# Ennius

> The Roman Republic's first great poet, working centuries before Virgil — except almost nothing he wrote survived intact, only scattered lines quoted by others.

*Roman writer and poet (c. 239 – c. 169 BC)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/ennius

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Italy
- **Born:** -239
- **Died:** -169
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Born around 239 BC in Rudiae, a small Messapian town near modern Lecce, Ennius grew up speaking three languages: his native Oscan, Latin, and Greek. He lived and wrote during the Roman Republic, drawing on Greek literary models to shape a new kind of Latin verse. His works — now lost except for fragments preserved in quotations by later writers — introduced techniques and forms that would define Roman poetry for generations. He died around 169 BC, leaving behind scattered lines and a reputation as the father of the tradition.

## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 70.0 / 100

## Topics
#Writers, #Writer / Author, #Poetry, #Literature, #History, #Theatre, #Ancient History

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennius)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47130)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Ennius)
- [Ennio](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio)
- [Квінт Эніюс](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%96%D1%8E%D1%81)
- [Квінт Эній](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%82_%D0%AD%D0%BD%D1%96%D0%B9)
- [Ений](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [Enni](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enni)
- [Quintus Ennius](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Ennius)
- [Quintus Ennius](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Ennius)
- [Έννιος](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%88%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BF%CF%82)
- [Kvinto Ennio](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvinto_Ennio)
- [Ennio](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio)
- [Ennio](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio)
- [انیوس](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%D9%88%D8%B3)
- [Ennius](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennius)
- [Ennius](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennius)
- [Eni](https://fur.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eni)
- [Ennio](https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennio)
- [קווינטוס אניוס](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%95%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A1_%D7%90%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%95%D7%A1)
- [ऐन्नियुस क्विंतुस](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%90%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%B8)
- [Quintus Ennius](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Ennius)
- [Քվինտուս Էննիուս](https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%BE%D5%AB%D5%B6%D5%BF%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD_%D4%B7%D5%B6%D5%B6%D5%AB%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD)
- [Ennius](https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennius)
- [Quintus Ennius](https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quintus_Ennius)
- [Wikiquote](https://bg.wikiquote.org/wiki/%D0%95%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B9)
- [Wikiquote](https://ca.wikiquote.org/wiki/Quint_Enni)
- [Wikiquote](https://cs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Quintus_Ennius)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Quintus_Ennius)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ennius)

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