Description Benot de Sainte-Maure\'s Roman de Troie , dating to around 1165, is, along with the Roman de Thbes and the Roman d\'Eneas , one of the three "romances of antiquity" ( romans d\'antiquit ).
As an account of the Trojan War, Benot\'s work is of necessity a poem about war and its causes, how it was fought and what.
These romances launched the plots, themes and structures of the genre, then blossoming in the hands of authors such as Chr tien de Troyes.
Description Benot de Sainte-Maure\'s Roman de Troie , dating to around 1165, is, along with the Roman de Thbes and the Roman d\'Eneas , one of the three "romances of antiquity" ( romans d\'antiquit )