Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote in the neoteric style of poetry. He was born in Verona in 84 BC and died in 54 BC. He is best known for his poems about love, friendship
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Gaius Valerius Catullus, known as Catullus, was a Latin neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic. His surviving works remain widely read due to their popularity as teaching tools and because of their personal or sexual themes.