Lucretius
c. 99–c. 55 BCE
Roman poet who wrote On the Nature of Things.
- Known as
- Poet
- Category
- Writers
- Born
- c. 99 BCE, Pompeii
- Died
- c. 55 BCE, Rome
Alive at the same time as Lucretius
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- Mithridates VI of Pontus c. 135–63 BCE, king
- Marcus Licinius Crassus c. 115–53 BCE, financier
- Hillel the Elder c. 110 BCE–c. 10 CE, rabbi
- Cicero 106–43 BCE, statesman and philosopher
- Pompey 106–48 BCE, general
- Julius Caesar 100–44 BCE, dictator
- Brutus 85–42 BCE, Roman politician
- Mark Antony 83–30 BCE, Roman general
- Virgil 70–19 BCE, poet
- Horace 65–8 BCE, poet
- Livy 59 BCE–17 CE, historian
Portrait: Unknown, CC0.
