Lucretius - Roman Epicurean Philosopher and Epic Poet

Titus Lucretius Carus (c 98-55 B.C.) was a Roman Epicurean epic poet who wrote De rerum natura (On the Nature of Things). De rerum is an epic, written in 6 books, which explains life and the world in terms of Epicurean principles and Atomism. Lucretius may have died before De rerum was finished.