Who was Gaius Memmius?
A senator
An emperor
Client or friend of Lucretius
A famous general
Answer
Gaius Memmius was a client or friend of the Roman poet Lucretius, who died in 55 BCE. Memmius was a member of the Roman aristocracy, and he is believed to have commissioned Lucretius to write his philosophical poem De Rerum Natura, which is about Epicureanism. The poem was not published until after Memmius' death, but it became one of the most influential works of Roman literature.
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