Rabirius (poet)
Gaius (?) Rabirius was a Roman epic poet of the Augustan period.
Only a few fragments of his work have survived. In it he described the Roman civil wars, u. a. the battle of Actium and the death of Mark Antony . Rabirius' name is mentioned by Ovid , Velleius Paterculus and Quintilian . While Velleius Paterculus counted him among the greatest poets of the Augustan age alongside Virgil , Tibullus and Ovid and Ovid also named him among the more important Roman poets, Quintilian classified him as less important.
The fragment of an epic about the Battle of Actium ( carmen de bello Actiaco ) found on a papyrus was sometimes ascribed to Rabirius, but it probably dates from the Neronian period.
literature
- Peter L. Schmidt : Rabirius 4th In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 4, Stuttgart 1972, column 1329.
- Wilhelm Kroll : Rabirius 7 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IA, 1, Stuttgart 1914, Col. 28 f.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rabirius |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rabirius, Gaius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | roman epic poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |