Lucretius

Titus Lucretius Carus was a Roman poet and philosopher. His only known work is the philosophical poem De rerum natura, a didactic work about the tenets and philosophy of Epicureanism, which usually is translated into English as On the Nature of Things—and somewhat less often as On the Nature of the Universe.

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Who was born first?

• Lucretius was born 4 years after Nigidius Figulus
• Lucretius was born 9 years before Marcus Junius Brutus
• Lucretius was born 12 years after Cicero
• Lucretius was born 14 years before Aenesidemus
• Lucretius was born 14 years before Vitruvius

Timeline

1. CiceroJanuary 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC
2. Nigidius Figuluscirca 98 BC – 45 BC
3. Lucretius (this page)94 BC – October 15, 55 BC
4. Marcus Junius Brutuscirca 85 BC – October 23, 42 BC
5. Aenesidemuscirca 80 BC – circa 10 BC
6. Vitruviuscirca 80 BC – circa 15 BC

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