[1] He was an adept in the res culinaria. Tac. An. vi. 7, bitterly notes his degeneracy.
[2] Haterii canorum illud et profluens cum ipso simul extinctum est, Ann. iv. 61.
[3] The author of two books on figures of speech, an abridged translation of the work of Gorgias, a contemporary Greek rhetorician.
[4] Seneca and Quintilian quote numerous other names, as Passienus, Pompeius, Silo, Papirius Flavianus, Alfius Flavus, &c. The reader should consult Teuffel, where all that is known of these worthies is given.
[5] The praenomen M. is often given to him, but without authority.
[6] Probably until 38 A.D.
[7] Contr. I. praef. ii.
[8] See Teuffel, § 264.
[9] His son speaks of his home as antiqua et severa.
[10] Caesar, it will be remembered, was greatly struck with the attention given to the cultivation of the memory in the Druidical colleges of Gaul.