He was born on the sixth day before the Ides of December in the consulate of Lucius Cotta and Dec. 8, Lucius Torquatus, and died on the fifth day before 65 B.C. the Kalends of the same month in the consulship of Gaius Marcius Censorinus and Gaius Asinius Gallus, fifty-nine days after the death of Maecenas, in his Nov. 27, fifty-seventh year. He named Augustus as his heir by word of mouth, since he could not make and sign a will because of the sudden violence of his ailment. He was buried and laid to rest near the tomb of Maecenas on the farther part of the Esquiline Hill. 8 B.C. VITA TIBULLI "TE quoque Vergilio comitem non aequa, Tibulle, Albius Tibullus eques Romanus, insignis forma cultuque corporis observabilis, ante alios Corvinum Messalam oratorem 2 dilexit, cuius etiam contubernalis Aquitanico bello militaribus donis donatus est. Hic multorum iudicio principem inter elegiographos obtinet locum. Epistolae quoque eius amatoriae, quamquam breves, omnino utiles sunt. Obiit adulescens, ut indicat epigramma supra scriptum. .1 eques Romanus, ; eques Regalis, A ; eques R(omanus) e Gabiis Bährens. 2 oratorem, ; originem, A. THE LIFE OF TIBULLUS "THEE too, Tibullus, companion of Vergil, envious death sent in youth to the Elysian fields, that there might be no one to mourn tender loves in elegy, or sing the wars of kings in heroic verse. "" a Albius Tibullus, a Roman knight, remarkable for his good looks and conspicuous for his personal elegance, was devoted above all others to Messala Corvinus. He was his tent companion in the war in Aquitania and was given military prizes. In the 30-27 judgment of many men he holds the first place among writers of elegy. His amatory letters, too, though short are very useful.e He died in youth, as is indicated by the epigram written above. a Written by Domitius Marsus. b Cf. Jul. ii. c Messala was sent to Aquitania soon after the battle of Actium (App. B.C. 4. 38); he celebrated his triumph in 27. d See Aug. xxv. 3. e This is quite meaningless, so far as anything we know of Tibullus is concerned. B.C. VITA AULI PERSI FLACCI AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS natus est pridie Nonas Decembris Fabio Persico L. Vitellio coss., decessit VIII Kalendas Decembris P.1 Mario Afinio 2 Gallo COSS. Natus in Etruria Volaterris, eques Romanus, sanguine et affinitate primi ordinis viris coniunctus. Decessit ad octavum miliarium via Appia in praediis suis. Pater eum Flaccus pupillum reliquit moriens annorum fere sex. Fulvia Sisennia mater eius 3 nupsit postea Fusio equiti Romano et eum quoque extulit intra paucos annos. 4 Studuit Flaccus usque ad annum XII aetatis suae Volaterris, inde Romae apud grammaticum Remmium Palaemonem et apud rhetorem Verginium Flavum. Cum esset annorum XVI, amicitia coepit uti Annaei Cornuti ita ut nusquam ab eo discederet; a quo inductus aliquatenus in philosophiam est. Amicos habuit a prima adulescentia Caesium Bassum poetam et Calpurnium Staturam, qui vivo eo iuvenis decessit. Coluit ut 5 patrem Servilium Nonianum. Cognovit per Cornutum etiam Annaeum 1 Publio, Lipsius; rubio or rubrio, mss. 2 Asinio, mss. ; cf. Tac. Ann. 14. 48. 3 mater eius, omitted by some mss. 4 Fuscio or Ruscio, mss. 5 ut, omitted by the mss. THE LIFE OF AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS AULUS PERSIUS FLACCUS was born the day before the Nones of December in the consulship of Fabius Dec. 4, Persicus and Lucius Vitellius, and died on the 34 A.D. He Nov. 24, eighth day before the Kalends of December, when Publius Marius and Afinius Gallus were consuls. was born at Volaterrae in Etruria, was a Roman 62 A.D. knight, but was connected by blood and by marriage with men of the senatorial order. He died on his estate near the eighth milestone of the Appian Way. His father Flaccus died when his son was about six years old, leaving him to the care of a guardian. His mother, Fulvia Sisennia, afterwards married a Roman knight named Fusius, but buried him also within a few years. Flaccus studied until the twelfth year of his age at Volaterrae, and then at Rome with the grammarian Remmius Palaemon a and the rhetorician Verginius Flavus. When he was sixteen years old he became so intimate a friend of Annaeus Cornutus that he never left his side; and from him he obtained some knowledge of philosophy. From early youth he enjoyed the friendship of Caesius Bassus, the poet, and of Calpurnius Statura, who died in youth, while Persius still lived. Servilius Nonianus he revered as a father. Through Cornutus he came to know Annaeus Lucanus also, a a See Gr. xxiii. |