Pliny the Elder, a celebrated Roman compiler of encyclopædic knowledge, was born at Novum Comum, (Como), A.D. 23; and died A.D. 79. He wrote: “A Natural History” in 37 books, compiled from more than 2,000 volumes.
Hunger is the teacher of the arts and the bestower of invention.
—Persius.
Aulus Persius Flaccus, a famous Latin satiric poet, was born at Volaterræ in Etruria, 34 A.D., and died A.D. 62. He wrote six satires, and they are all extant.
A liar should have a good memory.
“Institutionis Oratoriæ,” iv, 2, 91,—Quintilian.
Quintilian, the famous Roman rhetorician, was born about A.D. 35, at Calagurris (Calahorra), Spain, and died about A.D. 95 or 96. His great work, “Institutionis Oratoriæ,” is one of the most renowned classical works on rhetoric.
Alta sedent civilis vulnera dextræ.[3]
“Pharsalia,” I, 32,—Lucan.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan), a celebrated Latin poet, was born at Cordova, Spain, A.D. 39, and died at Rome, A.D. 65. He is best known by his epic poem, “Pharsalia.”