Lucan

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Lucan was a prominent Roman poet of the Silver Age, best known for his epic "Pharsalia" and his involvement in the failed Pisonian conspiracy against Emperor Nero.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Lucan canonical 7
Lucanus 1
Lucan’s father (Lucius Annaeus Mela) 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman poet
Silver Age Latin author
epic poet
historical person
birthDate 39
birthPlace Corduba
linked to: Córdoba

Hispania
linked to: Hispania (probable)
causeOfDeath forced suicide
citizenship Roman Empire
cognomen Lucanus
linked to: Lucan
deathDate 65
deathPlace Rome
educatedIn Rome
era 1st century
Julio-Claudian dynasty
familyName Annaeus
linked to: Annaeanus
father Marcus Annaeus Mela
fullName Marcus Annaeus Lucanus
genre epic poetry
historical epic
givenName Marcus
grandfather Seneca the Elder
hasTheme civil war
stoic philosophy
tyranny and liberty
influenced Christopher Marlowe
Dante Alighieri
John Milton
Pierre Corneille
influencedBy Ovid
Seneca the Younger
Virgil
language Latin
literaryPeriod Neronian literature
movement Silver Age of Latin literature
notableWork De Bello Civili
Pharsalia
linked to: Lucan’s Pharsalia
occupation poet
rhetorician
opposed Emperor Nero
linked to: Nero
participatedIn Pisonian conspiracy
patron Emperor Nero
linked to: Nero
relative Seneca the Younger
styleCharacteristic grim realism
philosophical pessimism
rhetorical intensity
subjectOfWork Roman civil war between Caesar and Pompey
uncle Seneca the Younger
wasFavoriteOf Emperor Nero
linked to: Nero

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Roman Spain notableNative Lucan
Lucius Junius Gallio Annaeanus sibling Lucan’s father (Lucius Annaeus Mela)
linked to: Lucan
Marcus Annaeus Mela child Lucan
Lucan cognomen Lucanus
linked to: Lucan