[1591] Son of Corvinus Messala. He appears to have been a man of bad repute: of his writings nothing seems to be known.
[1592] See end of B. ii.
[1593] A freedman of Pompey, by whose command he translated into Latin the work of Mithridates on Poisons. After Pompey’s death, he maintained himself by keeping a school at Rome.
[1594] For Fabianus Papirius, see end of B. ii. Fabianus Sabinus is supposed to have been the same person.
[1596] He is mentioned by the elder Seneca, but nothing whatever is known of him.
[1597] See end of B. vii.
[1598] See end of B. iii.
[1599] See end of B. ii.
[1600] See end of B. ii.