Marcus Aper
Marcus Aper (* 1st century ; † unknown) was a famous Roman orator whose heyday fell during the reign of Emperor Vespasian (69–79). Tacitus , who calls him his rhetoric teacher , lets him appear as a conversation partner in the dialogue about the speakers (Dialogus de oratoribus) . The biographical details that can be taken from this form the only source about the life of the Aper.
Life
According to this, he came from Gaul and took part in the British campaign of Emperor Claudius in 43 AD , which suggests a year of birth around 23. As homo novus, he completed a political career in Rome, where he also became famous as a speaker.
His former student Tacitus characterizes Aper as a fiery orator who advocates the speaking profession, whereas his counterpart Maternus places a higher priority on being a poet.
literature
- RJ Dam: De M. Apro. Ad Tac. dial. cap. 2 . In: Mnemosyne . NS 60, 1933, pp. 403-408.
- B. Gerth: Aper (7). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Supplementary volume III, Stuttgart 1918, Sp. 130-132.
- PIR² , A 910
Adaptation
Marcus Aper is also the main character in a number of historical crime novels by French author Anne de Leseleuc .
Web links
- Cornelius Tacitus, Dieter Flach: Dialogus de oratoribus . Ed .: Dieter Flach. Franz Steiner Verlag, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-515-08769-9 , pp. 23 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- Tacitus: Dialogus de oratoribus ( online ).
Remarks
- ↑ Tacitus, dialogus 10.2.
- ↑ Tacitus, dialogus 17.4.
- ↑ Tacitus, dialogus 7.1: Equidem, ut de me ipso fatear, non eum diem laetiorem egi, quo mihi latus clavus oblatus est, vel quo homo novus et in civitate minime favorabili natus quaesturam aut tribunatum aut praeturam accepi, quam eos, quibus mihi pro mediocritate huius quantulaecumque in dicendo facultatis aut reum prospere defendere aut apud centumviros causam aliquam feliciter orare aut apud principem ipsos illos libertos et procuratores principum tueri et defendere datur .
- ↑ Tacitus, dialogus 5-10.
- ^ Review of the first novel in the series .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aper, Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman orator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century or 2nd century |