Lucan

• Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 Nov 39-30 Apr 65 CE) was a Roman Poet known as Lucan.
• Born in Cordoba, Baetica, Lucan was one of the leading Poets of the Imperial Latin Period.

Works

• Pharsalia
  • A description of the civil wars between Julius Caesar and Pompey.
• Laus Pisonis
  • A Eulogy in praise of a member of the Piso family.
• 13 other Lost Works, according to Vacca and Statius, including ‘De Incendio Urbis’ which may have blamed Nero for the Great Fire of Rome in 64 CE.