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A.E. Housman (ed.), M. Annaei Lucani Belli Civilis Libri Decem (1926, reissued 1970), in Latin with an English introduction, is one of that scholar’s outstanding works.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 01, 2026
	Anniversary information added.		Jan 01, 2026
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 22, 2024
	Deleted Web site: Text of Lucan at the Latin Library.	Gloria Lotha	Apr 26, 2013
	Added new Web site: The Online Medieval and Classical Library - Pharsalia.	John Higgins	Jun 07, 2006
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 25, 1999
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 21, 1999