Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus was an orator and poet of ancient Rome. Son of Licinius Macer and thus a member of the gens Licinia, he was a friend of the poet ...

Dec 11, 2024 · Gaius Licinius Calvus was a Roman poet and orator who, as a poet, followed his friend Catullus in style and choice of subjects.

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Calvus, C. Lici'nius Macer who, as a forensic speaker, was considered by his countrymen generally as not unworthy of being ranked with Caesar, Brutus, Pollio, ...

Nov 28, 2019 · Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus was a Latin scholar, poet, and orator, born in Rome, and lived between 82 BC. and 47 BC; writer of as many as 21 orations.

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Neoteric Poet and close friend of Catullus. Hated Caesar and Pompey. Wrote verses mocking Caesar's homosexual affair with King Nicomedes of Bithynia, and others ...