The first casualty of war is me. The first victim of War is the poetry and humanity. My story is this one, consigned to history in a short, but that is about all my life, I assure you that was very very intense. Marco Lucano Anneo (Cordova, November 3, 39 - Rome, 30 April 65) was a Roman poet. Son of Mark Anneo Mela, was the nephew of Lucius Seneca Anneo and, thanks to the influence of his uncle, entered the court of Nero, in honor of which proclaimed, in a race that turned poetic winner, Laudes Neronis.
This was the brightest period in the life of Lucan. His poem, the Pharsalia (Bellum is headed in the manuscripts but civil, "Civil War") was also acclaimed. The
fate of the poet, however, changed radically when he fell into disgrace with the Emperor. The causes of this change in relations between the two are not clear. Some scholars have speculated that the reasons they were residing in a personal grudge, others have seen a logical consequence of the previous removal of his uncle Seneca, and others have accused the main cause filorepubblicana the position taken by Lucan in his work. In 65
Lucan also took part in the conspiracy of Piso. When it was discovered, he was forced to commit suicide at the age of 25, even though he was promised immunity in exchange for the termination of the mother, and his father was banished and his mother managed to escape from Rome. To his widow, Polla Argentaria, Dedicated one of Statius Silvae.
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