WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ANCIENT ROME

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Augustan Age has been called the
A
Age of Enlightenment because of the philosophical advances.
B
pinnacle of Roman singing.
C
high point of art in the ancient world.
D
golden age of Latin literature.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Augustan Age, one of the most illustrious periods in Latin literary history, from approximately 43 bc to ad 18; together with the preceding Ciceronian period (q.v.), it forms the Golden Age (q.v.) of Latin literature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Great poets included Catullus, Lucretius, and Horace, while the two most influential of all Latin poems, Virgil’s Aeneid (surely the most profound poem about empire ever written) and Ovid’s Metamorphoses, sometimes called the Bible of poets and artists, belong to this period.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Augustan Age was also marked by the evolution of satirical verse, the development of the novel, and the use of melodrama over political satire. The Augustan Age was also noted for the changes in philosophical thought, for example, the formalization of capitalism.

Detailed explanation-4: -The age of the emperor Augustus was the golden period [Classical age] of Roman Empire [Latin literature]. century is also known as the golden period in the history of English Literature.

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