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'''Quintus Ennius''' (239 - 169 BC) was a [[Roman]] [[poet]] most known for his famous work the ''Annales'' giving the history of Rome from the fall of [[Troy]] until his own times.  Only 600 lines have survived.
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'''Quintus Ennius''' (239 - 169 BC) was a [[Roman]] [[poet]] whose best-known work the ''Annales'' gives the history of Rome from the fall of [[Troy]] until his own times.   
    
The ''Annales'' was the national poem of the Roman Republic until the time of [[Virgil]] and his composition of the ''[[Aeneid]]''<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
 
The ''Annales'' was the national poem of the Roman Republic until the time of [[Virgil]] and his composition of the ''[[Aeneid]]''<ref>The New American Desk Encyclopedia, Penguin Group, 1989</ref>
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Only 600 lines of the poem have survived.
    
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[[Category:Romans]]
 
[[Category:Romans]]
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