Catullus

Gaius Valerius Catullus (; ), known as Catullus ( ), was a Latin neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic. His surviving works remain widely read due to their popularity as teaching tools and because of their personal or sexual themes.

painting by Titian

right|thumb|Lesbia and Her Sparrow (Catullus 2), by Sir [[Edward John Poynter]]

ruins of a Roman villa in Sirmione, Italy