Aulus Gellius Attic Nights Date

Nepos date would be 483.

Aulus gellius attic nights date. See note on xvii. There is difference of opinion as to the date and the place of his birth and of his death as to the time and duration of his residence in athens and as to the time of his appointment as. Aulus gellius a well educated nobleman is best known today for a collection of observations titled noctes atticae a project he began during the long winter nights he spent in attica the region of greece where athens is located. His attic nights so named because they began as the intellectual pastime of winter evenings spent in a villa outside athens are a mine of information on many aspects of antiquity and a repository of much early latin literature which would otherwise be lost.

21 leuze suggests that gellius so arranged his material as to show that at a time when the greeks were lighting epochmaking battles the romans were warring with comparatively insignificant italian peoples. He was a lawyer who spent at least a year in athens and wrote noctes atticae attic nights a collection of discussions of law antiquities and sundry other subjects in 20 books of which 19 and a fraction survive. Aulus gellius originated the modern use of classical and humanities. Full text of the attic nights of aulus gellius see other formats.

Gellius is here using a varroian source. He took a particular interest in questions of grammar and. The selections chosen for this reader touch on diverse aspects of roman culture and can be easily understood and. The attic nights of aulus gellius.

6 the date is unknown 7 that is to meet a tumultus a rebellion or irregular warfare. See gellius aulus gellius aulus fl. Book vi book vii book viii book ix book x book xi book xii book xiii book xiv book xv book xvi. Collection americana digitizing sponsor google book from the collections of.

Comparatively little is known about aulus gellius the author of the noctes atticae and our sources of information are almost entirely his own writings. Introduction the life and works of aulus gellius. Click the link for more information. Publication date 1795 topics aulus fame attic thefe fome thofe faid alfo nights fays attic nights marcus cato greeks call fame time twelve tables marcus cicero fecond book public domain marcus varro greek word publisher printed for j.

2d cent roman writer.