During Queen Anne's reign from 1702-1714, England experienced a literary revival known as the Augustan Age that mirrored the era of great Roman authors like Virgil and Horace under Emperor Augustus. This period was characterized by the emerging ideals of the Enlightenment and saw Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and Joseph Addison make their mark in satire, poetry, and essays. It was a time of economic prosperity and growing British imperial power.