The third poet who experienced the tremendous regime change is Ovid. He was born in 43 BCE, the last year of the Republic, and his works focused on a wide range of matters, mainly exploring themes of love, sensuality, and change. His first poems are about a love affair, and Ovid talked about the pangs of falling in and out of love. However, it is fascinating to note that Ovid not only mentioned his love but also talked about the love of Romans with their wives in general - a commonplace subject. He also wrote a lot about female characters and Roman festivals: for example, he wrote the Ars Armotoria, a manual of seduction for men. For Ovid, this set of poems might simply be a helpful tool for men: as Ovid himself mentioned in Book I Part XI, the chase of women is the “work of highest art”. This work, however, caused controversies within the Principate, and Augustus did not like it as it contradicted his moral reforms and conflicted with the austere Augustan values of Romans. This contradiction with Augustus raises the question of whether Ovid liked the royal family. This is quite a complex question to answer because although Ovid seemingly disagreed with the emperor's moral reforms, he did depict Augustus's uncle, Julius Caesar, being deified into a god. Gods play quite a significant role in the poetry of Ovid. In his Metamorphoses, obedience towards gods is rewarded, while disobedience is punished, which could show the high power gods in the Roman society, perhaps referring to the great power of Caesar and the people of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. However, the Pantheon Caesar joined is not portrayed as very pleasant. For example, Apollo was portrayed as out of condition while pursuing Daphne. In addition, by portraying the emperor's family as gods, Ovid could also reflect on how the rulers are all-powerful creatures and could do anything of their will, showcasing perhaps the autocratic rule of Augustus and his family. This might be one reason why he was banished to Tomis by Augustus.