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Suetonius reports that Passienus was born at Visellium, an obscure town whose location has been lost. [1] He was the grandson of Lucius Passienus Rufus, consul in 4 BC. His father, who died in AD 21, was a grandnephew of the historian Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust), who had no children of his own, and therefore adopted his sister's grandson ...
From the Orators (De Oratoribus), with an index of fifteen names, only the brief abstract of the Life of Passienus Crispus has come down to us, preserved in the scholia Pithoeana on Juvenal 4.81, where Passienus is confused with Vibius Crispus.
The Life of Passienus Crispus. Passienus Crispus, a native of Visellium, began his first speech in the senate with these words: “Conscript fathers and you, Caesar,” and was in consequence highly commended by Tiberius, though not sincerely. He voluntarily pleaded a number of cases in the court of the Hundred, 60 and therefore his statue was ...
Oct 19, 2020 · Definition. Gaius Sallust ius Crispus (86-35 BCE), better known as Sallust, was a Roman statesman and historian. He turned away from an unsuccessful career in both politics and the Roman army, choosing instead on a writing career and produced three major works: Bellum Catilinae (Catiline's War), Bellum Jugurthinum (Jugurthine War), and Histories.
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Book VI. nero 82; Book VII. Galba 182; Otho 216; Vitellius 236; Book VIII. Vespasian 266; Titus 306; Domitian 324; Lives of Illustrious Men prefatory note 372; grammarians and rhetoricians 378. grammarians 378; rhetoricians 418; poets 434. terence 436; virgil 448; horace 466; tibullus 474; persius 476; lucan 482; pliny the elder 486; passienus ...
SUETONIUS Vol.II The Lives of the Caesars, II: Claudius. Nero. Galba, Otho, and Vitellius. Vespasian. Titus, Domitian. Lives of Illustrious Men: ... ..Passienus Crispus (Loeb (Volume II) by Suetonius - ISBN 10: 0674995651 - ISBN 13: 9780674995659 - Harvard University Press - 1914 - Hardcover
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Suetonius, Lives of Illustrious Men. Grammarians and Rhetoricians. Grammarians. LCL 38: 374-375. Go to page:
