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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan (/ ˈ l uː k ən /), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day Córdoba, Spain). He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, known in particular for his epic Pharsalia .
Lucan ( / ˈljuːkən / LEW-kən; Irish: Leamhcán) is a suburban town in County Dublin, located 12 km west of Dublin city centre, on the River Liffey. It is near the Strawberry Beds and Lucan Weir, and at the confluence of the River Griffeen.
Lucan is a 1977-1978 drama series about a boy who was raised by wolves and has special abilities when enraged. The series follows his quest to find his family and his conflicts with the civilized world.
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Lucan was a Roman poet and republican patriot whose historical epic, the Bellum civile, better known as the Pharsalia because of its vivid account of that battle, is remarkable as the single major Latin epic poem that eschewed the intervention of the gods.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
A 20-year-old man (Brophy) who spent the first 10 years of his life running wild in the forests of northern Minnesota, after being raised by wolves, Lucan is taken to a research institute and taught the ways of human society.
Lucan is a 2013 drama based on the book "The Gamblers" by John Pearson, who interviewed the witnesses of the mysterious disappearance of John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan, in 1974. He was accused of killing his children's nanny and attacking his wife, but his fate remains unknown.
Apr 8, 2024 · Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (November 3, 39 – April 30, 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman epic poet. In A.D. 65, at the age of 25, he was charged with treason against Nero , and was commanded to commit suicide.
