part 4 Flashcards
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Heresy Tertullian adopted at the end of his life
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Montanism
2
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What Tertullian is best known for
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defenses of Christians against pagan persecutions
3
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Tertullian’s work to Christians in prison awaiting execution
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Ad Martyras
4
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Tertullian’s major invective, in 5 books
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In Marcion
5
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Tertullian’s major work, addressed to provincial governors—calls for protection for Christians from the attacks of the populace
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Apologeticus
6
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Tertullian warns Scapula, governor of Africa, to leave Christians alone
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Ad Scapulam
7
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Whose quote “We multiply every time we are mowed down by you; the blood of Christians is the seed.”
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Tertullian
8
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Tertullian’s attack on deviations from Rome
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On the Prescription of the heretics
9
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Other works of Tertullian
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On the Dress of Women, On Patience, On Prayer, On Modesty, on the Chaplet, on Idolatry, etc.
10
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Tertullian defends the corporeality of the soul against the Gnostics
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De Anima/On the Soul
11
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Defends the doctrine of the Trinity against Praxeas
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Tertullian’s Contra Praxeas
12
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Author of the Octavius, a Latin apology for Christianity
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Minucius Felix
13
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Major work of Minucius Felix, a Latin apology for Christianity designed to refute attacks by Fronto
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Octavius
14
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Author of the Octavius
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Minucius Felix
15
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Major work of Minucius Felix
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Octavius
16
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Inspiration for Minucius Felix’ Octavius
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Cicero’s De Natura Deorum
17
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Lost work of Minucius Felix
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De Fato
18
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Interlocutors in Minucius Felix’ Octavius
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Minucius acts as an umpire while his friends Caecilius Natalis and Octavius Januaris debate Christianity
19
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Lesser known bishop of Carthage, born a pagan and served as a rhetorician until he converted
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Cyprian
20
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Martyred under the regin of Valerian while protecting Christians from the empire—had already escaped the persecutions of Decius
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Cyprian
21
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Bishop of Carthage, lacked the intellectualforce and eloquence of Tertullian
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Cyprian
22
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Cyprian’s work on the unity of the Church
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De Unitate Ecclessiae
23
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Cyprian’s work on those who had lapsed during the persecutions
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De Lapsis
24
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Cyprian draws on Minucius Felix to argue that educatedmen should turn to the Church
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Ad Donatum
25
Cyprian's work on the attacks of the pagans and divine punishment
Ad Demetrianum
26
Major works of Cyprian
De Unitate Ecclesiae, De Lapsis, Ad Donatum, Ad Demetrianum
27
First Christian writer to write exclusively in Latin
Novatian
28
Had a serious argument with Cyprian over treatment of Lapsi
Novatian
29
Major work of Novatian
De Trinitate
30
First recorded Christian poet
Commodian
31
Commodian's two books of 80 poems total, first attacks pagan and Jews, second describes varieties of Christians
Instructiones
32
Works of Commodian
Instructiones and Carmen Apologeticum
33
Commodian's historical work, from Israel to incarnation to anti-Christ
Carmen Apologeticum
34
Massive collection of poems from Africa, authors are unknown
Anthologia Latina
35
Most famous sequence of the Anthologia Latina
Pervigilium Veneris
36
Possible author of the Pervigilium Veneris
Publius Annius Florus
37
93 lines in trochaic tetrameters, depicts a festival for Venus on Sicily
Pervigilium Veneris
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Refrain of the Pervigilium Veneris
Cras amet qui numquam amavit, quique amavit cras amet (Let him love tomorrow who has never loved, and let him who has loved love tomorrow)
39
Author of the brief hexameter poem De Concubitu Martis et Venis found in the Anthologia Latina
Reposianus
40
Author of the Iudicium Coci et Pistoris Iudice Volcano, found in the Anthologia Latina; satiric poetry, with a cook and a baker arguing over the superiorities of their callings
Vespta
41
Compositions made by use of whole or half-verses taken from classical poems and stitched together in such a way that the original meaning is completely changed
cento
42
Best known author of centos, takes up the subject of Seneca's Medea using Vergilian hexameters
Hosidius Geta
43
Works of Terentius Maurus
De Litteris, De Syllabis, De Metris
44
Rather gry drammarian of the second/third century, works include De Litteris, De Syllabis, and De Metris
Terentius Maurus
45
Important figure in the court of the Severans and the Gordians, Gordian I wanted him to be tutor to his son, Gordian II; had a library of over 62,000 volumes
Serenus Sammonicus
46
Work of Serenus Sammonicus, includes sixty prescriptions
Liber Medicanalis
47
Major work of Arnobius
Adversus Nationes
48
Author of Adversus Nationes, written to allay his bishop's suspicions of his bona fides after his conversion to Christianity
Arnobius
49
Arnobius' work, written to allay his bishop's suspicions of his bona fides following his conversion to Christianity
Adversus Nationes
50
Arnobius' pupil
Lactantius
51
Length of Arnobius' Adversus Nationes
7 books
52
The "Christian Cicero"
Lactantius
53
Lactantius' advancement under Diocletian
Diocletian made Lactantius professor of rhetoric at Nicomedia
54
Lactantius' advancement under Constantine
Constantine appointed Lactantius tutor to his son Crispus
55
Tutor of Constantine's son Crispus
Lactantius
56
Lactantius' earliest work, defense on the doctrine of providence
De Opificio Dei (On the Handiwork of God)
57
Lactantius' work aiming to justify Christianity to educated minds; dedicated to Constantine
Divinae Institutiones
58
Dedicatee of Lactantius' Divinae Instituiones
Constantine
59
Length of Lactantius' Divinae Institutiones
7 books
60
Lactantius' work on God's wrath
De Ira Dei
61
Dubious work of Lactantius, celebrates with passionate exulation the downfall of the emperors who persecuted Christians
De Mortibus Persecutorum
62
Lactantius' work describing a voyage from Africa to Bithynia, also a grammatical treatise
Hodoeporicum
63
Counseled by St. Ambrose
Gratian, Valentinian, and Theodosius
64
Urged Gratian to remove the altar of victory from the Senate house
St. Ambrose
65
Elected Bishop of Milan in AD 374 while still unbaptized
St. Ambrose
66
Famous bishop of Milan
St. Ambrose
67
Father of Church Song
St. Ambrose
68
Ambrose's synthesis of Christian doctrine, borrows from Cicero's De Officiis
De Officiis Ministrorum
69
Sermons of St. Ambrose
Hexameron
70
Authors of work including: On Virgins, On Virginity, On Widows, On Faith, On the Holy Spirit
St. Ambrose
71
First considerable Christian poet in the Latin tongue; a Spanish priest, he wrote Books of the Evangelists
Juvencus
72
Work of Juvencus
Books of the Evangelists
73
Pupil of Ausonius, consul in 378, governor of Campania, wrote fifty epistulae (to Jerome, Augustine, etc.)
Paulinus of Nola
74
Only extant comedy from the empire
Querolus sive Aulularia
75
What the author of the Querolus sive Aulularia declared
it was to be read "fabellis atque mensis," in places other than the theatre
76
Last great Christian poet/greatest Christian Latin poet
Prudentius
77
Collections of Prudentius' lyrical poems
Cathemerinon and Peristaphanon
78
Serves as an introduction to Prudentius' entire collection of works
Oraefatio
79
Prudentius' working venerating martyrs, especially Spanish
Peristaphanon
80
Prudentius' working refuting a series of errors on the Trinity and the divinity of Christ
Apotheosis
81
Prudentius' hexameter work on the origin of sin
Hamartigenia
82
Prudentius' most famous poem, an epic where personified virtues like Modesty and Patience wage a series of epic combats with speeches
Psychomania
83
Prudentius' work refuting Symmachus' Altar of Victory plea 20 years earlier
Contra Symmachum
84
Three early years of Jerome's life
spent in the desert of Chalcis, where he learned Hebrew.
85
Jerome's famous dream
accused of being Ciceronian, not Christian
86
Intimate friend of Pope Damasus
St. Jerome
87
St. Jerome's Latin translation of the bible, took 20 years to finish
the Vulgate
88
Writing period of Jerome's Vulgate
20 years
89
Authors of De Viris Illustribus
Nepos, Suetonius, and Jerome
90
Jerome's translation of Eusebius' Chronological Canons, dealing with chronological system
Chronicon
91
Augustine's religions before becoming Christian
Pagan, Manichean, and Neoplatonist
92
Father and mother of Augustine
Patricius and Monica
93
Augustine's quote on his behavior in early years
behold with what companions I awlkedthe streets of Babylon, in whose filth I was rolled as if in cinnamon and precious ointments
94
Son of Augustine by his mistress
Adeodatus
95
Partier in his youth, converted to Christianity after much prayer by his mother Monica
St. Augustine
96
Heresy which disputed the doctrine of original sin and maintained that men were naturally good; Augustine battled against it
Pelagians
97
Augustine's autobiographical treatise on his search for God and early days
Confessiones
98
Augustine's magnum opus, written to answer why so many calamities had befallen the empire with the advent of Christianity
De Civitate Dei (City of God)
99
Length of Augustine's De Civitate Dei
22 books
100
First example of poetry based on rhythm
Augustine's Psalm against the Donatists
101
Augustine's universal history on the problem of evil
Psalm against the Donatists
102
Priest of Marseilles who wrote On the Government of God
Salvian
103
Defends Origen in the De Adulteratione Librorum Origensis
Rufinus
104
Wrote the De Benedictonibus Patriarchum and a reworking of Eusebius' Historia Ecclesiata
Rufinus
105
Works revolved around the figure of St. Martin, including the Vita Sancti Martini; we also get 2 Dialogi, which recount the saint's miracles and deeds
Sulpicius Severus
106
Author of De Nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae, an encyclopedia in books on classical learning
Martianus Capella
107
Length of Martianus Capella's De Nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae
Martianus Capella
108
Source for the De Nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae of Martianus Capella
Varro's Disciplinae
109
Martianus Capella's elaborate allegory of Mercury and Philologia, an encyclopedia in books on classical learning; the last seven books describe one of the liberal arts each
De Nuptiis Mercurii et Philologiae
110
Numidian, wrote De Compendiosa Doctrina for Constantine's son
Nonius Marcellus
111
Length of Nonius Marcellus' De Compendiosa Doctrina
20 books
112
Work of Nonius Marcella, contains the diction, grammar, and subject material of older Latin authors
De Compendiosa Doctrina
113
Last great classical work of antiquity
Boethius' De Consolatione Philosophiae
114
Other works of Boethius
De Trinitate, Contra Euychen et Nestorium
115
Bishop of Vienne, wrote a verse paraphrase of the old testament
Avitus
116
Historian, he was secretary to Belisarius, whom he accompanied on campaigns
Procopius
117
Works of Procopius
Anecdota and History of the Wars of Justinian
118
Procopius' secret history covering 527-553, attack on the policies of Justinian
Anecdota
119
Priscian's work
Institutiones Grammaticae
120
Length of Priscian's Institutiones Grammaticae
18 books
121
Author of the Instutiones Grammaticae
Priscian
122
African poem who offended the Vandal King Gunthamund; wrote a lengthy didactic poem called On the Praises of God
Dracontius
123
Author of Ad Ecclesiam, in which he invited all Christians to donate their private wealth to the Church
Salvianus
124
Works of Salvianus
De Gubernatione Dei and Ad Ecclesiam
125
Spanish priests who fled the Vandals, encountered Jerome and Augustine
Orosius
126
Works of Orosius
Commonitorium de Orrore Priscillianstrarum et Origenistrarum, Liber Apologeticus, Historiae adversus Paganos
127
Orosius' work denouncing the Pelagian heresy
Liber Apologeticus
128
Orosius' main work
Historiae adversus Paganos
129
Author of the Historiae adversus Paganos
Orosius
130
Length of Orosius' Historiae adversus Paganos
7 books
131
Orosius' 7 book history, from the dawn of mankind to Imperial Rome
Historiae adversus Paganos
132
Orosius' work written at the behest of Augustine
Historiae adversus Paganos
133
Military writer during the reign of Theodosius; wrote Epitoma Rei Militaris
Vegetius
134
Vegetius' main work
Epitoma Rei Militaris
135
Other work of Vergetius, a guide to veterinary medicine
Digesta Artis Mulomedicinae
136
Author of Atellan Farce; only one line of his survives
Aprissius
137
Works of Naevius, written while he was in jail
Hariolus and Leon
138
Member of the embassy in 216 BC to consult the Delphic oracle about the Roman defeat at Cannae
Fabius Pictor
139
Considered the "Father of Latin poetry"
Ennius
140
Considered the "Father of Latin prose"
Cato the Elder
141
Only comedy of Pacuvius
Pseudo
142
Non-author members of the Scipionic Circle
Gaius Laelius Sapiens, Lucius Furius Philus, and Publius Rutilius Rufus
143
Birthplace of Polybius
Megalopolis
144
Ashes of whom were borne to burial by Polybius; they were great friends
Philopoemen
145
Invented an instrument for cryptography called the "[name of author] square"
Polybius
146
Other play of Terence performed at the funeral games of Lucius Aemilius Paullus; revived specifically for the occasion
Hecyra
147
Praised by Varro for his character drawing
Titinius
148
Wrote several plays, including Fullonia, Gemina, Iurisperita, Barbatus ("Embroiderer"), Quintus (an attack on those who didn't speak Latin), Simulans; contemporary of Terence and survived him
Titinius
149
Contemporary of Terence; called the most famous and the best represented author of fabulae togatae
Lucius Afranius
150
Wrote The Fire. When Nero staged this, an actual house was set on fire
Lucius Afranius
151
Father of Panaetius; a Stoic philosopher
Panaetius
152
Teachers of Panaetius at Pergamum
Crates of Mallus, Diogenes of Babylon, Antipater of Trasus
153
Priest of Poseidon Hippios at Lindus
Panaetius
154
Placed statues of himself in the temple of the Muses
Accius
155
Accius' first play
Atreus
156
Wrote Aquae Claudiae, about life at a local Roman watering hole; famous for his fabulae togatae
Atta
157
Birthplace of Archias
Antioch
158
Wrote 37 epigrams; Cicero famously defends his citizenship
Archias
159
Served under Pompey in the Civil War and was awarded the corona navalis
Varro Reatinus
160
Result of Laberius' loss of the contest with Publilius Syrus
forfeited his equestrian status; however, Caesar awarded him 500,000 sesterces and a gold ring, which would allow him to regain his equestrian rank
161
Place of Cicero's death
Formiae
162
Cicero's acting teacher
Quintus Roscius Gallus
163
Dedicatee of Cicero's Topica
Gaius Trebatius Testa
164
Lost works of Publilius Syrus
Putatores and Mumurco
165
Lynched at Julius Caesar's funeral because he was mistaken for a conspirator
Cinna
166
Brought Parthenius back to Rome
Cinna
167
Author of a history of Rome in at least 75 books; covering a period from Rome down to c. 90 BC
Valerius Antias
168
Catullus 1
Catullus dedicates his book of poetry to Nepos
169
Catullus 4
About Catullus' favorite sailing boat
170
Catullus 9
Catullus rejoices that his friend Veranius has returned to Rome from a trip in Iberia
171
Catullus 13
Catullus invites his friend Fabullus to his dinner, but informs him that his wallet is so full of cobwebs that Fabullus will need to provide the food and bring a pretty girl. In return Catullus will give him a perfume that smells so wonderfully that Fabullus will "want to be all nose."
172
Catullus 14
Catullus discusses how his friend Calvus "re-gifted" a book that he had received, giving it to Catullus
173
Catullus 22
Catullus discusses with Varus how Varus' friend Suffenus, has no skill in writing, calling him a "caprimulgus"
174
Catullus 36
Catullus attack Volusius' writing skill
175
Catullus 51
A reinterpretation of a famous poem by Sappho of Lesbos
176
Catullus 69
Attack on Rufus, whom Catullus claims has very bad smelling armpits
177
Catullus 95
Catullus praises the Zmyrna by Cinna but attacks Volusius' Annales
178
Catullus 2
About Lesbia's pet sparrow
179
Catullus 84
Catullus jokes how Arrius tends to add an initial 'h' to words
180
Wrote the Io, an epyllion and elegy on the death of his love Quintilia
Licinius Calvus
181
Works of Maecenas
Prometheus, Symposium, De Cultu Suo
182
Maecenas' prose in which Vergil and Horace are speakers
Symposium
183
Vergil's epitaph
Mantua me genuit, Calabri rapuere, tenet nunc Parthenope; cecini pascua rura duces ("Mantua bore me, Calabria snatched me away, now Naples holds me; I sand of pastures, fields, and leaders)
184
Author from Pontus; Wrote Geographia, 17 books on geography during the age of Augustus and Tiberius
Strabo
185
Said by Suetonius to be good-looking and something of a dandy
Tibullus
186
Model of Martial; friend of Tibullus, Vergil, and Horace; member of the Circle of Maecenas
Domitius Marsus
187
Domitius Marsus' book of satirical epigrams so named because of its bitterness
Cicuta
188
Non-admired epic of Domitius Marsus
Amazonis
189
Also wrote two elegies on Atia, the mother of Augustus
Domitius Marsus
190
Thracian slave who became a freedman of Augustus
Phaedrus
191
Wrote a book on dice playing and proposed adding three letters to the Latin language
Claudius
192
Major work of Aufidius Bassus; treatment of the Roman campaigns in Germany from AD 10-16
Bellum Germanicum
193
Famous as the hardest Latin author to read
Persius
194
Once defended the Jewish queen Berenice and later a woman accused of forgery
Quintilian
195
Greek historian; Jewish priest and policitician before the capture of Jerusalem in 70
Josephus
196
Place of Josephus' capture
Jotapata
197
Wrote a 7-book history of the Jewish wars written in Greek
Josephus
198
Josephus' 20-book history of the Jewish people from Creation down to the time right before the revolt in AD 70
Jewish Antiquities
199
Josephus' 2-book apologia for Judaism
Against Apion
200
Priest of Apollo at Delphi
Plutarch
201
Plutarch's collection of works; 78 miscellaneous works and 50 biographies
Moralia
202
Plutarch's work including 23 pairs (a Greek paired with a Roman) of biographies
Parallel Lives
203
First pair of Plutarch's Parallel Lives
Epaminondas and Scipio Africanus
204
Author of the lost work "Prata" ("Meadows")
Suetonius
205
Stoic philosopher, author of Manual, 4 books of oral Stoic teachings
Epictetus
206
Wrote Epitome Bellorum Omnium Annorum DCC (Abridgment of all the Wars over 700 Years); Planned as a panegyric of the Roman people
Lucius Annaeus Florus
207
Wrote "Vergilius Orator an Poeta" (Was Vergil an Orator or Poet?)
Publius Annius Florus
208
Wrote the poem "Ego Nolo Caesar Esse" (I don't want to be Caesar)
Annius Florus
209
Author from Samosata -- works included Dialogues of the Sea Gods, How to Write History, Lovers of Lies, and True Histories (all in Greek)
Lucian
210
Birthplace of Galen
Pergamum
211
Began his career as a gladiator physician and later served in the court of Marcus Aurelius
Galen
212
Important writer of Greek literature, wrote on subjects ranging from grammar to gout, and ethics to eczema
Galen
213
Consul with Severus Alexander in 229
Cassius Dio
214
Birthplace of Cassius Dio
Nicaea
215
Cassius Dio's 80-book history of Rome, written in Greek, from the founding of the city down to AD 229
Roman History
216
Wrote a set of biographies of twelve emperors from Nerva to Elagabalus as a continuation of Suetonius
Marius Maximus
217
Major work of Vespa -- a poem in 99 hexameters in which a baker and cook argue their respective merits before Augustus
Vespae Iudicium Coci et Pistoris Iudice Vulcano
218
Called the "Christian Vergil and Horace"
Prudentius
219
Author of Carmina -- a collection that includes panegyrics of Anthemius, Majorian, and Avitus
Sidonius Apollinaris
220
Author of Epistulae in 9 books -- collected c. 477 BC -- modeled off Pliny the Younger
Sidonius Apollinaris
221
Second Fabula palliata of L. Andronicus
Ludius
222
Whose work did Sallust attach his to
Sisenna
223
Real name of Propertius' Cynthia
Hostia
224
Described by Quintilian as "ardens et conatus"
Lucan
225
Whom did Quintilian call 'terse but elegant'
Tibullus
226
Whom did Quintilian praise for his "sanctitas"
Licinius Calvus
