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Born | Gaius Valerius Catullus c. 84 BC Verona, Italy, Roman Republic |
Died | c. 54 BC (age 29–30) Rome |
Occupation | Poet |
Language | Latin |
Genre | Lyric poetry |
Gaius Valerius Catullus (Classical Latin: [ˈɡaːius waˈlɛrius kaˈtullus]; c. 84 – c. 54 BC), known as Catullus (kə-TUL-əs), was a Latin neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic. His surviving works remain widely read due to their popularity as teaching tools and because of their personal or sexually explicit themes.[2]