundational piece of literature.

Quintus Ennius (239 169), widely regarded as the father of Roman literature, was instrumental in creating a new Roman literary identity, domesticating the Greek forms of epic and drama, and pursuing a range of other literary and intellectual pursuits. He inspired major developments in Roman religion, social organization, and popular culture.

This, the second volume in the new four-volume edition of the »Tragicorum Romanorum Fragmenta«, contains all known extant fragments of the tragedies of Ennius in the most probable text version, with a comprehensive, structured apparatus reflecting the history of the exegesis and interpretation of the fragments as well as a detailed list of scribal abbreviations and references, indices and concordances. By collecting all possible materials in a single volume the editor has made it possible for Ennius´ tragedies to be studied in detail in the future.