Lucanus may refer to:
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Lucan
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November 39 AD – 30 April 65 AD), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba (modern-day Córdoba), in Hispania Baetica. He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial ...
(Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, 39 AD – 65 AD), Roman poet
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Friedrich von Lucanus Friedrich von Lucanus full name Friedrich Karl Hermann von Lucanus (20 June 1869, Berlin - 18 February 1947, Buschow) was a German professional soldier (Oberstleutnant a.D.; Dr.h.c.)) ornithologist, ethologist and author of popular scientific an ...
(1869–1947), German ornithologist
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Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus
Gnaeus Domitius Lucanus was a Roman senator and military commander active in the first century AD. His full name is Gnaeus Domitius Afer Titius Marcellus Curvius Lucanus. He was suffect consul sometime between 76 and 78.
Lucanus was the son of Se ...
(fl. first century AD), Roman senator and military commander
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Jan Lucanus (fl. from 2007), American comic book writer, filmmaker and entrepreneur
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Ocellus Lucanus
Ocellus Lucanus was allegedly a Pythagorean philosopher, born in Lucania in the 6th century BC. Aristoxenus cites him along with another Lucanian by the name of Ocillo, in a work preserved by Iamblichus that lists 218 supposed Pythagoreans, which ...
(fl. 6th century BC), supposed Pythagorean philosopher
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Knights of the Round Table
The Knights of the Round Table ( cy, Marchogion y Ford Gron, kw, Marghekyon an Moos Krenn, br, Marc'hegien an Daol Grenn) are the knights of the fellowship of King Arthur in the literary cycle of the Matter of Britain. First appearing in lit ...
Other uses
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''Lucanus'' (beetle), genus of stag beetles
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Lucan (disambiguation)
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Lucanas (disambiguation)
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Lucani (disambiguation)
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Lucca, a city in Tuscany, Italy
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Lucania, a historical region of Southern Italy
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Lucanians
The Lucanians ( la, Lucani) were an Italic tribe living in Lucania, in what is now southern Italy, who spoke an Oscan language, a member of the Italic languages. Today, the inhabitants of the Basilicata region are still called Lucani, and so thei ...
(Latin: ''Lucani''), an Italic tribe living in Lucania
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Conotrachelus lucanus
''Conotrachelus lucanus'' is a species of true weevil in the beetle family Curculionidae
The Curculionidae are a family of weevils, commonly called snout beetles or true weevils. They are one of the largest animal families, with 6,800 genera a ...
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Hister lucanus
''Hister lucanus'' is a species of clown beetle in the family Histeridae
Histeridae is a family of beetles commonly known as clown beetles or Hister beetles. This very diverse group of beetles contains 3,900 species found worldwide. They can b ...
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Styloxus lucanus'', a species of Cerambycidae beetle
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