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Lot 16 CATULLO, Gaio Valerio (84-54 A.C.) - Catullus Tibullus, Propetius. Venice: Aldo Manuzio, 1502.
Gaius Valerius Catullus (84 BC - 54 BC)
Gaius Valerius Catullus
84 BC - 54 BC
Gaius Valerius Catullus, often called Catullus, was a Roman poet whose statements on love and hate are considered the best lyrical poetry of ancient Rome.
Scholars have concluded from existing sources that Catullus was a contemporary of the statesmen Cicero, Pompey, and Caesar, whom he addresses in various ways in his poems. In 25 poems he speaks of his love for a woman he calls Lesbia. In other poems Catullus speaks sarcastically or contemptuously of Julius Caesar and other politicians.
Catullus' poems have been praised by modern poets, notably Ovid and Virgil.