Gaius Valerius Catullus, known as Catullus, was a Latin neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic. His surviving works remain widely read due to their popularity as teaching tools and because of their personal or sexual themes. 84 BC – 54 BC; died at about 29. Alive at the same time as Julius Caesar, Strabo, Aglaonike, Virgil, and Cicero. Wiki link