Aulus Gellius Attic Nights Date

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125 after 180 ad was a roman author and grammarian who was probably born and certainly brought up in rome he was educated in athens after which he returned to rome he is famous for his attic nights a commonplace book or compilation of notes on grammar philosophy history antiquarianism and other subjects preserving fragments of the works of many authors who might. 6 the date is unknown 7 that is to meet a tumultus a rebellion or irregular warfare. There is difference of opinion as to the date and the place of his birth and of his death as to the time and duration of his residence in athens and as to the time of his appointment as. See note on xvii.

Gellius is here using a varroian source. Click the link for more information. 23 that is in the fourth year. Introduction the life and works of aulus gellius.

He was a lawyer who spent at least a year in athens and wrote noctes atticae attic nights a collection of discussions of law antiquities and sundry other subjects in 20 books of which 19 and a fraction survive. Publication date 1795 topics aulus fame attic thefe fome thofe faid alfo nights fays attic nights marcus cato greeks call fame time twelve tables marcus cicero fecond book public domain marcus varro greek word publisher printed for j. The selections chosen for this reader touch on diverse aspects of roman culture and can be easily understood and. See gellius aulus gellius aulus fl.

Aulus gellius originated the modern use of classical and humanities. 2d cent roman writer. Aulus gellius a well educated nobleman is best known today for a collection of observations titled noctes atticae a project he began during the long winter nights he spent in attica the region of greece where athens is located. 21 leuze suggests that gellius so arranged his material as to show that at a time when the greeks were lighting epochmaking battles the romans were warring with comparatively insignificant italian peoples.

His attic nights so named because they began as the intellectual pastime of winter evenings spent in a villa outside athens are a mine of information on many aspects of antiquity and a repository of much early latin literature which would otherwise be lost. 123 170 ce offers in attic nights gellius began to write these pieces during stays in athens a collection of short chapters about notable events words and questions of literary style lives of historical figures legal points and philosophical issues that served as instructive light reading for cultivated romans. He took a particular interest in questions of grammar and. The attic nights of aulus gellius.

Comparatively little is known about aulus gellius the author of the noctes atticae and our sources of information are almost entirely his own writings.