The value of the love experience sung by Catullo and the elegiaces went far beyond the intentions of the same authors, because if they were not able to influence the choices of contemporaries, their work contributed to the emergence of a different way of Feel the relationship between man and woman. In this sense, it seems that their lesson has not been lost, but has contributed to the definition of a mentality, with its rules of conduct, which for the most part continues to be ours (P. Fedeli).