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Lucilius

Lucilius

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Lucilius is the nomen of the gens Lucilia of ancient Rome
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Lucilius is the nomen of the gens Lucilia of ancient Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated municipality , with over 2.7 million residents in , while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat to be 3.46 million. The metropolitan area of Rome is estimated by OECD to have a population of 3.7 million...

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  • Gaius Lucilius
    Gaius Lucilius
    Gaius Lucilius , the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain, was a Roman citizen of the equestrian class, born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania.-The Problem of his birthdate:...

    , satirist 2nd century BC
    2nd century BC
    The 2nd century BC started the first day of 200 BC and ended the last day of 101 BC. It is considered part of the Classical era, although depending on the region being studied, other terms may be more proper .-Overview:Fresh from its victories in the Second Punic War, the...

    . Lucilius was credited by Horace and others with originating the genre of satire.
  • Lucilius Junior
    Lucilius Junior
    Lucilius Junior , was the Roman governor of Sicily during the reign of Nero, a friend and correspondent of Seneca, and the possible author of Aetna, a poem which survives in a corrupt state.-Life:...

    , friend and correspondent of the younger Seneca
    Seneca the Younger
    Lucius Annaeus Seneca was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero...

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  • The tomb of Marcus Lucilius Paetus, a military tribune
    Military tribune
    A military tribune was an official in ancient Rome who was both a military officer of the Roman Legion and an official of the Roman State.-Overview:...

     in the time of Augustus
    Augustus
    Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus was the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in AD 14.These are the contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian after 45 BC...

    , and his sister Lucilia Polla was discovered in Rome, near the Villa Albani, in 1885. It is a round structure about 34 meters across, and believed to have been surmounted by a conical mound of earth 17 meters high.