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Licinius Macer Calvus

82 BC - 47 BC

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Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus (28 May 82 BC – c. 46 BC) was an orator and poet of ancient Rome. Son of Licinius Macer and thus a member of the gens Licinia, he was a friend of the poet Catullus, whose style and subject matter he shared. Calvus' oratorical style opposed the "Asian" school in favor of a simpler Attic model: he characterized Cicero as "solutum et enervem" (loose and nerveless), while Cicero described him as "exsanguem et aridum" (bloodless and dry). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Licinius Macer Calvus has received more than 25,663 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Licinius Macer Calvus is the 3,283rd most popular writer (down from 3,080th in 2019), the 2,877th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,653rd in 2019) and the 195th most popular Italian Writer.

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Among writers, Licinius Macer Calvus ranks 3,283 out of 7,302. Before him are Mariano Azuela, Willa Cather, Joanna Chmielewska, Wallace Stevens, Mahmoud Shabestari, and Anita Lasker-Wallfisch. After him are Juan Fernández de Heredia, Lucius Cornelius Sisenna, Dámaso Alonso, Douglas Preston, Eugène Burnouf, and Malak Hifni Nasif.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 82 BC, Licinius Macer Calvus ranks 4. Before him are Burebista, Varro Atacinus, and Marcus Caelius Rufus.  Among people deceased in 47 BC, Licinius Macer Calvus ranks 4. Before him are Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator, Pharnaces II of Pontus, and Aulus Gabinius.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Licinius Macer Calvus ranks 2,877 out of 5,161. Before him are Laurence of Canterbury (550), Caterina Scarpellini (1808), Archduke Karl of Austria-Este (1785), Mario Salieri (1957), Giovanni Artusi (1540), and Carlo Furno (1921). After him are Emanuele d'Astorga (1680), Ernest von Koerber (1850), Enzo Mari (1932), Maria Teresa Felicitas d'Este (1726), Marcantonio Giustinian (1619), and Gustav Thöni (1951).

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Among WRITERS In Italy

Among writers born in Italy, Licinius Macer Calvus ranks 195. Before him are Giovanni Battista Giraldi (1504), Roberto Calasso (1941), Antonio Beccadelli (1394), Giosafat Barbaro (1413), Ennio Flaiano (1910), and Julius Obsequens (400). After him are Nossis (null), Alessandro Baricco (1958), Francesco de Sanctis (1817), Corrado Alvaro (1895), Filippo Buonaccorsi (1437), and Augusto Genina (1892).

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