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Catullus

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Gaius Valerius Catullus worked as a poet and writer in Latin, producing verse within the genre of Latin poetry during his lifetime as a citizen of Ancient Rome.

Catullus was born in approximately 84 BCE in Verona. He held citizenship in Ancient Rome and worked in Latin as both a poet and writer. His life came to an end in Rome around 54 BCE, spanning roughly three decades between his birth and death.

As a poet and writer, Catullus composed in the genre of Latin poetry, using Latin as his medium throughout his career. He was a male citizen of Ancient Rome, identified in the authorized record under the full name Catullus, Gaius Valerius, which places him within the broader record of Roman literary figures of his era.

Catullus died in Rome around 54 BCE, having been born in Verona around 84 BCE. His work falls within the genre of Latin poetry, and his occupation as both poet and writer is the principal basis on which he is recorded. The city of Rome, where his life ended, stands as the concrete geographical endpoint of a life that began in Verona and was conducted under the citizenship of Ancient Rome.

Quotes by Catullus

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Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo.
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Pedicabo ego vos et irrumabo.
My lady’s sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady’s delight.
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My lady’s sparrow is dead, the sparrow which was my lady’s delight.
Now Spring restores the balmy heat, now Zephyr’s sweet breezes calm the rage of the equinoctial sky.
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Now Spring restores the balmy heat, now Zephyr’s sweet breezes calm the rage of the equinoctial sky.
Brother, hello and good-bye. Frater, ave atque vale.
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Brother, hello and good-bye. Frater, ave atque vale.
There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.
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There is nothing more foolish than a foolish laugh. Risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.
My mind’s sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn’t like you if you were the best of women, -or stop loving you, no matter what you do.
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My mind’s sunk so low, Claudia, because of you, wrecked itself on your account so bad already, that I couldn’t like you if you were the best of women, -or stop loving you, no matter what you do.
Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus.
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Let us live, my Lesbia, and let us love. Vivamus, mea Lesbia, atque amemus.
It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem.
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It is difficult to suddenly give up a long love. Difficile est longum subito deponere amorem.
Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
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Odi et amo. quare id faciam, fortasse requiris? nescio, sed fieri sentio et excrucior.
There is nothing sillier than a silly laugh
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There is nothing sillier than a silly laugh
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