Lucius Arruntius Stella
Lucius Arruntius Stella was a Roman politician, senator, and poet.
Arruntius Stella came from a patrician family from Patavium and belonged to the Quindecimviri sacris faciundis early on. In the years 89 and 93 he organized, probably as praetor , the games on the occasion of the celebration of Domitian's victories against Chatten and Dacians . Arruntius Stella was married to a wealthy Neapolitan widow, Violentilla, whom he celebrated under the name of Asteris; he became a suffect consul under Trajan , probably in the year 101 or 102. He was a friend of the poets Statius and Martial and, under the influence of Catullus , Tibullus and others, wrote revealing love poems himself. Martial praised Arruntius Stella as an eloquent poet in numerous epigrams. But not even fragments of his works have survived.
literature
- Hans Georg Gundel: Arruntius II. 10. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 1, Stuttgart 1964, Col. 609.
- Paul von Rohden : Arruntius 26 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 1, Stuttgart 1895, Col. 1265 f.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Arruntius Stella, Lucius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stella, Lucius Arruntius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Suffect Consul (101 or 102) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd century |