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==References == | <p> A Latin poet, born at Corduba (Cordova), in Spain; was a nephew of Seneca, and brought early to Rome; gave offence to Nero, and was banished from the city; joined in a conspiracy against the tyrant, and was convicted, whereupon he caused his veins to be opened and bled to death, repeating the while the speech he had composed of a wounded soldier on the battlefield dying a like death; he was the author of a poem entitled "Pharsalia" on the civil war between [[Cæsar]] and Pompey (39-65). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_76180"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lucan Lucan from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_76180"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/lucan Lucan from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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