Widely acclaimed by Famous Roman Authors:
"This poem was among my many youthful inspirations for poetry. No one makes Epicureans ideals seem more attractive than Catullus? Catullus highlights the brilliance of life and artfully brings out the joys of love. Catullus approaches love like everyone should: friends with benefits, intellectual exchange smothered in sexual pleasure. it makes for better life, with worry of posterity and responsibility put aside. Who should care of scandals and rumors? We are Romans, ours is pursuit of the truth."-Horace
"I wish I were as bold as Catullus was. Far from propaganda to any philosophy or school of thought, Catullus does not care what others think or speak of him, and simply expresses the thoughts and feelings of everyday life. He brings us into the here and now, truly representing what it is to be a Roman in this era. His use of meter is unrivaled. What Catullus lacks in tradition he makes up for in skill." Vergil
"Catullus's extensive and artful use of Greek meter and literary devices to express his ideas of love demonstrate that he has much time on his hands and little else on his mind, which explains why he is having so much difficulty courting Lesbia. This poem is base and lacking in any depth or intellectual layering, and does not deserve to be remembered as symbolic of the Roman State. There is a reason there are no Epicureans to sponsor him, they do not work hard enough to earn that money or influence. His invention of words such as "basium" pollute his poetry as Rome does the Tiber." Cicero
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