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The 14 pages that link to Ennius, each with the reason it gives.

• VirgilCompared with: Virgil’s Aeneid replaced Ennius’s older national epic as Rome’s most prestigious epic narrative.

• PlautusRelated: Ennius was a near contemporary in the early development of Roman literature.

• Dactylic hexameterRelated: His Annals helped establish Greek-style hexameter as a Roman epic meter.

• EuhemerismRelated: His now-lost translation helped carry Euhemerus’s account into Roman intellectual life.

• Livius AndronicusRelated: Ennius succeeded Andronicus in developing Latin poetry through Greek literary forms.

• LucretiusRelated: Lucretius inherits a Roman poetic tradition that Ennius helped establish.

• Roman literatureBroader topic: He established dactylic hexameter as a major meter for Latin epic.

• Roman tragedyRelated: His lost plays represent a major stage in the development of Latin tragedy.

• Old LatinRelated: His epic established hexameter as a major meter for Latin poetry.

• De rerum naturaRelated: Lucretius writes within a Latin poetic tradition shaped by Ennius.

• Gnaeus NaeviusRelated: Ennius became the major successor to Naevius in Roman epic poetry.

• PacuviusRelated: Ennius preceded Pacuvius and helped establish Roman tragedy in Latin.

• Caecilius StatiusRelated: Ennius was Caecilius's contemporary and an influential figure in Roman literary culture.

• Lucius AcciusRelated: Ennius was an earlier major tragic poet whose achievement shaped the literary world Accius entered.