Lucan

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Roman poet Silver Age Latin author epic poet historical person

Lucan was a prominent Roman poet of the Silver Age, best known for his epic "Pharsalia" and his involvement in the failed Pisonian conspiracy against Emperor Nero.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lucan canonical 7
Lucanus 1
Lucan’s father (Lucius Annaeus Mela) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman poet ⓘ
Silver Age Latin author ⓘ
epic poet ⓘ
historical person ⓘ
birthDate 39 ⓘ
birthPlace Córdoba ⓘ
surface form: Corduba

Hispania (probable) ⓘ
surface form: Hispania
causeOfDeath forced suicide ⓘ
citizenship Roman Empire ⓘ
cognomen Lucan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lucanus
deathDate 65 ⓘ
deathPlace Rome ⓘ
educatedIn Rome ⓘ
era 1st century ⓘ
Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
familyName Annaeanus ⓘ
surface form: Annaeus
father Marcus Annaeus Mela ⓘ
fullName Marcus Annaeus Lucanus ⓘ
genre epic poetry ⓘ
historical epic ⓘ
givenName Marcus ⓘ
grandfather Lucius Annaeus Seneca the Elder ⓘ
surface form: Seneca the Elder
hasTheme civil war ⓘ
stoic philosophy ⓘ
tyranny and liberty ⓘ
influenced Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
Dante Alighieri ⓘ
John Milton ⓘ
Pierre Corneille ⓘ
influencedBy Ovid ⓘ
Seneca the Younger ⓘ
Virgil ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryPeriod Neronian literature ⓘ
movement Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
notableWork Commentarii de Bello Civili ⓘ
surface form: De Bello Civili

Lucan’s Pharsalia ⓘ
surface form: Pharsalia
occupation poet ⓘ
rhetorician ⓘ
opposed Nero ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Nero
participatedIn Pisonian conspiracy ⓘ
patron Nero ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Nero
relative Seneca the Younger ⓘ
styleCharacteristic grim realism ⓘ
philosophical pessimism ⓘ
rhetorical intensity ⓘ
subjectOfWork Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey ⓘ
uncle Seneca the Younger ⓘ
wasFavoriteOf Nero ⓘ
surface form: Emperor Nero

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pisonian conspiracy → hasParticipant → Lucan ⓘ
Silver Age of Latin literature → hasNotableAuthor → Lucan ⓘ
Lucan’s Pharsalia → author → Lucan ⓘ
Roman Spain → notableNative → Lucan ⓘ
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus → sibling → Lucan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucan’s father (Lucius Annaeus Mela)
Marcus Annaeus Mela → father of → Lucan ⓘ
Marcus Annaeus Mela → child → Lucan ⓘ
Marcus Annaeus Mela → notable relative → Lucan ⓘ
Lucan → cognomen → Lucan self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lucanus