human
Certamen Græcæ Latinæque facundiæ. Suet. Calig. | | | |20. Sat. i. 44,
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Aut Lugdunensem Rhetor dicturus ad | | | |aram. Cf. xv. 111. Pers. Sat. vi. 43. | | | | | | | |«M. Annæus Lucanus brought to Rome in his eighth month.» | | | | |205| 41| 794|Caligula slain, Jan. 24. Claudius succeeds, a. æt. 50. | | | | | | | |Birth of Titus, Dec. 30. «Exile of Seneca.» | | | | | | | |Agrippa receives from Claudius Judæa and Samaria. | | | | | | 42| 795|Deaths of Pætus and Arria. | | | | | | 43| 796|First campaign of A. Plautius in Britain. | | | | | | | |Influence of Narcissus (Suet. Claud. 28; Dio, lx. p. | | | |688. Sat. xiv. 329,
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Divitiæ Narcissi Indulsit Cæsar | | | |cui Claudius omnia ), and of Posides. Suet. _u. s._ | | | |Sat. xiv. 91. «Birth of Martial.» | | | | | | 44| 797|«Death of Agrippa, Cf. Acts xii. 21-23.» | | | | |206| 45| 798|«His son Agrippa at Rome intercedes for the Jews.» | | | | | | 46| 799|Excesses of Messalina. Sat. vi. 114-132. | | | | | | 48| 801|Death of Messalina (and C. Silius, whom she had openly | | | |married), Tac. Ann. xi. 26; Suet. Claud. 26, 36, 39, | | | |through the influence of Narcissus. Sat. xiv. 331; x. | | | |329-345. | | | | | | | |Pallas the Arcadian, Claudius' freedman and secretary. | | | |Sat. i. 109. Cf. an. 62. | | | | | | | |The younger Agrippa succeeds his uncle Herod. | | | | | | | |Remmius Palæmon, the grammarian, Quintilian's | | | |master, flourishes. Suet. clar. Gram. 23. Sat. vi. | | | |451,
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Volvitque Palæmonis artem; vii. 215,
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and l. 219. | | | | |207| 49| 802|Marriage of Claudius and Agrippina (widow of Domitius, | | | |cf. an. 28). Seneca, through Agrippina's influence, | | | |recalled from exile. (Cf. A.D. 41. Schol. ad Sat. v. | | | |109.) Tac. Ann. xii. 8. | | | | | | | |Nero (a. æt. 11) placed under Seneca's care. Suet. Ner. | | | |7. | | | | | | 50| 803|Eighth campaign in Britain under Ostorius. Caractacus | | | |captured. «Persius places himself under Cornutus' care. | | | |Pers. v. 36.» | | | | | | 51| 804|Birth of Domitian, while his father is consul suffectus. | | | | | | | |Nero receives the Toga Virilis. | | | | | | 52| 805|Felix, brother of Pallas, made procurator of Judæa. | | | | |208| 53| 806|Nero marries Octavia. | | | | | | | |Agrippa the younger appointed to Philip's tetrarchy, | | | |and Trachonitis, and Abilene. | | | | | | 54| 807|Claudius poisoned by Agrippina's mushroom. Sat. v. 147, | | | |
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Boletum domino: sed qualem Claudius edit, Ante illum | | | |uxoris post quem nil amplius edit. (Cf. Mart. Ep. | | | |xiii. 48; I. xxi. 4.) Sat. vi. 620,
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Minus ergo nocens | | | |erit Agrippinæ Boletus. The poison was procured from | | | |Locusta. Sat. i. 71, 72. | | | | | | | |Nero succeeds, Oct. 13, a. æt. 17. | | | | | | | |Domitius Corbulo appointed to Armenia. Sat. iii. 251, | | | |
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Corbulo vix ferret tot vasa ingentia. Cf. Tac. Ann. | | | |xiii. 8. | | | | | | 55| 808|Death of Britannicus, who is poisoned by Nero, through | | | |the agency of Locusta. | | | | | | 58| 811|Successful campaign of Corbulo in Armenia. Cf. Sat. | | | |viii. Sabina Poppæa. Sat. vi. 462. Her husband Otho | | | |sent into Lusitania, where he remains ten years. Cf. | | | |Tac. Ann. xiii. 45. | | | | | | | |The Parthian war is perhaps alluded to in Persius, Sat. | | | |v. 4. Vid. D'Achaintre in loc. | | | | | | 59| 812|Death of Agrippina (Tac. Ann. xiv. 4; Suet. Ner. 34), | | | |during the Quinquatrus (xiv.-x. Kal. April). Sat. viii. | | | |215. | | | | | | | |Consulship of L. Fonteius Capito. (Cf. an. 118.) Sat. | | | |xiii. 17,
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Fonteio Consule natus. | | | | | | 60| 813|Institution of the Neronia.
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Certamen triplex | | | |Quinquennale: Musicum, Gymnicum, Equestre. | | | | | | | |Corbulo's successful campaign in Syria. | | | | |210| 61| 814|Boadicea's victory. Victory of Suetonius Paulinus. | | | | | | | |Galba in Spain. «Birth of Pliny the younger, a few | | | |years after Tacitus.» | | | | | | 62| 815|Death of Burrus. | | | | | | | |Sofonius Tigellinus succeeds as
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Præfectus Cohortibus | | | |Prætoriis. Cf. Tac. Ann. xiv. 57; xv. 37, 72. Sat. i. | | | |155,
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Pone Tigellinum, etc. | | | | | | | |Nero marries Poppæa. Death of Octavia. Tac. Ann. xiv. | | | |60, 64. | | | | | | | |Pallas put to death for his money. Tac. Ann. xiv. 65. | | | |Cf. A.D. 48. | | | | | | | |Death of Persius, in his 28th year. | | | | | | 64| 817|Nero in the theatre. Fires at Rome. Only four regions | | | |remaining entire. Tac. Ann. xv. 40. Persecution of | | | |Christians (c. 44), on whom the blame of the fire was | | | |laid, and who were punished with the
human
Tunica Molesta. | | | |Sat. i. 156; viii. 235. Suet. Ner. 16. | | | | |211| 65| 818|Piso's conspiracy. Death of Seneca. Tac. Ann. xv. 60. | | | |Sat. viii. 211,
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Libera si dentur populo suffragia, | | | |quis tam Perditus ut dubitet Senecam præferre Neroni. | | | |Sat. x. 15,
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Temporibus diris igitur jussuque Neronis | | | |Longinum, et magnos Senecæ prædivitis hortos clausit, | | | |_et seq._ | | | | | | | |Death of Lucan, in his 26th year. Sat. vii. 79. Tac. | | | |Ann. xv. 70. Suet. Ner. 35. | | | | | | | |Death of Poppæa. Tac. Ann. xvi. 6. Sat. viii. 218,
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Sed | | | |nec Electræ jugulo se polluit, aut Spartani Sanguine | | | |conjugii. | | | | | | 66| 819|Death of Thrasea Pætus. Tac. Ann. xvi. 21-35. | | | | | | | |Martial comes to Rome, æt. 23. | | | | | | | |Nero sets out for Greece: meets Vatinius (
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Sutrinæ | | | |tabernæ alumnus, Tac. Ann. xv. 34) at Beneventum. Sat. | | | |v. 47,
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Tu Beneventani Sutoris nomen habentem Siccabis | | | |calicem nasorum quatuor. | | | | | | | |Lubinus places the banishment of Annæus Cornutus in | | | |this year. Cf. ad Pers. v. 5. | | | | | | 67| 820|Death of Corbulo. | | | | | | | |Nero in Greece, celebrates the 211th Olympiad (the | | | |Olympiad having been deferred for him, Suet. Ner. | | | |19-22), and adds a musical contest. Sat. viii. 225, | | | |
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Gaudentis fœdo peregrina ad pulpita cantu Prostitui, | | | |Graiæque apium meruisse coronæ. | | | | | | | |«Jewish war committed by Nero to Vespasian.» | | | | | | 68| 821|Nero returns to Rome. Sat. viii. 230,
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Et de marmoreo | | | |citharam suspende Colosso. | | | | | | | |Vindex revolts and proclaims Galba. Ib. 221,
human
Quid enim | | | |Verginius armis Debeat ulcisci magis aut cum Vindice | | | |Galba. | | | | | | | |Galba accepts the empire in April. | | | | | | | |Death of Nero in June, in his 31st year. | | | | | | | |«Quintilian comes to Rome with Galba, and remains 20 | | | |years.» | | | | |212| 69| 822|Vitellius proclaimed, Jan. 2. Tac. Hist. i. 56, 57. | | | | | | | |Galba killed, Jan. 15, in his 73d year. Sat. vi. 559, | | | |
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Magnus civis obit et formidatus Othoni. | | | | | | | |Otho acknowledged. Battle of Bedriacum. Death of Otho | | | |at Brixellum in April, in his 37th year. Sat. ii. 106, | | | |
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Bedriaci in campo spolium affectare Palati. | | | | | | | |Vitellius enters Rome in July, and is killed Dec. 21. | | | | | | | |Vespasian proclaimed July 1st, æt. 60. | | | | | | 70| 823|Vespasian enters Rome. Titus takes Jerusalem. | | | | | | 71| 824|Triumph of Titus and Vespasian. They passed through the | | | |
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Porta Idumæa. Sat. viii. 160. | | | | | | | |Temple of Peace begun. Sat. ix. 22; i. 115. | | | | | | | |Temple of Janus closed for the sixth time. | | | | | | 72| 825|Commagene reduced to a province. Sat. vi. 550, | | | |
human
Commagenus Aruspex. | | | | | | 74| 827|Expulsion of Philosophers by Vespasian. | | | | | | 75| 828|Temple of Peace concluded. Suet. Vesp. 9. | | | | | | 76| 829|Birth of Hadrian. Cf. A.D. 138. | | | | | | 78| 831|Agricola in Britain. Tac. Agric. xviii. Sat. ii. 160. | | | | | | 79| 832|Death of Vespasian, June 23, in his 70th year. | | | | | | | |Titus succeeds. «Eruption of Vesuvius. Death of Pliny | | | |the elder. Cf. Plin. vi. Epist. 16, 20.» | | | | | | 80| 833|Fire at Rome. Temple of Isis, and Capitol, burnt. | | | | |215| 81| 834|Death of Titus, Sept. 13. | | | | | | | |Domitian succeeds. Sat. iv. 37,
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Flavius Ultimus, et | | | |calvo serviret Roma Neroni. | | | | | | 82| 835|Domitian rebuilds the Capitol (Suet. Dom. 5), and | | | |patronizes learning. Sat. vii. 1,
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Et spes, et ratio | | | |studiorum in Cæsare tantum. | | | | | | 83| 836|Domitian's expedition against the Catti and Sarmatæ. | | | | | | | |Three Vestal virgins punished. Sat. iv. 10,
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Sanguine | | | |adhuc vivo terram subitura Sacerdos. | | | | | | 84| 837|Domitian takes the name of
human
Germanicus. Receives the | | | |censorship for life. Sat. iv. 12; ii. 121. | | | | | | | |Defeat of Galgacus in Britain. Sat. ii. 160, 161, | | | |
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Domitianus nobiles multos relegavit et optimates | | | |occidit. Chron. Euseb. Cf. Sat. iv. 151, _seq._ | | | | | | 86| 839|Domitian institutes the Capitoline Games. Suet. Dom. | | | |4,
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Certamen quinquennale triplex, Musicum, Equestre, | | | |Gymnicum. «Cf. A.D. 60.» Sat. vi. 387,
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An Capitolinam | | | |deberet Pollio quercum Sperare et fidibus promittere. | | | |Cf. ad Sulpic. 41. | | | | | | | |Dacian war. Sat. iv. 111, cum Schol. | | | | | | | |«Birth of Antoninus Pius.» | | | | |217| 89| 842|Quintilian teaches at Rome (
human
Publicam Scholam et | | | |Salarium è fisco accepit, Hieron.), Domitian's | | | |nephews, among others. Some think Juvenal attended his | | | |lectures. Sat. vi. 75, 280; vii. 186, 189. | | | | | | 90| 843|Domitian expels the philosophers (cf. A.D. 74). Tac. | | | |Agr. 2. (Sat. iii. may perhaps refer to this,
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cf. l. 21.) | | | | | | | |Senecio put to death for writing a book in praise of | | | |Helvidius Priscus. Cf. Sat. v. 36. | | | | | | | |Sulpicia's Satire. «Pliny prætor in his 29th year.» | | | | | | 91| 844|Domitian's triumphs over Dacians and Germans. «Sat. vi. | | | |205,
human
Dacicus et scripto radiat Germanicus auro: but | | | |cf. A.D. 110.» | | | | | | | |Cornelia, a Vestal virgin, buried alive. (Vid. Suet. | | | |Dom. 8. Plin. iv. Ep. 11. Cf. A.D. 83.) This happened | | | |after the death of Julia. Sat. ii. 32. | | | | |218| 98| 846|Sarmatian war. (Sat. ii. 1.) Death of Agricola. | | | | | | | |Massa and Carus (i. 35, 36) referred by some to this | | | |date. | | | | | | | |Influence of Paris. Sat. vi. 87,
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Ludos Paridemque | | | |reliquit. Sat. vii. 87,
human
Paridi nisi vendat Agaven; | | | |and 90, _seq._ | | | | | | | |Palfurius Sura, Armillatus, Pegasus, Vibius Crispus | | | |Placentinus, Acilius Glabrio, Fabricius Veiento, | | | |Catullus Messalinus, Curtius Montanus, and Crispinus | | | |flourish. Sat. iv. 50-150; vi. 82; i. 26; xi. 34. | | | | | | 94| 847|Lateranus consul. viii. 146, _seq._,
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Prætor majorum | | | |cineres atque ossa volucri Carpento rapitur pinguis | | | |_Damasippus_, et ipse, Ipse rotam stringit multo | | | |sufflamine consul; where some read
human
Lateranus; others | | | |say Lateranus is intended by Damasippus. | | | | | | | |This is probably the date of the event recorded in Sat. | | | |iv.,
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Illa tempora sævitiæ claras quibus abstulit Urbi | | | |Illustresque animas impune et vindice nullo, l. 151. | | | |Cf. Tac. Agric. 44, who says that after the death of | | | |Agricola (A.D. 93)
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Domitianus non jam per intervalla | | | |ac spiramenta temporum sed continuo et velut uno ictu | | | |Rempublicam exhausit, _et seq._ | | | | | | 95| 848|Death of Clemens, the consul. | | | | | | | |«Persecution of Christians. St. John at Patmos.» | | | | | | | |Flavia Domitilla exiled to _Pontia_. «Cf. xiii. 246, | | | |
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Aut maris Ægæi rupem, scopulosque frequentes Exulibus | | | |magnis. » | | | | | | | |The fourth book of the Sylvæ of Statius written. | | | | | | | |In the third book written A.D. 94, he mentions the | | | |close of the Thebais. Cf. Sat. vii. 82,
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Curritur ad | | | |vocem jucundam et carmen amicæ Thebaidos, lætam fecit | | | |quum Statius Urbem Promisitque diem. | | | | | | | |The Thebaid had employed twelve years. | | | | | | 96| 849|Domitian killed in September, in his 45th year. Sat. | | | |iv. 153,
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Sed periit postquam cerdonibus esse timendus | | | |Cœperat, hoc nocuit Lamiarum cæde madenti. | | | | | | | |Nerva succeeds. | | | | |219| 97| 850|Nerva adopts Trajan. «Tacitus
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Consul Suffectus. » | | | | | | 98| 851|Death of Nerva, Jan. 25th, in his 63d year. | | | | | | | |Trajan (then at Cologne) succeeds. | | | | | | | |«Plutarch flourishes. Pliny, Præf. Ærarii Saturni.» | | | | | | 99| 852|Trajan enters Rome. | | | | | | | |«Martial, 10th book, 2d edition. Silius Italicus still | | | |living.» | | | | | | 100| 853|Consulship of M. Cornelius Fronto with Trajan. Sat. i. | | | |12,
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Frontonis platani, convulsaque marmora clamant | | | |Semper et assiduo ruptæ lectore columnæ. | | | | | | | |Pliny and Tacitus impeach Marius Priscus, proconsul of | | | |Africa. Fronto Catius defends him. Cf. Plin. ii. Epist. | | | |xi. The case was tried before Trajan in person. Cf. | | | |Sat. i. 47,
human
Et hic damnatus inani Judicio; quid enim | | | |salvis infamia nummis? Exul ab octavâ Marius bibit, et | | | |fruitur Diis iratis. And viii. 120,
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Quum tenues nuper | | | |Marius discinxerit Afros. | | | | | | | |Pliny's Panegyric, in his consulship. | | | | | | | |Death of S. John. | | | | | | | |«Martial returns to Bilbilis. Twelfth book of Epigrams.» | | | | |220| 101| 854|First Dacian war.
human
Trajanus primus aut solus etiam | | | |vires Romanas trans _Istrum_ propagavit, Victor, p. | | | |319; perhaps alluded to, Sat. viii. 169,
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Syriæque | | | |tuendis Amnibus et Rheno atque _Istro_. | | | | | | | |Isæus flourishes.
human
Magna Isæum fama præcesserat: major | | | |inventus est. Summa est facultas, copia, ubertas. | | | |Plin. ii. Epist. 3. Cf. Sat. iii. 73 (with the | | | |Scholiasts),
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Sermo promptus et Isæo torrentior. | | | | | | 103| 856|Victories in Dacia. Peace granted to Decebalus. | | | | | | | |Trajan triumphs, and takes the name of
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Dacicus. (Cf. | | | |110.) «Pliny arrives at Bithynia.» | | | | | | 104| 857|Second Dacian war. Trajan takes the command. | | | | | | | |Hadrian serves.
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Primæ legioni Minerviæ præpositus. | | | |Spartian. Hadr. 3. | | | | | | | |«Martial sends his 12th book to Rome. Vid. Ep. 18. | | | |Pliny's letter about the Christians.» | | | | |221| 105| 858|Stone bridge over the Danube, by which Trajan conquers | | | |the Dacians. | | | | | | 106| 859|Death of Decebalus. Dacia becomes a Roman province. | | | | | | | |Conquest of Arabia Petræa. 2d triumph of Trajan. | | | | | | 107| 860|Trajan's public works. Vid. Dio, lxviii. 15, τά τε | | | |ἕλη τὰ Πόντινα ὡδοποίησε λίθῳ. κ. τ. λ. Cf. iii. 307, | | | |
human
Armato quoties tutæ custode tenentur Et _Pomptina_ | | | |palus et Gallinaria pinus. | | | | | | 110| 863|This road is finished. «Plutarch's Lives.» | | | | | | | |The _coins_ of Trajan of this year bear the words, | | | |
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GERMANICUS, DACICUS. vi. 205,
human
| | | | | | 112| 865|Hadrian Archon at Athens. | | | | |223| 113| 866|The column of Trajan erected (cf. Dio, lxviii. 16), to | | | |which some think there is an allusion in the line, x. | | | |136,
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Summo tristis captivus in arcu. | | | | | | 114| 867|Trajan's expedition to the East, against the Armenians | | | |and Parthians. He proceeds in the autumn through Athens | | | |and Seleucia to Antioch. | | | | | | 115| 868|Earthquake at Antioch, in January or February, in which | | | |the consul, M. Vergilianus Pedo, perished. Dio, lxviii. | | | |24, 25. | | | | | | | |In the spring Trajan marches to Armenia. Sat. vi. 411, | | | |
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Nutare urbes, subsidere terram. | | | | | | | |«Martyrdom of S. Ignatius.» | | | | | | 116| 869|Trajan enters Ctesiphon, and takes the title of | | | |
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Parthicus. Sat. vi. 407,
human
Instantem regi Armenio | | | |Parthoque. | | | | |224| 117| 870|Trajan reaches Selinus in Cilicia, and dies in August, | | | |in his 63d year. | | | | | | | |Hadrian, at Antioch, succeeds, in consequence of a | | | |fictitious adoption managed by Plotina. Cf. Gibbon, | | | |vol. i. p. 130. To this there is supposed to be | | | |an allusion in Sat. i. 40,
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Optima summi Nunc via | | | |processus vetulæ vesica beatæ. | | | | | | 118| 871|Hadrian comes to Rome. | | | | | | | |This is sixty years after the consulship of Fonteius. | | | |Cf. A.D. 59. The thirteenth Satire was therefore | | | |probably written this year. l. 17,
human
Stupet hæc qui jam | | | |post terga reliquit Sexaginta annos, Fonteio consule | | | |natus. The common story is, that Calvinus, to whom | | | |this Satire is addressed, was _three years_ Juvenal's | | | |senior. | | | | | | | |Probably the lines in Satire iii., from 60-113, are | | | |an interpolation at a period subsequent to the first | | | |composition of the Satire, and refer to this period. | | | |Hadrian brought with him from _Antioch_ to Rome many | | | |foreigners of all professions. Cf. iii. 62,
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Jampridem | | | |Syrus in Tiberim defluxit _Orontes_. Among these | | | |he particularly favored Epictetus of Hierapolis in | | | |Phrygia, Favorinus of Arelate in Gaul, and Dionysius | | | |of Miletus. To one of these Juvenal may refer in | | | |Sat. iii. 75,
human
Quemvis hominem secum attulit ad nos | | | |Grammaticus, Rhetor, Geometres, Pictor, Aliptes, Augur, | | | |Schœnobates, Medicus, Magus, omnia novit, Ad summum | | | |non Maurus erat nec Sarmata nec Thrax, _et seq._ | | | |Cf. Spartian. Hadrian, c. 5, and especially c. 16, | | | |where he says,
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In summâ familiaritate Epictetum et | | | |Heliodorum, philosophos, et _grammaticos, Rhetores_, | | | |musicos, _Geometras, pictores_, astrologos habuit: | | | |præ cæteris eminente Favorino, where the order is | | | |rather remarkable. Dionysius of Miletus, moreover, | | | |was a disciple of Isæus (cf. A.D. 101), l. 73, | | | |
human
Ingenium velox audacia perdita, sermo Promptus et Isæo | | | |torrentior. | | | | | | | |Hadrian, after a four months' consulship, proceeded to | | | |Campania, and thence to Gaul, Germany, and Britain: | | | |Juvenal therefore might safely publish this in the | | | |emperor's absence. | | | | | | 119| 872|Hadrian consul with Junius Rusticus. | | | | | | | |This is most probably the Junius mentioned Sat. xv. | | | |27,
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Nuper Consule Junio gesta. Cf. Salmas., Plin. | | | |Exercit. p. 320. | | | | | | 120| 873|Hadrian's progress through the provinces. | | | | | | | |He builds the wall in Britain:
human
Compositis in Britanniâ | | | |rebus, transgressus in Galliam. Spartian. c. 10. This | | | |may be alluded to, Sat. ii. 160, 161. Cf. Sat. xv. 111. | | | | | | | |«Plutarch, æt. 74.» | | | | |225| 121| 874|Birth of M. Aurelius. | | | | | | 122| 875|Hadrian at Athens. | | | | | | | |Artemidorus Capito, the physician, in great repute with | | | |Hadrian. It is not impossible that he may be alluded to | | | |under the name of
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Heliodorus. Cf. Sat. vi. 373. | | | | | | 124| 877|The eleventh Satire may perhaps be assigned to about | | | |this date. It was written when Juvenal was advanced in | | | |years. l. 203,
human
Nostra bibat vernum contracta cuticula | | | |solem. | | | | | | | |The excitement about the games in the circus (cf. | | | |Gibbon, chap. xl.) was as great as in the days of | | | |Domitian; and the
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appears at this time to have | | | |been a victorious color. Compare Sat. xi. 195,
human
Totam | | | |hodie Romam circus capit, et fragor aurem Percutit, | | | |eventum _viridis_ quo colligo _panni_; with the | | | |inscription in Gruter, quoted in Clinton (in ann.), | | | |
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Primum agitavit in factione _prasinâ_. «Cf. Mart. | | | |xiv. Ep. cxxxi., written long after Domitian's time.» | | | | | | 126| 879|Birth of Pertinax. | | | | | | | |«Dionysius of Halicarnassus flourishes.» | | | | | | 128| 881|Hadrian takes the title of
human
Pater Patriæ. | | | | |227| 129| 882|Julius Fronto mentioned, as commanding the
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Classis | | | |Prætoria Misenensis.