 This poem is written in sonnet-form – a vernacular aesthetic of Northern Italy in the early 14th century – but its text is written in a classicizing style.Mussato received the poet laurel on December 5, 1315 as a result of his influential tragedy "Ecerinis" and his work on the chronicle of Henry VII's Italian expedition titled "Historia Augusta" (or "De gestis Henrici septimi Cesaris").Mussato's works were written during the early 14th century in Italy.