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Catullus

20th-century bust of Catullus<br>on the Piazza Carducci in [[Sirmione]]<ref>The bust was commissioned in 1935 by Sirmione's mayor, Luigi Trojani, and produced by the Milanese foundry Clodoveo Barzaghi with the assistance of the sculptor Villarubbia Norri (N. Criniti & M. Arduino (eds.), ''Catullo e Sirmione. Società e cultura della Cisalpina alle soglie dell'impero'' (Brescia: Grafo, 1994), p. 4).</ref> Gaius Valerius Catullus (; 84 – 54 BC), known as Catullus (), was a Latin neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic. His surviving works remain widely read due to their popularity as teaching tools and because of their personal or sexual themes. Provided by Wikipedia
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