# Pharsalia, Vol. 1

By **Lucan**

- ISBN-13: 9781781391754
- Publisher: Benediction Classics
- Format: Hardcover
- Pages: 286
- Published: 7 May 2012

## About this book

Lucan (M. Annaeus Lucanus, 39-65 CE), son of wealthy M. Annaeus Mela and nephew of Seneca, was born at Corduba (Cordova) in Spain and was brought as a baby to Rome. In 60 CE at a festival in Emperor Nero's honour Lucan praised him in a panegyric and was promoted to one or two minor offices. But having defeated Nero in

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