major Roman poet; Publius Ovidius Naso, born in 43 BCE at Sulmo; before becoming a poet, Ovid served in the Roman government but quit to write love poetry; Ovid enjoyed great literary success during his life in Rome, his exile in Tomi, and after his death influencing writers such as Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dante, and Milton; Ovid died ca. 17. Ovid's Amores Ovid's Metamorphoses The Ovid Project