In one letter, this author described yielding to the "authority of the writer" to indulge his preference for historical fiction.
In one letter, this author described yielding to the "authority of the writer" to indulge his preference for historical fiction. Laelius makes his way to Syphax's court in the first section of one of this man's works, which was inspired by the third deca of Livy's History of Rome. He described the tendency of Chastity to overcome Love, and that of Fame to overcome Death, in his six-part (*) Triumphs. This author of a "Letter to Posterity" described the heroics of Scipio Africanus during the Second Punic War in his epic poem Africa. This poet's most prolific works were compiled as Rime Sparse, which includes many of his namesake sonnets. For 10 points, name this Italian author of Il Canzoniere, which consists of many love poems to Laura.
In one letter, this author described yielding to the "authority of the writer" to indulge his preference for historical fiction.
Petrarch [or Francesco Petrarca]