Antipater followed the Greek history of Silenus Calatinus,Cic. de Div. i.,24, 49. and occasionally borrowed from the Origines of Cato the Elder.Gell. x. 24; Macrobius Saturnalia i. 4, extr. He is occasionally quoted by Livy, who sometimes, with respectful consideration, dissents from his authority. It is manifest, however, from Cicero and Valerius Maximus that he was fond of relating dreams and portents.
