Gaius Acilius
Gaius Acilius was a Roman senator and historian from the gens Acilia who lived in the 2nd century BC. Lived.
Acilius' family belonged to the Roman nobility, he himself was a member of the Senate. Because of his knowledge of Greek , Acilius was 155 BC. Active as a translator for the philosophers Karneades , Diogenes and Kritolaos , who had come to Rome as ambassadors from Athens .
Acilius wrote a history of Rome in Greek, which ran from the "arrival of the Trojans" in the west until 146 BC. Chr. Was enough. According to Titus Livius , the work was published around 142/141 BC. Published. The work, which has only survived in fragments, may have been translated into Latin by a certain Claudius , but this is uncertain.
expenditure
- Hans Beck , Uwe Walter : The early Roman historians. Volume 1: From Fabius Pictor to Cn. Gellius. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 2001, ISBN 3-534-14757-X , pp. 234–241.
literature
- Werner Suerbaum : C. Acilius. In: Werner Suerbaum (Ed.): The archaic literature. From the beginnings to Sulla's death (= Handbook of Ancient Latin Literature , Volume 1). CH Beck, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-406-48134-5 , p. 375 f.
- Elimar Klebs : Acilius (4) . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 1, Stuttgart 1893, Col. 251 f. (outdated).
Remarks
- ↑ Overview of life and work (with more recent literature) in Hans Beck, Uwe Walter: The early Roman historians. Volume 1. Darmstadt 2001, p. 232 f.
- ↑ See Hans Beck, Uwe Walter: The early Roman historians. Volume 1. Darmstadt 2001, p. 233.
- ↑ Livy, Periochae 53.
- ↑ Hans Beck, Uwe Walter: The early Roman historians. Volume 1. Darmstadt 2001, p. 233, note 7.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Acilius, Gaius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman senator and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 2nd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century BC Chr. |