Why did Augustus Caesar exile Ovid?

Though the general consensus until fairly recently was that Ovid was exiled for undermining Augustus' agenda of moral reform in Rome, there are two major problems ... The first issue is: why would Augustus wait for nine years before banishing Ovid? ... nam non sum tanti, renovem ut tua vulnera, Caesar, (Tr.2.207-209). read more

Ovid's poems in exile has been seen as of fundamental importance for the study of Roman aristocracy under Augustus and Tiberius, furnishing "precious pieces of information about events and persons". his work continued to serve as a literary influence on Latin writers who also experienced exile, from Seneca to Boethius. read more

Without a doubt, Ovid’s associations with the Julian faction garnered Ovid little favor with Augustus and his eventual successor, the Claudian Tiberius. In the same year as Ovid’s exile, Julia the Younger was banished, ostensibly for adultery, to a remote island. read more