[1581] See end of B. viii.
[1582] See end of B. vii.
[1583] See end of B. viii.
[1584] Nothing is known of him. He may possibly have written on Husbandry, and seems to have spoken in dispraise of the son of Cicero. See c. [28] of the present Book.
[1585] The famous Roman Comic poet, born B.C. 184. Twenty of his comedies are still in existence.
[1586] For Alfius Flavius, see end of B. ix.; for Cneius Flavius, see end of B. [xii].
[1587] Or Dorsenus Fabius, an ancient Comic dramatist, censured by Horace for the buffoonery of his characters, and the carelessness of his productions. In the 15th Chapter of this Book, Pliny quotes a line from his Acharistio.
[1588] Q. Mutius Scævola, consul B.C. 95, and assassinated by C. Flavius Fimbria, having been proscribed by the Marian faction. He wrote several works on the Roman law, and Cicero was in the number of his disciples.
[1589] Sextus Ælius Pætus Catus, a celebrated jurisconsult, and consul B.C. 198. He wrote a work on the Twelve Tables.
[1590] See end of B. iii.