Gaius Cornelius Gallus was a Roman poet, orator, politician and military commander, at one time appointed by the Emperor Augustus as prefect of Roman Egypt. Only nine lines of his poetry are extant today, but he was much read in antiquity; Ovid considered him one of the major Latin poets of his age.
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About this person
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 69 BC to 26 BC · aged 43
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25 languages
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