Excerpt from Catullus Tibullus and Pervigilium Veneris Gaius valemus catullus, whose name stands not lower than third on the roll of Roman poets, was born at Verona b.c. 84; the son of a wealthy Veronese gentleman, a friend of Julius Caesar. He came from Verona to Rome about 69. Among his friends and contemporaries were C. Licinius Calvus, the poet, and M. Caelius Rufus, the latter of whom became his rival and enemy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.