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Lucan
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A Latin poet, born at Corduba (Cordova), in Spain; was a nephew of Seneca, and brought early to Rome; gave offence to Nero, and was banished from the city; joined in a conspiracy against the tyrant, and was convicted, whereupon he caused his veins to be opened and bled to death, repeating the while the speech he had composed of a wounded soldier on the battlefield dying a like death; he was the author of a poem entitled "Pharsalia" on the civil war between Cæsar and Pompey (39-65).
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lucan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/lucan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Lucan'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/l/lucan.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
