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Born February 11, 1380 • Italy
Died October 30, 1459 (aged 79) • Florence • Italy
Notable Works “Achievements of the Divine Augustus” • “Argonautica” • “Astronomica” • “Cyropaedia” • “De significatu verborum” • “Institutio oratoria” • “On the Nature of Things” • “Punica” • “Silvae”

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