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"Ars Amatoria" (The Art of Love) c. 1 B.C.: Brilliant treatise on the art of seduction and intrigue. The message was subversive of the official program of moral reforms then being fostered by August. It also included a number of references in their contexts both flippant and tactless to symbols of August's personal prestige.
A.D. 8 Rome : The Emperor Augustus banished Ovid for writing "Ars Amatoria" and for an unknown act of folly.