Two thousand years after being banished from Rome, Ovid has been rehabilitated in a victory for the famous poet whose cheek riled one of history's most powerful emperors. Rome council unanimously ...

Ovid’s playful poetry made him a favorite among Rome’s elite, but angered Emperor Augustus. Just as he was producing his finest work, Ovid (43 BC – 17 AD) was exiled to the darkest corner of the ...

The poet Ovid was the toast of Rome, celebrated for his humour and deft retellings of mythology. But the emperor Augustus exiled him. How did exile change Ovid’s thinking forever? Show more Naomi ...

The reason for his banishment to the town of Tomis on the Black Sea coast is one of literature's biggest mysteries. The Rome city council unanimously approved a motion to "repair the serious wrong" ...