The Poems and Fragments of Catullus. Translated in the Metres of the Original by Robinson Ellis. Gaius Valerius Catullus, c. 84 - c. 54 BC, was a Latin poet of the late Roman Republic who wrote chiefly in the neoteric style of poetry, which is about personal life rather than classical heroes. His surviving works are still read widely and continue to influence poetry and other forms of art. Catullus's poems were widely appreciated by other poets. He...