Marcus Annaeus Lucanus

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, commonly known as Lucan, was a 1st-century AD Roman poet famed for his epic poem "Pharsalia," which recounts the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey.

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instanceOf Latin author
Roman poet
ancient Roman person
alsoKnownAs Lucan NERFINISHED
birthDate 0039-11-03
birthPlace Corduba NERFINISHED
Hispania Baetica NERFINISHED
Roman Empire NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath forced suicide
century 1st century AD
citizenship Roman Empire
cognomen Lucanus NERFINISHED
conflictWith Nero NERFINISHED
deathDate 0065-04-30
deathPlace Rome
education studied rhetoric
employer Nero NERFINISHED
familyName Annaeus NERFINISHED
father Marcus Annaeus Mela NERFINISHED
genre epic poetry
historical epic
givenName Marcus NERFINISHED
grandfather Seneca the Elder NERFINISHED
influenced Christopher Marlowe NERFINISHED
Dante Alighieri NERFINISHED
Pierre Corneille NERFINISHED
influencedBy Ovid NERFINISHED
Virgil NERFINISHED
language Latin
literaryPeriod Silver Latin
mainTheme struggle between liberty and tyranny in Rome
memberOf Neronian court
movement Silver Age of Latin literature NERFINISHED
notableWork De Bello Civili NERFINISHED
Pharsalia NERFINISHED
numberOfBooks 10 (Pharsalia)
occupation orator
poet
participatedIn Pisonian conspiracy NERFINISHED
patron Nero NERFINISHED
portrays Julius Caesar NERFINISHED
Pompey the Great NERFINISHED
relative Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED
style highly rhetorical epic
rhetorical
subjectOfWriting Roman civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey
uncle Seneca the Younger NERFINISHED
workStatus Pharsalia is unfinished

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Lucan’s Pharsalia author Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
Lucan fullName Marcus Annaeus Lucanus