# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ennius
# Generated: 2026-08-31T15:45:11.699Z

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name: "Ennius"
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description: "The Roman Republic's first great poet, working centuries before Virgil — except almost nothing he wrote survived intact, only scattered lines quoted by others."
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deathDate: "-169"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.