Titus Labienus (speaker)
Titus Labienus was a Roman (court) orator and historian at the time of Augustus . Because of his energetic style he was jokingly called "Rabienus" (based on the Latin rabies "rage", "rabies"). He committed suicide after the Senate had his books - in which he confessed himself to be a supporter of Pompey and criticized Augustus - had burned. Emperor Caligula later suspended the Senate resolution and had the books of Labienus restored. But today they are lost without a trace.
literature
- Dieter Hennig : Titus Labienus and the first majesty trial de famosis libellis. In: Chiron 3 (1973), pp. 245-253.
- Wilhelm Kroll : Labienus (8). In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XII, 1, Stuttgart 1924, Col. 270 f.
- Peter Lebrecht Schmidt : Labienus (4). In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 6, Metzler, Stuttgart 1999, ISBN 3-476-01476-2 , Sp. 1033.
- Ronald Syme : The Allegiance of Labienus. In: The Journal of Roman Studies 28 (1938), pp. 113-125
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| SURNAME | Labienus, Titus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman orator and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st century BC BC or 1st century |