Helvius Cinna
Roman poet
- Lived
- 84 BC–43 BC
- Country
- Ancient Rome
Updated September 2026
About Helvius Cinna
Gaius Helvius Cinna was an influential neoteric poet of the late Roman Republic, a little older than the generation of Catullus and Calvus. He was lynched at the funeral of Julius Caesar after being mistaken for an unrelated Cornelius Cinna who had spoken out in support of the dictator's assassins.
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