, ▁or ▁eleg iac ▁Rom ulus ▁( from ▁its ▁eleg iac ▁couple ts ). ▁Given ▁the ▁uncertainty ▁over ▁the ▁author ship , ▁these ▁terms ▁are ▁used ▁in ▁scholar ly ▁works . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁an ▁earlier ▁pro se ▁version ▁of ▁Rom ulus , ▁also ; ▁it ▁has ▁been ▁dated ▁as ▁early ▁as ▁the ▁t enth ▁century , ▁or ▁the ▁sixth ▁century . ▁It ▁is ▁adapted ▁from ▁Ph a ed rus ; ▁the ▁initial ▁f able ▁" The ▁C ock ▁and ▁the ▁Jew el ", ▁supposed ly ▁the ▁reply ▁of ▁Ph a ed rus ▁to ▁his ▁critics , ▁marks ▁out ▁f able ▁collections ▁origin ating ▁from ▁this ▁source . ▁Walter ▁changed ▁the ▁" j ew el " ▁from ▁a ▁p ear l ▁to ▁j as per . ▁ ▁The ▁verse ▁Rom ulus ▁formed ▁the ▁main stream ▁versions ▁of ▁medieval ▁' A es op '. ▁It ▁is ▁thought ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁version ▁used ▁by ▁D ante . ▁It ▁with ▁O vid ▁influenced ▁the ▁Dol ig am us ▁of ▁. ▁ ▁When ▁John ▁L yd gate ▁produced ▁Is op es ▁Fab ules , ▁the ▁first ▁f able ▁collection ▁written ▁in ▁English , ▁the ▁verse ▁Rom ulus ▁was ▁a ▁major ▁source . ▁Part icular ly ▁s oph istic ated ▁use ▁of ▁this ▁f able ▁tradition ▁is ▁made ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 5 th ▁century ▁in ▁Robert ▁Henry son ' s ▁Mor all ▁Fab ill is , ▁written ▁in ▁Sc ots . ▁ ▁Early ▁printed ▁ed itions ▁appeared ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁A es opus ▁mor alis atus