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Lucan

Also known as Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, Lucanus

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day Córdoba, Spain). He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, known in particular for his epic Pharsalia. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets.

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Lucan was a Roman poet born in Spain in AD 39 who is remembered as one of the most important writers of the Imperial period, particularly for his epic poem *Pharsalia*. His reputation rests on both the quality of his work and the remarkable speed at which he composed, which distinguished him from his contemporaries.

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Born: 39
Died: 65
Works: 206

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De bello civili
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M. Annei Lvcani, De bello civili, libri decem
M. Annei Lvcani cordvbensis De bello ciuili apud Pharsaliam libri x. doctissimis argumẽtis & scholijs ornati
La Pharsale de Lucain, ou, Les guerres ciuiles de Cesar et de Pompee. En vers françois

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Total plays: 27,969

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Quotes

“Bella...plus quam civilia.”
“Nulli penitus descendere ferrocontigit; alta sedent civilis volnera dextrae.”
“Invida fatorum series summisque negatumstare diu nimioque graves sub pondere lapsusnec se Roma ferens.”
“In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebuscrescendi posuere modum.”
“Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestasinpatiens consortis erit.”
“Quis iustius induit armascire nefas: magno se iudice quisque tuetur;Victrix causa deis placuit sed victa Catoni.”

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Key facts

Person.name: Lucan
Person.image: Busto de Lucano, Cordoba.JPG
Person.caption: Modern bust of Lucan in Córdoba. There are no ancient likenesses.
Person.birth_date: 3 November AD 39
Person.birth_place: Corduba, Hispania Baetica
Person.death_date: 30 April AD 65 (aged 25)
Person.death_cause: Forced suicide
Person.occupation: Poet
Person.spouse: Polla Argentaria
Person.mother: Acilia
Person.family: gens Annaea

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Image: Busto de Lucano, Cordoba.JPG

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Commons category: Lucan
date of birth: 0039-11-03
date of death: 0065-04-30
Commons Creator page: Lucan
name in native language: M. Annaeus Lucanus
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Works in European collections

33 objects attributed to Lucan, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Life
Works
References
Sources
Further reading
External links

==Life== Three brief ancient accounts allow for the reconstruction of a modest biography – the earliest attributed to Suetonius, another to an otherwise unknown Vacca, and the third anonymous and undated – along with references in Martial, Cassius Dio, Tacitus's Annals, and one of Statius's Silvae. Lucan was born in the Roman colony of Corduba into a wealthy family of central Italic origins; he was the son of and grandson of Seneca the Elder. He grew up under the tutelage of his uncle Seneca the Younger. He studied rhetoric at Athens and was probably provided with a philosophical and Stoic education by his uncle. thumb|left|Engraved title page of a French edition of Lucan's Pharsalia, 1657 The 5th-century author Sidonius Apollinaris implies that Polla Argentaria—Lucan's wife—may have assisted him in the creation of the Pharsalia, though the philologist Peter White suggests that this story could easily be a later invention and denigrates the account as "sentimental fancy".