古罗马文学的发展大致经历了三个阶段,即共和时代、黄金时代和白银时代。黄金时代(公元前100年—公元17年)是拉丁语和广义的拉丁文学(包括修辞、历史和哲学)发展史上的辉煌时期。黄金时代最重要的作家是三位诗人:贺拉斯、维吉尔和奥维德。贺拉斯(公元前65年—公元前8年)是和卡图鲁斯齐名的抒情诗人,出生于拍卖商家庭,幼年受过良好的教育,通晓拉丁语和希腊语,能诵《荷马史诗》原文,并在雅典学过哲学。贺拉斯早期的代 The development of ancient Roman literature has gone through three stages, namely, the Republican era, the Golden Age and the Silver Age. The golden age (100 BC - 17 AD) is a glorious period in the history of the development of Latin and generalized Latin literature (including rhetoric, history and philosophy). The most important writers of the Golden Age were three poets: Horace, Virgil and Ovid. Horace (65 BC - 8 BC), a lyric poet known for his genius, was born in the auctioneer’s family and has been well educated in his early years, well versed in Latin and Greek, "The original, and studied philosophy in Athens. Horace early generation