. Junius Silanus, grandson of the younger Julia, was born in A.D. 14 (
Pliny
, NH 7, 58); on Augustus’ remarks about Galba, cf.
sfamilien (1920), 427 f. 2 Cicero, De off. 1, 25; in a milder form,
Pliny
, NH 33, 134; Plutarch, Crassus 2. PageBook=>
garden, ib. 3, 13, 2; ten thousand barrels of wine left to his heir,
Pliny
, NH 14, 96. 4 L. Licinius Lucullus (cos. 74) an
rius suggests, from the poet. On his fish- ponds, Varro, RR 3, 17, 3;
Pliny
, NH 9, 171. 2 For example, M. Atius Balbus from
), was probably the son of a centurion from the Volscian country (cf.
Pliny
, NH 22, 11). PageBook=>032 abruptly divorc
of 49 (Dio 41, 14, 5), at the age of ninety-eight, so it was alleged (
Pliny
, NH 7, 156). 3 Above, p. 41 4 Caesar, BC 3, 8
e find that his style is not very military. 5 Ad fam. 9, 20, 2. 6
Pliny
, NH 15, 49 PageBook=>072 on secret and ope
130 B.C.), of a name indubitably Etruscan. 7 NotesPage=>085 1
Pliny
, NH 7, 136 (a Tusculan consul who deserted and be
1) presumably belong to the same family. 3 So Cicero described him (
Pliny
, NH 7, 135) and so did Plancus (Ad fam. 10, 183).
life. 4 NotesPage=>117 1 Ad Att. 15, 2, 3, below, p. 131. 2
Pliny
, NH 2, 94 (deriving from the Autobiography): ‘hae
b. 11, 12; 13, 27. 7 Pro Balbo 51. 8 Ad fam. 10, 18, 3 (Plancus);
Pliny
, NH7, 135 (Cicero). 9 Gellius (15, 4, 3) quotes
us, otherwise known as L. Plotius Plancus, was proscribed and killed (
Pliny
, NH 13, 25). M. Titius, however, nephew of Plancu
ey abated their demands a little, but did not NotesPage=>195 1
Pliny
, NH 35, 201: ‘quos enumerare iam non est, sanguin
to provide Caesar with six thousand muraenae for a triumphal banquet (
Pliny
, NH 9, 171). 5 Appian, BC 4, 25, 102. 6 Pliny
triumphal banquet (Pliny, NH 9, 171). 5 Appian, BC 4, 25, 102. 6
Pliny
, NH 7, 134; 34, 6. 7 Nepos Vita Attici 12, 4. A
Agrippa and Maecenas did not deny that Octavianus lurked in a marsh (
Pliny
, NH 7, 148). PageBook=>205 Caesarians, led
of Octavianus, cf. M. A. Levi, Riv. di fil. LXVI (1938), 113 FF. 3
Pliny
, NH 7, 138. Proculeius was the half-brother of Mu
sapproval of Antonius’ conduct with Cleopatra (Appian, BC 4, 38, 161;
Pliny
, NH 33, 50). The wife of Octavianus’ kinsman Q. P
NotesPage=>242 1 Dio 49, 42, 3; 43, 1 ff. Frontinus, De aq. 9;
Pliny
, NH 36, 121. 2 L. Volcacius Tullus (pr. 46 B.C.
erentia, the wife of Maecenas, not unknown to subsequent scandal. 3
Pliny
, NH 14, 148: ‘exiguo tempore ante proelium Actiac
orth, CQ XXVII (1933), 172 if. 4 Suetonius, Divus Iulius 52, 2. 5
Pliny
, NH 33, 50 an allegation that Antonius like an or
f a true vote was enhanced NotesPage=>284 1 Dio 50, 10, 4. 2
Pliny
, NH 37, 10: ‘quippe etiam Maecenatis rana per col
tive, but 27–25 not excluded. On his habits, Seneca, Suasoriae 7, 13;
Pliny
, NH 14, 147. He once threw a wine-cup in the face
t oratio qualis vita. ’ On Bathyllus, Tacitus, Ann. 1, 54 &c. 2
Pliny
, NH 8, 170. 3 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 66, 3. 4
, 3. 6 Velleius 2, 93, 2; Suetonius, Divus Aug. 66, 3; Tib. 10. 7
Pliny
, NH 7, 149: ‘pudenda Agrippae ablegatio. ’ It is
us, Divus Aug. 66, 3, on his short temper. 2 Velleius 2, 93, 1. 3
Pliny
, NH 35, 26. 4 Dio 54, 29, 6. 5 Odes 1, 6. Var
5 Odes 1, 6. Varius should write the epic, so Horace suggests. 6
Pliny
, NH 7, 46, mentions Agrippa’s ‘praegrave servitiu
y). 3 Suetonius, Divus Vesp. 1. 4 ILS 9200 (C. Velius Rufus). 5
Pliny
, NH 33, 135. 6 Epodes 4, 20. 7 ILS 1949 (unde
. 2 No certain evidence: but he purchased large estates in Picenum (
Pliny
, NH 18, 37). There are amphora-stamps of Tarius R
rom Spain, if he is rightly to be identified with Turranius Gracilis (
Pliny
, NH 3, 3), cf. A. Stein, Der r. Rttterstand, 389.
V 169. Horace dedicated Odes 2, 9 to Valgius; on his botanical work,
Pliny
, NH 25, 4. PageBook=>376 For the upstart o
fricanus, of the two Fabii, descended from Aemilii and Scipiones. 3
Pliny
, NH 35, 8. Observing other frauds, old Messalla R
auds, old Messalla Rufus had taken to writing family histories (ib.).
Pliny
observes ‘sed, pace Messallarum dixisse liceat, e
and pp. 994 ff.), among them German guardsmen (e.g. ILS 7448 f.). 4
Pliny
, NH 18, 37, cf. above, p. 362. 5 Tacitus, Ann.
emilia Lepida dishonestly pretended that she had borne him a son. 7
Pliny
, NH 9, 117 (on the wealth of his grand-daughter):
aves of the Lollii in Rome (for the details, P-W XIII, 1387). 8 Ib.
Pliny
had seen the woman. 9 Macrobius 3, 13, 11. Pa
um imp. Caesari Augusto | et coloniae Beneventanae. ’ 3 Dio 54, 23;
Pliny
, NH 9, 77; Seneca, De ira 3, 40, 2; De clem. 1, 1
g inclines to suspect the agency of L. Licinius Sura (P-W XIII, 475).
Pliny
, Epp. 9, 13, 11, attests the danger from the prov
accusations against his daughter. The same source can be detected in
Pliny
, NH 21, 9; Dio 55, 10, 12. 8 Velleius 2, 100, 3
cos. 7 B.C.) found to his cost when trying to control Germanicus. 3
Pliny
, NH 9, 118. Velleius speaks of sinister designs o
at the hands of its enemies or its mercenaries. PageNotes. 448 1
Pliny
, NH 14, 49 ff. Seneca bought the vineyard from Re
morum vertantur. ’ 4 Martial 11, 16, 8: ‘sis Patavina licet’ ; cf.
Pliny
, Epp. 1, 14, 6. 5 Pliny, Epp. 1, 14, 4: ‘patria
rtial 11, 16, 8: ‘sis Patavina licet’ ; cf. Pliny, Epp. 1, 14, 6. 5
Pliny
, Epp. 1, 14, 4: ‘patria est ei Brixia ex ilia nos
76 (Iconium). 5 Dio 54, 11, 3. 6 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 24, 1; cf.
Pliny
, NH 7, 149; ‘iuventutis penuria’. The soldiers we
Aug. 42, 1. 2 Ib., 57, 1; ILS 92 f. and 99. 3 Above, p. 446. 4
Pliny
, NH 7, 60. 5 Gellius 10, 2, 2. 6 Pliny, NH 7,
99. 3 Above, p. 446. 4 Pliny, NH 7, 60. 5 Gellius 10, 2, 2. 6
Pliny
, NH 7, 158. This was in A.D. 9. 7 Suetonius, Di
Asia c. A.D. 11, Had Executed Three Hundred Persons In One Day). 5
Pliny
, NH 9, 117 f. PageBook=>478 Yet on the who
n. 4, 34, cf. Ovid, Ex Ponto 1, 1, 23 f. 2 Plutarch, Brutus 53. 3
Pliny
(NH 36, 33) speaks of his ‘acris vehementia. ’ No
1 Tacitus, Ann. 4, 34. 2 Plutarch, Antonius 59; Strabo, p. 523. 3
Pliny
, NH 7, 148. 4 Suetonius, Divus Aug. 86, 1: ‘gen
e ut alienae. ’ 3 Quintilian 1, 5, 56; 8, 1, 3. 4 Strabo, p. 213;
Pliny
, Epp. 1, 14, 6; Martial II, 16, 8. Cf. also above
expelled from Augustus’ house. 7 Seneca, Controv. 10, praef. 8. 8
Pliny
, NH 7, 55; Tacitus, Ann. 4, 21: ‘sordidae origini
rginius Rufus is made reasonably certain by combining the evidence of
Pliny
, Epp. 2, 1, 8 and the inscr. ILS 982, cf. PIR1, V
, 1) lauds the quies of Nerva which he refers to himself in an edict (
Pliny
, Epp. 10, 58). 4 Dio 60, 27, 4: τήν δέ δή ήσυàχ
nglorius labor. ’5 PageNotes. 508 1 Nepos, Vita Catonis 3, 3; cf.
Pliny
, NH 8, 11. 2 Dion. Hal, 1, 11, 1; Fronto, p. 20
us. Hence the consistent attitude of Velleius. 2 Dio 53, 27, 5. 3
Pliny
, NH, praef. 31. Plancus made a fine comment ‘cum
in Tacitus, Hist. 4, 8. 3 Tacitus, Hist. 4, 5. 4 Titinius Capito (
Pliny
, Epp. 1, 17). This person had been a high secreta
nt, to be edited and published by Tiberius. 6 NotesPage=>522 1
Pliny
, NH 7, 149: ‘iuncta deinde tot mala: inopia stipe
. 99, 1: ‘ecquid iis videretur mimum vitae commode transegisse. ’ 3
Pliny
, NH 7, 150: ‘in summa deus ille caelumque nescio