alcoholism, Roman
John Maxwell O'Brien and Barney Rickenbacker
The ancient Romans were as interested in the harmful effects of excessive drinking and chronic intoxication as their Greek counterparts. In On the Nature of Things, *Lucretius writes that wine's fury ...
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annals and annalists
Tim Cornell
The Latin word annales (‘yearbooks’, ‘annals’) became the standard term for historical records in a general sense, and was frequently used by historians as a title for their works, probably in ...
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Asinius Quadratus, Gaius
Howard Hayes Scullard and Antony Spawforth
Asinius Quadratus, Gaius, author of the Thousand Years (Χιλιετηρίς), a fifteen-book history of Rome from the beginnings to Severus Alexander with a Greek slant (it was written in Ionic Greek and ...
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Cincius Alimentus, Lucius, Roman senator and historian
Alexander Hugh McDonald and Antony Spawforth
Lucius Cincius Alimentus, Roman senator and historian, was praetor in Sicily in 210/9 bce, and was captured by Hannibal (Livy 21. 38. 3). His history of Rome, written in Greek, set the foundation of ...
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Claudius Atticus Herodes (2), Tiberius, 'Herodes Atticus'
Ewen Bowie and Antony Spawforth
Tiberius (Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes) Claudius Atticus Herodes (2), ‘Herodes Atticus’ (c. 101–77 ce), celebrated Athenian sophist and benefactor of Greek cities, ...
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Claudius Balbillus, Tiberius, Roman tribunus militum and author, 43 CE
Howard Hayes Scullard and Barbara Levick
Probably a son of Tiberius *Claudius Thrasyllus and shared his astrological lore. (See astrology.) He was ADC (praefectus fabrum, see fabri) to *Claudius and tribune of Legio XX in the invasion of ...
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Cornificius, Quintus
Theodore John Cadoux and Robin Seager
Quintus Cornificius, of recent senatorial family, was an orator and poet and a friend of *Catullus and *Cicero (cf. Catull. 38. 1, Cic.Fam. 12. 17–30). He wrote a lost *epyllionGlaucus. As quaestor ...
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Cremutius Cordus, Aulus
Alexander Hugh McDonald and Barbara Levick
Aulus Cremutius Cordus, the historian, writing under *Augustus (Suet.Tib. 61. 3) and *Tiberius, treated the period from the Civil Wars to at least 18 bce (Suet. Aug. 35. 2). Refusing to ...
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Dexippus, Publius Herennius, Athenian notable and historian, 3rd cent. CE
Alexander Hugh McDonald and Antony Spawforth
Athenian notable and historian (3rd cent. CE), author of (1) an account of the Successor-period (Τὰ μετὰ Ἀλέξανδρον), lost; (2) a History from mythical times to ce 269/70 in twelve books ...
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education, Roman
J. V. Muir
There is very little reliable evidence bearing upon formal education in the early period. Education was then certainly centred on the family and was probably based upon apprenticeship supervised by ...
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