Catullus
At a glance:
- Series: Great Lives from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets, Empires, Dynasties, Roman Empire, Ancient Rome
- Curriculum: Western Civilization/European History, Ancient History
Article abstract: Roman poet{$I[g]Roman Republic;Catullus} Catullus was the leader of a group of poets who created a native idiom for Roman poetry. Intensely personal, epigrammatic, and more colloquial than epic or dramatic, this style of poetry set the standards for the literary achievements of the Augustan Age.
Early Life
Like most figures of Greek and Roman antiquity, Catullus (ka-TUH-luhs) provides little information about his early life, and the ancient sources add few facts. His family was prominent in Verona, which was then a part of the province...
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