Vibius sequester
Vibius Sequester was a Roman author of the 4th / 5th centuries. Century AD He wrote an alphabetical Latin lexicon on geography .
Life
Vibius Sequester, whose nickname , attested only by an inscription, is now considered certain, wrote his work, which has been handed down in a manuscript from the 9th century (Vat. Lat. 4929) as De fluminibus fontibus lacubus nemoribus paludibus montibus gentibus per litteras, less in the sense of a geographical encyclopedia than to explain Roman poets like Virgil , Lucan , Silius Italicus and Ovid . Apparently, Vibius Sequester mainly used scholia about these poets to compile his lexicon, which means that his work is particularly important as a source for older, otherwise un-preserved scholia material.
literature
- Kai Brodersen , Bernhard Zimmermann (ed.): People of the ancient world . Verlag JB Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar, ISBN 3-476-02023-1 , p. 235.
- François Lasserre : Vibius Sequester. In: The Little Pauly (KlP). Volume 5, Stuttgart 1975, column 1251 f.
Web link
Wikisource: Vibius Sequester - Sources and full texts
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sequester, Vibius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Roman author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century or 5th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th century or 5th century |