Ovid

Ovid, author of Heroides, Ars Amortia, and Amores, was born on March 20 43 B.C. Not much is known about his life other than what one can draw from his poetry because he wrote more about his own life than many of the other poets did. His father wanted him to become a lawyer but after he sent his son to Greece to study philosophy Ovid fell in love with writing poetry. He married three times and divorced twice by the time he was 30 and had only a daughter. His last wife was part of the influential gens Sulpicia and would help him during his exile in Tomis.He was exiled to Tomis in 8A.D. as a result of him writing a poem about Augustus daughter being somewhat of a promiscuous girl.