Curiatius Maternus
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Curiatius Maternus appears in the Dialogues
of Tacitus
. He was clearly an author of tragedies in Latin, having composed a Domitius, a Medea, and a Cato by AD 74 or 75. He is probably the same as the sophist Maternus who was put to death by Domitian
for speaking against tyrants in a practice speech.
Dialogus de oratoribus
The Dialogus de oratoribus is a short work attributed to Tacitus, in dialogue form, on the art of rhetoric. Its date of composition is unknown, though its dedication to Fabius Iustus places its publication around 102 AD....
of Tacitus
Tacitus
Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories—examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those who reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors...
. He was clearly an author of tragedies in Latin, having composed a Domitius, a Medea, and a Cato by AD 74 or 75. He is probably the same as the sophist Maternus who was put to death by Domitian
Domitian
Domitian was Roman Emperor from 81 to 96. Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty.Domitian's youth and early career were largely spent in the shadow of his brother Titus, who gained military renown during the First Jewish-Roman War...
for speaking against tyrants in a practice speech.