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Catullus

84 BC - 54 BC

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Gaius Valerius Catullus (Classical Latin: [ˈɡaːius waˈlɛrius kaˈtullus]; c. 84 – c. 54 BC), known as Catullus (kə-TUL-əs), 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Catullus is the 184th most popular writer (down from 154th in 2019), the 269th most popular biography from Italy (down from 201st in 2019) and the 14th most popular Italian Writer.

Gaius Valerius Catullus was a Roman poet who is most famous for his poems to his lover, Lesbia.

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Among writers, Catullus ranks 184 out of 7,302. Before him are Charlotte Brontë, Nizami Ganjavi, Stéphane Mallarmé, Fernando Pessoa, Al-Masudi, and Mikhail Bulgakov. After him are Taras Shevchenko, Murasaki Shikibu, Lope de Vega, John Steinbeck, Adam Mickiewicz, and Sigrid Undset.

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Among people born in 84 BC, Catullus ranks 1. After him are Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, Surena, and Publius Servilius Casca. Among people deceased in 54 BC, Catullus ranks 1. After him are Julia, Aurelia Cotta, Ariovistus, Mithridates IV of Parthia, Quintus Titurius Sabinus, and Dumnorix.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Catullus ranks 269 out of 5,161. Before him are Livia (-58), Servius Tullius (-600), Pope Honorius IV (1210), Pope Adrian II (792), Pope Paschal I (775), and Pope Gelasius II (1062). After him are Pope Honorius II (1100), Pope Boniface V (575), Boethius (480), Pope Leo IV (790), Pope Paul II (1417), and Pope Innocent IV (1195).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Catullus ranks 14. Before him are Giacomo Casanova (1725), Giorgio Vasari (1511), Cato the Elder (-243), Carlo Collodi (1826), Plautus (-254), and Guillaume Apollinaire (1880). After him are Carlo Goldoni (1707), Torquato Tasso (1544), Pliny the Younger (61), Juvenal (50), Grazia Deledda (1871), and Dario Fo (1926).

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