
Many are caustic, satirical, and erotic, often lampooning well-known characters of the day including Julius Caesar and his friends. Ave Atque Vale: An Offering to the DeadĬatullus wrote his poems and epigrams of personal life during the late Roman Republic, and they survive in an anthology of more than a hundred items. Beyond The Grave: to Gaius Licinius Calvus Of the Argonauts and an Epithalamium for Peleus and Thetis Lament for Lesbia: to Marcus Caelius Rufus Laughter in Court: to Gaius Licinius Calvus The Writing Tablets: to the Hendecasyllables Free for All: to the Regulars and Egnatius People Who Live in Glass Houses: to Varus Stop Stealing the Napkins! : to Asinius Marrucinus Words against Lesbia: to Furius and Aurelius

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