Tibullus

Albius Tibullus (c. 54-19 BC) was a Latin poet and writer of elegies.

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Little is known about his life. Besides the first and second books of poetry, there are only a few references in later writers and a short Life of doubtful authority. His praenomen is not known, nor is his birthplace; his gentile name has been questioned. His status was probably that of a Roman knight (so the Life affirms); and he had inherited a considerable estate. But, like Virgil, Horace and Propertius, he seems to have lost most of it in 41 amongst the confiscations of Mark Antony and Octavian.

19 BC: Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century...

Latin: Latin is an Indo-European language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. It gained great importance as the formal language of the Roman Empire. All Romance languages are descended from Latin, and many words based on Latin are found in other modern languages such as English. The ...

Poet: Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. Poets are often regarded as imaginative thinkers or writers. Bad poets are called poetasters....