Jackie Elliott is an Assistant Professor in Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She works primarily on Roman literary history and the interaction of the epic and historiographical traditions at Rome. She has received fellowships from the American Academy at Rome and the Loeb Foundation.

'An important focus for future discussions of this fascinating and enigmatic poet.' The Times Literary Supplement

• Introduction; 1. Ennius and the annalistic tradition at Rome; 2. The Vergiliocentric sources and the question of the evidence: Ennius and the epic tradition of Greece and Rome; 3. The pre-Vergilian sources; 4. The Annales as historiography: Ennius and the invention of the Roman past; 5. Imperium sine fine: the Annales and universal history; Epilogue; Appendices.

Jackie Elliott is an Assistant Professor in Classics at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She works primarily on Roman literary history and the interaction of the epic and historiographical traditions at Rome. She has received fellowships from the American Academy at Rome and the Loeb Foundation.

'An important focus for future discussions of this fascinating and enigmatic poet.' The Times Literary Supplement

• Introduction; 1. Ennius and the annalistic tradition at Rome; 2. The Vergiliocentric sources and the question of the evidence: Ennius and the epic tradition of Greece and Rome; 3. The pre-Vergilian sources; 4. The Annales as historiography: Ennius and the invention of the Roman past; 5. Imperium sine fine: the Annales and universal history; Epilogue; Appendices.