Quintus Ennius is known as the father of Roman poetry. He wrote the "Annales," an epic poem that provided a historical account of Rome from its legendary origins to his own time.

He is often considered to be the father of Roman poetry.

Ennius, the Roman poet, lived during the Roman Republic, approximately from 239-169 BC. Odoacer, the Germanic warrior who deposed the last Roman emperor in the West, lived during the late 5th and early 6th centuries AD. They did not live at the same time; Ennius lived much earlier than Odoacer.

No, they were not. Odoacer, a barbarian warlord, lived during the late 5th and early 6th centuries, while Ennius, a Roman writer, lived during the 3rd and 2nd centuries BCE.

Eduard Norden has written:

'Ennius und Vergilius'