9 moments

1. Birth at Sulmo

   0043-03-20 BC · Sulmona (ancient Sulmo), Abruzzo, Italy

   

   Ovid was born at Sulmo, the Paelignian town now known as Sulmona in Abruzzo. Coordinates represent modern Sulmona, the successor settlement to ancient Sulmo.

2. Arrival at Samothrace

   0008-01-01 · Samothrace, North Aegean, Greece

   

   Ovid's account of the voyage says that his weary vessel reached Samothrace after making the Zerynthian shore. The verse establishes shipborne presence at Samothrace; coordinates represent the island rather than a securely identified landing point. AD 8 is inferred from the dated exile journey.

3. Banished from Rome

   0008-01-01 · Rome, Italy

   

   Augustus banished Ovid from Rome to Tomis, beginning the exile that shaped his final poetic works. The source identifies Rome as Ovid's point of banishment in AD 8; the coordinate is a representative city-center point.

4. Embarkation at Cenchreae

   0008-01-01 · Kenchreai (ancient Cenchreae), Corinthia, Greece

   

   During the exile journey, Ovid identified the vessel that accompanied his flight as first known to him at Cenchreae, Corinth's eastern port. The passage supplies the place but not a calendar year; AD 8 is the securely dated year of Ovid's banishment and exile journey.

5. Exile at Tomis

   0008-01-01 · Constanța (ancient Tomis), Romania

   

   Tomis on the Black Sea became Ovid's place of exile for the final nine or ten years of his life. Coordinates represent central Constanța, the modern city occupying the site of ancient Tomis.

6. Overland across the Bistonian fields

   0008-01-01 · Bistonian fields, ancient Thrace, Greece

   

   After leaving the ship, Ovid says that he chose to traverse the Bistonian fields on foot, a Thracian segment of his route toward Tomis. The Bistonian fields are a broad ancient regional designation; coordinates are a representative point near Lake Vistonida. AD 8 is inferred from the dated exile journey.

7. Passage through the Hellespont

   0008-01-01 · Dardanelles (ancient Hellespont), Turkey

   

   Ovid states that his ship carried him into the Hellespont during the journey to exile. Coordinate is a representative midpoint in the Dardanelles; AD 8 is inferred from the dated exile journey rather than stated in this verse.

8. Transfer at Tempyra

   0008-01-01 · Tempyra, ancient Thrace, Greece

   

   Ovid describes the ship following him only as far as Tempyra, after which he continued overland. Tempyra is archaeologically unlocated; coordinates are a scholarly gazetteer representative point in Evros, Thrace. AD 8 is inferred from the dated exile journey.

9. Death at Tomis

   0017-01-01 · Constanța (ancient Tomis), Romania

   

   Ovid died in exile at Tomis; the surviving chronological tradition places his death in AD 17 or 18. The source gives AD 17 or 18; the date field uses AD 17 because the required schema does not permit a year range.