Cornelius Gallus (c. 70 BC–26 BC), Roman poet, orator and politician, was born of humble parents at Forum Julii (Fréjus) in Gaul. Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC - 70s BC - 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC Years: 75 BC 74 BC 74 BC 73 BC 72 BC 71 BC 70 BC 69 BC 68... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC - 20s BC - 10s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s Years: 31 BC 30 BC 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC 22 BC 21... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... Orator is a Latin word for speaker (from the Latin verb oro, meaning I speak or I pray). In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was a professional competence especially cultivated by politicians and lawyers. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Roman ruins, aquaduct Fréjus is a coastal town and commune, in the Var département, in southern France. ... Map of Gaul circa 58 BC Gaul (Latin: ) was the name given, in ancient times, to the region of Western Europe comprising present-day northern Italy, France, Belgium, western Switzerland and the parts of the Netherlands and Germany on the west bank of the Rhine river. ...

At an early age he moved to Rome, where he was taught by the same master, as Virgil and Varius Rufus. Virgil, who dedicated one of his eclogues (X) to him, was in great measure indebted to the influence of Gallus for the restoration of his estate. In political life Gallus espoused the cause of Octavianus, and as a reward for his services was made praefect of Egypt (Suetonius, Augustus, 66). In 26 BC, Cornelius Gallus led a campaign against the Nubian kingdoms and another to find Arabia Felix (Yemen). The campaign came quickly to a halt (25 BC) because of the heavy losses in the troops (Romans, Hebrews and Nabateans), due to hunger and epidemic. The losses were not recovered, so in 23 BC the Nubians, led by queen Candace Amanirenas, took the initiative and attacked the Romans moving towards Elephantine. Gallus' conduct brought him into disgrace with the emperor, and a new prefectus was named. Having been deprived of his estates and sentenced to banishment, Gallus put an end to his life (Cassius Dio, liii 23). Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... A bust of Virgil, from the entrance to his tomb in Naples, Italy. ... Lucius Varius Rufus (c 74 - 14 BC), Roman poet of the Augustan age. ... An eclogue is a poem in a classical style on a pastoral subject. ... Octavianus, or in English Octavian, was the name for which Augustus Caesar was known following his adoption by Julius Caesar and before acquiring the title of Augustus. ... The Twelve Caesars is a set of twelve biographies of Julius Caesar and the first 11 emperors of the Roman Empire. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC - 20s BC - 10s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s Years: 31 BC 30 BC 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC 22 BC 21... Today Nubia is the region in the south of Egypt, along the Nile and in northern Sudan, but in ancient times it was an independent kingdom. ... Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC - 20s BC - 10s BC 0s 10s 20s 30s Years: 30 BC 29 BC 28 BC 27 BC 26 BC 25 BC 24 BC 23 BC 22 BC 21 BC 20... Events Imperator Caesar Augustus becomes Roman Consul for the eleventh time. ... Elephantine Island, showing the nilometer (lower left) and the Aswan Museum. ... Dio Cassius Cocceianus (155–after 229), known in English as Dio Cassius or Cassius Dio, was a noted Roman historian and public servant. ...

Gallus enjoyed a high reputation among his contemporaries as a man of intellect, and Ovid (Tristia, IV) considered him the first of the elegiac poets of Rome. He wrote four books of elegies chiefly on his mistress Lycoris (a poetical name for Cytheris, a notorious actress), in which he took for his model Euphorion of Chalcis; he also translated some of this author's works into Latin. Almost nothing by him has survived; until recently, one pentameter ("uno tellures diuidit amne duas") was all that had been handed down. Then, in 1978 a papyrus was found at Qasr Ibrim, in Egyptian Nubia, containing nine lines by Gallus, arguably the oldest surviving MS of Latin poetry. The fragments of the four poems attributed to him (first published by Aldus Manutius in 1590 and printed in Alexander Riese's Anthologia Latina, 1869) are generally regarded as a forgery. Engraved frontispiece of George Sandyss 1632 London edition of Publius Ovidius Naso (Sulmona, March 20, 43 BC – Tomis, now Constanţa AD 17), a Roman poet known to the English-speaking world as Ovid, wrote on topics of love, abandoned women and mythological transformations. ... Elegiac refers either to those compositions that are like elegies or to a specific poetic meter used in Classical elegies. ... Species Calanthe cardioglossa Calanthe discolor Calanthe triplicata Calanthe vestita Calanthe is a widespread genus of terrestrial orchids (family Orchidaceae) with about 150 species. ... Euphorion, Greek poet and grammarian, born at Chalcis in Euboea about 275 BC. He spent much of his life in Athens, where he amassed great wealth. ... Latin is an ancient Indo-European language originally spoken in Latium, the region immediately surrounding Rome. ... Papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus at Kew Gardens, London Papyrus is an early form of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. ... Qasr Ibrim is an archeological site in Lower Nubia. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus, written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... Aldus Manutius, the Younger (Italian: Aldo Manuzio Il Giovane) was the grandson of Aldus Manutius and son of Paulus Manutius. ...

Until recently, all that was left of the poet's work was a single quoted pentameter: uno tellures diuidit amne duas, "(the Scythian river) divides the two lands (Europe and Asia) with a single stream". Then, in 1979, a spectacular papyrus find at Qasr Ibrim in Egypt restored to us a set of ten verses from Gallus' work. This papyrus is, together with a fragment of the Carmen de bello Aegyptiaco, the oldest manuscript of Latin poetry to survive from antiquity.^[1] In poetry, a pentameter is a line of verse consisting of five metrical feet: Be what you can if thus your heart so deem, For more the man will less the foible seem. ... Papyrus plant Cyperus papyrus at Kew Gardens, London Papyrus is an early form of paper made from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt. ... Qasr Ibrim is an archeological site in Lower Nubia. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus, written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... Latin poetry was a major part of Latin literature during the height of the Latin language. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.