| Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus |
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Son of Licinius Macer and thus a member of the ''gens'' Licinia , he was a friend of the poet Catullus , whose style and subject matter he followed. Calvus' oratical style opposed the "Asian" school in favor of a simpler Attic model; he characterized even Cicero as wordy and artificial. Twenty-one speeches are mentioned, including several against Publius Vatinius . Calvus was apparently short, since Catullus alludes to him as ''salaputium disertum'' (eloquent Lilliputian). F. Plessis published fragments of Calvus in 1896. EXTERNAL LINK |
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