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“roman” across the centuries

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romantic 178 poems romance 6 poems romani 1 poem

Bar length = percentage of poems in that cohort whose critique surfaced this theme. Click an era to focus the poem list below (click again to show samples from all eras).

pre-1500 1 / 30 BCE 4 / 12 1500s 0 / 10 1550s 0 / 91 1600s 1 / 176 1650s 0 / 59 1700s 0 / 35 1750s 0 / 164 1800s 0 / 687 1850s 2 / 944 1900s 0 / 1123 1950s 0 / 15

Poems in BCE · 4 with this theme Show all eras

Ode II.11
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Ode II.11

by Quintus Horatius Flaccus · Latin

Quintus Horatius Flaccus portrait

8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC (~38)

Ode IV.1
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Ode IV.1

by Quintus Horatius Flaccus · Latin

Quintus Horatius Flaccus portrait

8 December 65 BC - 27 November 8 BC (~38)

Odi et amo
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Odi et amo

by Gaius Valerius Catullus · Latin

Gaius Valerius Catullus portrait

c. 84 BC - c. 54 BC (~30)

The Steady Fire
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The Steady Fire

by Albius Tibullus · Latin

Albius Tibullus portrait

c. 55 BC - 19 BC (~36)

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