person
Gaius Licinius Calvus
Calvus
Roman orator and neoteric poet (82-c.47 BC), friend of Catullus; admired by Pliny as speaker and versifier.
Reading notes
- The Letters §1.2.2 Calvus
Gaius Licinius Calvus (82-c.47 BC), Roman orator and neoteric poet, Pliny's contemporary model alongside Demosthenes.