P. Annaeus Lucanus

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Film_Director
gptkbp:adaptation adapted into various artistic forms
gptkbp:artMovement gptkb:Silver_Age_of_Latin_literature
influenced the development of epic poetry
gptkbp:associatedWith Nero
gptkbp:born 39 AD
gptkbp:contemporary gptkb:Lucius_Annaeus_Seneca
gptkbp:culturalImpact inspired_Renaissance_poets
gptkbp:culturalSignificance reflects the political turmoil of his time
gptkbp:deathPlace forced suicide
gptkbp:died 65 AD
gptkbp:famousFor Pharsalia's_unique_perspective_on_war
gptkbp:genre epic poetry
gptkbp:hasFocusOn gptkb:Brutus
gptkb:Julius_Caesar
gptkb:Cato_the_Younger
Pompey
Sextus Pompey
gptkbp:historical_analysis subject of numerous literary analyses
gptkbp:historicalContext Roman civil wars
gptkbp:historicalSignificance provides_insight_into_Roman_history
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label P. Annaeus Lucanus
gptkbp:influence Virgil
gptkbp:influenced later poets
gptkbp:influencedBy Seneca the Younger
gptkbp:influenceOn historical fiction
epic storytelling
modern literature
gptkbp:knownFor his_epic_on_the_civil_war_between_Caesar_and_Pompey
gptkbp:language gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:narrativeStyle epic simile
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Roman
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Dante_Alighieri
fate and free will
gptkbp:notableQuote "Fate is the master of all."
"The greatest of all evils is war."
"The mind is the source of all things."
gptkbp:notableWork Pharsalia
gptkbp:occupation poet
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Annaeus_Mela
Helvia
gptkbp:philosophy gptkb:Stoicism
gptkbp:placeOfBirth Corduba
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Rome
gptkbp:productionCompany 1st century AD
gptkbp:style rhetorical and dramatic
hexameter
gptkbp:translatedInto translated into many languages
gptkbp:typeOf epic poem
gptkbp:wrote considered a precursor to modern historical novels