Tibullus
c. 50 BCE – 15 BCE · aged 35
Roman poet and writer of elegies (c. 55 BC - 19 BC)
- Born
- 50 BCE · Gabii
- Died
- 15 BCE · Rome
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- c. 50 BCEBornBorn in Gabii
- c. 15 BCEDiedDied in Rome
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- 27 BCE – 395 CERoman Empire
Biography
Albius Tibullus (c. 55 BC – c. 19 BC) was a Latin poet and writer of elegies. His first and second books of poetry are extant; many other texts attributed to him are of questionable origins.
Little is known about the life of Tibullus. There are only a few references to him by later writers and a short Life of doubtful authority. Neither his praenomen nor his birthplace is known, and his gentile name has been questioned. His status was probably that of a Roman eques (so the Life affirms), and he had inherited a considerable estate. Like Virgil and Propertius, he seems to have lost most of it in 41 BC in the confiscations of Mark Antony and Octavian.
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