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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Might became the standard of right.

Mensuraque juris
vis erat.

Poverty was scorned,
Fruitful of warriors; and from all the world
Came that which ruins nations.

Fecunda virorum
paupertas fugitur totoque accersitur orbe
quo gens quaeque perit.

Sed non in Caesare tantum
nomen erat nec fama ducis, sed nescia virtus
stare loco, solusque pudor non vincere bello.

Stat magni nominis umbra.

Quis iustius induit arma
scire nefas: magno se iudice quisque tuetur;
Victrix causa deis placuit sed victa Catoni.

Nulla fides regni sociis, omnisque potestas
inpatiens consortis erit.

In se magna ruunt: laetis hunc numina rebus
crescendi posuere modum.

Invida fatorum series summisque negatum
stare diu nimioque graves sub pondere lapsus
nec se Roma ferens.

Nulli penitus descendere ferro
contigit; alta sedent civilis volnera dextrae.

Iusque datum sceleri.

Bella...plus quam civilia.