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Also Known As Aulus Persius Flaccus
Born 34 • Volterra • Italy
Died 62 (aged 28) • Campania • Italy
Movement / Style Silver Age
Statius
Roman poet
Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Horace
Roman poet
Martial
Roman poet
Juvenal
Juvenal
Roman poet
Gaius Petronius Arbiter
Roman author
Seneca, marble bust, 3rd century, after an original bust of the 1st century; in the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
Seneca
Roman philosopher and statesman [4 BCE – 65 CE]
Lucan
Roman author
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
Roman poet
John Barclay, engraving by Claude Mellan
John Barclay
Scottish writer
Florent Chrestien
French author
Cicero
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
mosaic of Virgil with Clio and Melpomene
Virgil
Roman poet
Catullus, bust in Sirmione, Italy.
Catullus
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Sextus Propertius
Roman poet
Lucretius
Lucretius
Latin poet and philosopher
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
Albius Tibullus
Roman poet
Quintus Ennius
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Marcus Terentius Varro
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Calpurnius Siculus
Roman poet

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4:043 Dickinson, Emily: A Life of Letters, This is my letter to the world/That never wrote to me; I'll tell you how the Sun Rose/A Ribbon at a time; Hope is the thing with feathers/That perches in the soul
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Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) only confirmed photograph of Emily Dickinson. 1978 scan of a Daguerreotype. ca. 1847; in the Amherst College Archives. American poet. See Notes:
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