[889] See AUGUSTUS, cc. lxii. lxix.
[890] Cornelius Alexander, who had also the name of Polyhistor, was born at Miletus, and being taken prisoner, and bought by Cornelius, was brought to Rome, and becoming his teacher, had his freedom given him, with the name of his patron. He flourished in the time of Sylla, and composed a great number of works; amongst which were five books on Rome. Suetonius has already told us [AUGUSTUS, xxix.] that he had the care of the Palatine Library.
[891] No such consul as Caius Licinius appears in the Fasti; and it is supposed to be a mistake for C. Atinius, who was the colleague of Cn. Domitius Calvinus, A.U.C. 713, and wrote a book on the Civil War.
[892] Julius Modestus, in whom the name of the Julian family was still preserved, is mentioned with approbation by Gellius, Martial, Quintilian, and others.
[893] Melissus is mentioned by Ovid, De Pontif. iv 16-30.
[894] See AUGUSTUS, c. xxix. p. 93, and note.
[895] The trabea was a white robe, with a purple border, of a different fashion from the toga.
[896] See before, c. x.
[897] See CLAUDIUS, c. x1i. and note.
[898] Remmius Palaemon appears to have been cotemporary with Pliny and Quintilian, who speak highly of him.