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Works by Florus

Epitome di storia romana — Author — 2 copies
Römische Geschichte (2017) 2 copies
Róma háborúi (1979) 2 copies
De Gestos 1 copy
Oeuvres 1 copy
Quae extant 1 copy

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Florus, Publius Annius
Birthdate
1st c. CE
Date of death
2nd c. CE
Gender
male
Nationality
Roman Empire
Birthplace
Africa
Places of residence
Roman Empire
Occupations
poet
historian
rhetorician

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Floro poetae scribenti ad se:
Ego nolo Caesar esse,
ambulare per Britannos,
[latitare per Germanos,]
Scythicas pati pruinas,

Hadrianus rescripsit:
Ego nolo Florus esse,
ambulare per tabernas,
latitare per popinas
culices pati rotundos.

Florus, born apparently in Africa, lived in Spain and in Rome in Hadrian's time. He wrote, in brief pointed rhetorical style, a summary of Roman history (especially wars) in two books in order to show the greatness and decline of Roman morals. It is based chiefly on Livy. It was perhaps planned to reach his own times, but the extant work ends with Augustus's reign (30 BCE-14 CE).… (more)
 
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