Cinna, Gaius Helvius

Born: -0XX AD
Died: 44 BC.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: None

Roman poet

wrote poem "Proempticon Pollionis", epic poem "Smyrna"

reputedly killed by mob at Julius Caesar's funeral when mistaken for conspirator Lucius Cornelius Cinna

friend of Catullus

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