Catullus calls upon the
Annales Volusi () to aid him in the discharge of a vow made by
Lesbia, invokes
Venus to recognize the payment, and with the word throws the
Annals into the fire. According to
E. T. Merrill, the poem was evidently written about 59 or 58 BC, in the short period of reconciliation after the temporary coolness marked by
Catullus 8.1ff. == References ==