Amica Formiani
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Mamurra. The unnamed girlfriend of the man from Formio in Catullus XLIII.
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Aurelius
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Friend of Catullus who is asked to speak on Catullus' behalf to Lesbia. Catullus XI
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Caecilius
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Writer-friend of Catullus. Wrote Magna Mater. Catullus XXXV
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Caelius Rufus
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A witty, notable and somewhat unscrupulous man who moved in fashionable circles in 50 BC. Had an affair with Clodia, Catullus' love.
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Clodia/Lesbia
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The woman who inspires Catullus' love and dispair. Originally the wife of Quintus Metellus Celer, a Roman aristocrat. Would later have an affair with Caelius Rufus.
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Cornelius Nepos
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Wrote a history which won the admiration of Catullus. Catullus I
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Fabullus
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Friend of Catullus.
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Furius
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Friend of Catullus who is asked to speak on Catullus' behalf to Lesbia. Catullus XI
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Gaius Cinna
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A poet and friend of Catullus. Author of Zmyrna. Probably in Bithynia with Catullus. Also, do not confuse with Lucius Cornelius Cinna leader of the Populares during the Civil Wars between Sulla & Marius. Catullus X, XCV
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Hortensius
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Well-respected orator. Catullus thinks he writes too much poetry, and compares it unfavorably to Cinna's Zymrna.
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Licinius Calvus
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Orator and poet who was friend of Catullus. Catullus admires his work, but their friendship is so strong that they enjoy laughing at each other. Strength of friendship is also seen when Catullus consoles him over his wife, Quintillia's death. Catullus L, LIII
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Marrucinus Asinius
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Brother of Gaius Asinius Pollio, who built Rome's first library. Catullus XII
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Quintia
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An attractive woman who Catullus compares unfavorably to Lesbia in LXXXV.
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Quintilius Varus
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A friend of both Catullus and Horace. Catullus X, XXII, Horace 1.24
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Quintillia
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The wife of Catullus' good friend Licinius Calvus.
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Quintus Arrius
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Orator and friend of Crassus. Catullus makes fun of his speech in LXXXIV.
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Quintus Metellus Celer
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A Roman aristocrat who was husband of Clodia and legate of his brother-in-law Pompey.
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Sestius
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Friend of Catullus. He invites Catullus to dinner, in exchange for Catullus reading his political speech against Antius. Catullus XLIV
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Suffenus
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A contemporary poet of Catullus. Catullus cannot stand his work. Catullus XXII
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Veranius
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One of Catullus' most intimate friends. Catullus IX
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Vitinius
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A man prosecuted both by Crassus and Calvus. Catullus LIII
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Volusius
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A poet whose work Catullus disparages. Catullus XXXVI
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