Latin literature

Latin literature, the literature of ancient Rome and of that written in Latin in later eras.

Very little remains of the ritualistic songs and the native poetry of the Romans and Latins before the rise of a literature. The history of the Roman Empire is fundamental to the fabric of this literature: in the first three centuries of its development, the influence of captive Greece was all-pervasive.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Later Latin Literature
• The Renaissance
• Post-classical Literature
• The Development of a Classical Style
• Bibliography

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