Gaius Valerius Catullus (84 - 54 BC) was one of the most influential of the Roman poets. Little is known of Catullus life, other than that he died very young. He never seems to have held or been involved in political pursuits of any kind.
His poetry, though influential to the later great poets of Horace, Ovid and Virgil was selectively admired due to its explicit nature. His poems touched on a wide range of subjects that generally focused on love and sexuality, but political commentary and other historical notations are present as well. The conservative Cicero and other members of his political slant despised Catullus.
Works:
116 poems passed down in a in a complete collection by later editors.
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