Impressions of Plato, Ancient Rome or Beginning of Medieval Literature

Do a paragraph or two to discuss your impressions of Plato's Republic,  Ancient Roman or early Medieval literature based on lectures and readings.  You can discuss one author if you choose, such as Virgil, Ovid, Plautus, Terence, Seneca, Marcus Aurelius, Saint Augustine, Petronius, The Bhagavad Gita, the medieval mystery plays, Hrotswitha, Everyman, Dante, Boccaccio, Beowulf, and others.