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Great fear is concealed under daring.

—Lucan

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Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan ( ), 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...

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