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Just a few of the Latin poets whose work has survived from antiquity: Poets are authors of poems. ...

Ausonius

Calpurnius

Rutilius Namatianus

Later Latin poets: Decimus Magnus Ausonius (c. ... Titus Calpurnius, Roman bucolic poet, surnamed Siculus from his birthplace or from his imitation of the style of the Sicilian Theocritus, most probably flourished during the reign of Nero. ... Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. ... Claudius Claudianus, Anglicized as Claudian, was the court poet to the Emperor Honorius and Stilicho. ... Quintus Ennius (239 - 169 BC) was a writer during the period of the Roman Republic, and is often considered the father of Roman poetry. ... Gaius Cornelius Gallus (69 BC â€“ 24 BC), was the first prefect of Roman Egypt. ... Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin, the son of a freedman, but himself born free. ... Note: This article is about the Roman poet, who is the most famous person by this name. ... Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, AD 39-April 30, 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, and is one of the outstanding figures of the Silver Latin period. ... Lucretius Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. ... Marcus Manilius (fl. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus, Roman poet, a native of Carthage, flourished about AD 283. ... Bush is the worst president~ signed the black shark ... Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (AD 34-62), was a Roman poet and satirist. ... Sextus Aurelius Propertius was a Latin elegiac poet born between 57 BC and 46 BC in or near Mevania, who died in around 12 BC. Like Virgil and Ovid, Propertius was also a member of the poetic circle of neoteric poets which collected around Mæcenas. ... Publius Papinius Statius, (c. ... Albius Tibullus (c. ... A sculpture of Virgil, probably from the 1st century AD. Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BCâ€“19 BC), known in English as Virgil or Vergil, is a Latin poet, the author of the Eclogues, the Georgics and the Aeneid, the last being an epic poem of twelve books that...

Petrarch

Jan Kochanowski (Iohannes Cochanovius)

Categories: Cleanup from September 2016 | Roman era poets | Lists of poets From the c. ... Jan Kochanowski Jan Kochanowski (1530 - August 22, 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet and writer. ...

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	Poets, like any artist, exist within a cultural and intellectual tradition and generally write in a specific language, but the qualities which comprise good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity.
	Once they have established their name, poets, through their connexion to the eternal, often fully ascend into the ranks of the aristocracy, although continued identification and membership in bohemia is also not unknown.
	Poets, however, tend to be either on the fringes of or at the very center of their culture.

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