Worldview affects every aspect of our life and it is through various styles of literature we are able to perceive and understand the worldview of ancient cultures. The literary works of Catullus, Horace, and Juvenal reflect the thoughts of many Romans, just in different aspects of life. The works of Catullus consisted of romantic poetry. Despite the stereotype that Romans were concerned only with politics, Catullus and his love poems were tremendously popular. He wrote about his personal experiences in such a way that it made them universal. The content of his poems shows that Romans had the same general ideas about love. In poem five he asks Lesbia to not spare her kisses, but in later poems, after she has turned cold, he exemplifies various
