Lucan Quotes

Roman poet (39–65)

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, 39 – April 30, 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman epic poet. In A.D. 65, at the age of 25, he was charged with treason against Nero, and was commanded to commit suicide. Despite his short life, Lucan is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets. His epic poem Bellum Civile (or Pharsalia) deals with the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompey.

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Native Name: M. Annaeus Lucanus

Alternative Names: Marcus Annaeus Lucanus • Lucanus

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Cum tot in hac anima populorum vita salusque
pendeat et tantus caput hoc sibi fecerit orbis,
saevitia est voluisse mori.

O vitae tuta facultas
pauperis angustique lares! o munera nondum
intellecta deum!

Facinus quos inquinat aequat.

The sin of thousands always goes unpunished.

Quidquid multis peccatur inultum est.

Nec tantum prodere vati
quantum scire licet.

Audendo magnus tegitur timor.

Ignorantque datos, ne quisquam seruiat, enses.

No life is short that gives a man time to slay himself.

Vita brevis nulli superest qui tempus in illa
quaerendae sibi mortis habet.

Discite, quam parvo liceat producere vitam,
Et quantum natura petat.

Jamque comes semper magnorum prima malorum
saeva fames aderat.

Non sibi sed domino grauis est quae seruit egestas.

Usque adeo solus ferrum mortemque timere
auri nescit amor.

Aut nihil est sensus animis a morte relictum
aut mors ipsa nihil.