)
a specimen in the lines:-
3.
a specimen in the lines:-
3.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - c
).
Sidonius
Arabic physicians of the same name. (See Penny Apollinaris (Carm. xiii. 21) celebrates his mathe-
Cyclop. )
[W. A. G. ) matical lore, and that he turned his attention to
SERA'PION, a highly celebrated scene-painter, antiquarian pursuits may be gathered from Arno-
who failed, however, in his attempts to depict the bius (adv. Gentes, vi. 17) and Macrobius (Sat, ii.
human figure. We have no better clue to the time 13), of whom the latter quotes some remarks by
at which he flourished than the following obscure Sammonicus upon the sumptuary Lex Fannia
passage in Pliny:- Maeniana, inquit Varro, omnia while in another place (Sat. iii. 9), he extracts at
operiebat Serapionis tabula sub Veteribus (Plin. full length from the fifth book of his Res Reconditae,
H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 37). The invention of scene- the ancient forms by which the gods of a be
painting is ascribed to Sophocles. (Aristot. Poët. leaguered town were summoned forth by the
[P. S. ] besiegers, and the place itself devoted to the
SERA'PIS or SARA'PIS (Zápanis), an Egyp- destroying powers. In the Saturnalia also (ii. 12),
tian divinity, the worship of which was introduced is preserved a letter by Sammonicus addressed to
into Greece in the time of the Ptolemies. Apol- the emperor Septimius Sererus, on the honours
lodorus (ii. 1. § 1) states that Serapis was the rendered at solemn banquets to the sturgeon. Ac-
name given to Apis after his death and deification. cording to Lampridius he must have been either
(Comp. Callim. Ep. 39, and Isis. ) [L. S. ) an orator or a poet, or perhaps both, for it is re-
SERENA, niece of Theodosius the Great, corded by the Augustan historian in his life of
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1
1
SERENUS.
SERGIUS.
787
Alexander Severus (c. 30) that this prince was Wernsdorf has endeavoured to prove that the
wont to read “et oratores et počtas, in queis Sere. Moretum, found among the Calalecta Virgiliana,
num Sammonicum, quem ipse noverat et dilexerat, belongs in reality to Serenus, but the hypothesis
et Horatium. " His son, who bore the same name, rests upon no sure nor even plansible evidence.
was the preceptor of the younger Gordian, and The scanty remains of Serenus, of which the
bequcathed to his pupil the magnificent library longest fragment, the commencement of a sort of
which he had inherited from his sire. (Capitolin. hymn to Janus, extends to five lines only, afford
Gordian. 18. )
examples of several uncommon metres, and will be
A medical poem, extending to 115 hexameter found collected in Wernsdorf, Poët. Lat. Min. vol.
lines, divided into 65 chapters or sections, and ii. p. 279. The dissertation commencing in p. 217
ending abruptly, has descended to us under the of the same volume contains every thing that has
title Q. Sereni Sammonici de Medicina praccepla been ascertained or conjectured with regard to
saluberrima, or, Praecepta de Medicina parvo his name, his history, and his writings. See also
pretio purabili, which is usually ascribed to the Burmann, Anthol. Lut. i. 27, iii. 57, or No. 191,
elder Sammonicus. It contains a considerable | 192, ed. Meyer.
[W. R. )
amount of information, extracted from the best SERE'NUS, VI’BIUS, proconsul of Further
authorities, on natural history and the healing art, Spain, was condemned of Vis publica in A. D. 23,
mixed up with a number of puerile superstitions, and exiled (deportatus) to the little island of Amor-
such as the efficacy of the Abracadabra as an gus, near Naxos. The real reason of his punish-
amulet in ague, the whole expressed in plain, un- ment was his being an enemy of the all-powerful
ambitious, and almost prosaic language. The text Sejanus, as we learn from Dion Caseius (lviii. 8),
is very corrupt, probably in conseyuence of the who relates the circumstance, but without men-
estimation in which the treatise was held during the tioning the name of Serenus. In the following
middle ages. The most useful edition is that of Bur- year he was brought back to Rome, because he was
mann, included in his Poëtae Latini Minores (4to. accused by his own son, in the senate, of a plot
Leid. 1731, vol. ii. pp. 187—388), containing the against the emperor. The younger Serenus be-
best notes and the Prolegomena of Keuchen. For came one of the most infamous accusers in the
an account of some recent contributions towards reign of Tiberius, and was therefore held in all
the improvement of the text, see Reuss, Lectiones the higher honour by the emperor. (Tac. Ann. iv.
Sammonicae, p. i. 4to. Wirceb. 1837. (W. R. ] 13, 28, 36. )
SERE'NUS, A. SEPTI'MIUS, a Roman lyric SEÄRGIA. 1. One of the noble women at
poct (Terent. Maur. p. 2427, ed. Putsch. ; Serv. ad Rome who were accused of poisoning the leading
Virg. Aen. ii. 15; Hieron. Epist. ad Paulin. 7), men of the state in B. C. 331. The details and
who exercised his muse chiefly, it would appear, in authorities are given under CORNELIA, No. 1.
depicting the charms of the country, and the de- 2. The sister of Catiline, was married to Q.
light of rural pursuits. With the exception of one Caecilius, a Roman eques, who was slain by his
or two incidental notices in Sidonius Apollinaris brother-in-law during the proscription of Sulla.
(Epist. ad Polem. Curm. ix. ad Fel. ), and the pas- Sergia, like her brother, bore a bad character (Q.
sage in St. Jerome referred to above, he is known Cic. de Pet. Cons. 2 ; Ascon. in Tog. Cand. p. 84,
to us from the grammarians alone, unless, indeed, ed. Orelli),
we adopt the conjecture of Gronovius that the SEʻRGIA GENS, patrician. The Sergii, like
Ode of Statius (Šilo. iv. 5) addressed to Septimius many other ancient Roman gentes, traced their
Severus, we ought to substitute Serenus for Se descent from the Trojans. They regarded Ser-
The age in which he flourished is uncer- gestus as their ancestor (Virg. Aen. 4. 121):-
tain, since it depends upon the epoch which we
“Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen. "
assign to Terentianus Maurus, with whom he
seems to have been nearly contemporary. (Terent. The Sergii were distinguished in the early history
Maur. pp. 2424, 2427, ed. Putsch. )
of the republic, but obtained an unenviable noto-
His chief work, at least that which is most riety at a later age by Catiline belonging to them.
frequently mentioned, is quoted by Nonius (c. v. The first member of the gens who obtained the
n. 35) under the title of Opuscula Ruralia, by consulship was L. Sergius Fidenas, in B. C. 437.
Terentianus Maurus (p. 2427, ed. Putsch. ), as The Sergii bore the cognomens of Catilina, Es-
Opuscula Ruris, by others simply as Opuscula, and QUILINUS, FIDENAS, ORATA, PAULUS, PLANCUS
must have been divided into two or more books (accidentally omitted under Plancus, and given
(Non. c. xiv. 5). Another piece, unless indeed it below), and Silus. Silus is the only cognomen
was included in the Opuscula, was named Falisca, which occurs on coins. A few persons of the gens
from containing a description of a farm which he are mentioned without any surname : these are
possessed in the country of the Falisci, and from given below.
this the author is designated as Poëta Faliscus SEʻRGIUS. 1. M. SERGIUS, tribune of the
(Terent. Maur. p. 2423, ed. Putsch. ). It was soldiers, was sent by P. Scipio to Rhegium, and
composed in a peculiar measure invented by was there slain shortly afterwards by the soldiers
himself
, consisting of three dactyls and a pyrrhi- of Pleminius, B. C. 205. (Liv. xxix. 6, 9. )
chius, which is hence termed Metrum Faliscum by 2. L. SERGIUS, one of the three ambassadors
Servius (Centimetr. p. 1824, ed. Putsch. ) and Vic- sent by P. Scipio to Carthage, in B. C. 203. (Liv.
torinus (p. 2578 ed. Putsch. ). Of this we have xxx. 25.
)
a specimen in the lines:-
3. C. Sergius PLANCUS, praetor urbanus B. C.
200. His imperium was prolonged for the fol-
Quando flagella jugas, ita juga
lowing year, that he might assign lands to the
Vitis et ulmus uti simul eant,
soldiers who had served for
Nam nisi sint paribus fruticibus,
many years in Spain,
Sicily, and Sardinia. (Liv. xxxi. 4, 6, xxxii. 1. )
Umbra pccat teneras Amineas.
4. Q. SERGIUS, a senator, condemned inter si
verus.
3 E 2
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788
SERRANUS.
SERRANUS.
curios, is mentioned by Cicero as alive at the time son of No. 2, curule aedile B. c. 193, with L. Scrie
of the Social War, B. C. 90. (Cic. pro Cluent. 7. ) bonius Libo. They were the first aediles who
5. L. Sergius, a scriba of Cicero, when he was exhibited the Megalesia as ludi scenici ; and it was
quaestor in Sicily, B. c. 75. (Cic. Verr. iii. 78. ) in their aedileship that the senators had seats
6. L. Sergius, the armiger of Catiline, and assigned them in the theatre, distinct from the rest
subsequently one of Clodius's mob. (Cic. pro Dom. of the people. He did not obtain the praetorship
5, 33. )
till B. c. 185. (Liv, xxxiv. 54 ; Val. Max. ii. 4.
7. Sergius, proscribed by the triumvirs in B. c. $3 ; Ascon. in Tog. Cand. p. 69, ed. Orelli ; Liv.
43, lay concealed in the house of Antony, till the xxxix. 23. )
latter obtained his pardon. (Appian, B. C. iv. 45. ) 4. A. Atilius SRRRANUS, probably the second
SERGIUS (Lépylos), of Zeugma, a town in son of No. 2, was praetor B. C. 192, and obtained,
Syria, the son of Aphthonius, was, according as his province, Macedonia and the command of
to Suidas (s. v. ), praefectus praetorio, a consu- the fleet, under the pretext of carrying on hos-
laris and a patrician. He wrote an epitaphium on tilities against the Lacedaemonian tyrant Nabis,
his brother Sabinus, and a work against Aelius but in reality that he might be ready to act in the
Aristeides.
threatening war against Antiochus the Great, king
SERGIUS, a grammarian of uncertain date, but of Syria. In the following year he retained the
later than the fourth century, the author of two command of the fleet till the arrival of his successor,
tracts ; the first entitled In primam Donati Edi- C. Livius Salinator; and as the war had been al-
tioncm Commentarium (see DONATUS); the second, ready declared against Antiochus, he captured in
In sccundam Donati Editionem Commentaria, which the Aegean a large fleet of transports carrying pro-
were first published in the collection of minor visions to the king, and brought the ships into the
grammarians, printed at Milan, fol. 1504, and Peiraeeus. He was praetor a second time in B. C.
which will both be found in the “Grammaticae 173, and obtained the jurisdictio urbana. He was
Latinae auctores antiqui” of Putschius (4to. Han- ordered in the same year to renew with Antiochus
nov. 1605, pp. 1816-1838). The former appears Epiphanes the treaty which had been concluded
under its best form in the “ Analecta Grammatica” with his father. In B. c. 171 he was sent,
of Endlicher, who has also printed from a Bobbio with Q. Marcius Philippus and others, as am-
MS. , now at Vienna, a fragment of Sergius, de bassador into Greece, to counteract the designs
Arte Grammatica. By some scholars this Sergius and influence of Perseus. An account of this
is supposed to be the same person with Servius embassy, and of the way in which he and Pbi-
Maurus Honoratus, the celebrated commentator on lippus deceived the Macedonian monarch, is given
Virgil ; but there is still extant (pp. 1779–1799, in the life of Philippus (Vol. 111. p. 286, a. ).
ed. Putsch. ) a commentary by Servius upon the In the following year, B. c. 170, he was consul
second edition of Donatus altogether different from with A. Hostilius Mancinus, and obtained Italy as
that which bears the name of Sergius. (W. R. ) his province, while his colleague had the conduct of
SERMO, M. MA'RCIUS, tribune of the plebs the war against Perseus. (Liv. xxxv. 10, 20, 22,
B. C. 172, in conjunction with his colleague Q. xxxvi. 20 ; Appian, Syr. 22 ; Liv. xli. 28, xlii. 1,
Marcius Scylla, compelled the consuls of that year 6, 37, 38, 44, 47 ; Polyb. xxvii. 2 ; Liv. xliii. 9. )
to go into their provinces, and also proposed the 5. M. Atilius SERRANUS, probably the third
rogatio Marcia de Liguribus. (Liv. xlii. 21. ) son of No. 2, was one of the triumvirs appointed
SERRA'NUS, was originally an agnomen of in B. c. 190, for settling new colonists at Placentia
C. Atilius Regulus, consul B. c. 257, but afterwards and Cremona. He is probably the same as the M.
became the name of a distinct family of the Atilia Atilius who was praetor in B. C. 174, and obtained
gens. The origin of the name is uncertain. Most the province of Sardinia. (Liv. xxxvii. 46, xli. 21. )
of the ancient writers derive it from serere, and 6. M. Atilius SERRANUS, praetor B. C. 152,
relate that Regulus received the surname of Serra- in Further Spain, deſeated the Lusitani, and took
nus, because he was engaged in sowing when the their principal city, Oxthracae. (Appian, Hisp.
news was brought him of his elevation to the con- 58. )
Bulship ("Serentem invenerunt dati honores Ser- 7. Sex. Atilius SERRANUS, consul B. c. 136,
ranum,
unde cognomen," Plin. H. N. xviii. 3. s. 4 ; | with P. Furius Philus. (Obsequ. 84 ; Cic. de Off.
te sulco, Serrane, serentem, Virg. Aen. vi. 845 ; | iii. 30, ad Att. xii. 5. )
Cic. pro Sex. Rosc. 18 ; Val. Max. iv. 4. & 5. ) It 8. C. Atilius SERRANUS, consul B. & 106 with
appears, however, from coins, that Saranus is the Q. Servilius Caepio, the year in which Cicero and
proper form of the name, and Perizonius (Animudv. Pompey were born. Although a “stultissimus
Hist. c. 1) thinks that it is derived from Saranum, homo,” according to Cicero, he was elected in pre-
a town of Umbria.
ference to Q. Catulus (Obsequ. 101 ; Gell. xv. 28 ;
1. C.
Arabic physicians of the same name. (See Penny Apollinaris (Carm. xiii. 21) celebrates his mathe-
Cyclop. )
[W. A. G. ) matical lore, and that he turned his attention to
SERA'PION, a highly celebrated scene-painter, antiquarian pursuits may be gathered from Arno-
who failed, however, in his attempts to depict the bius (adv. Gentes, vi. 17) and Macrobius (Sat, ii.
human figure. We have no better clue to the time 13), of whom the latter quotes some remarks by
at which he flourished than the following obscure Sammonicus upon the sumptuary Lex Fannia
passage in Pliny:- Maeniana, inquit Varro, omnia while in another place (Sat. iii. 9), he extracts at
operiebat Serapionis tabula sub Veteribus (Plin. full length from the fifth book of his Res Reconditae,
H. N. xxxv. 10. s. 37). The invention of scene- the ancient forms by which the gods of a be
painting is ascribed to Sophocles. (Aristot. Poët. leaguered town were summoned forth by the
[P. S. ] besiegers, and the place itself devoted to the
SERA'PIS or SARA'PIS (Zápanis), an Egyp- destroying powers. In the Saturnalia also (ii. 12),
tian divinity, the worship of which was introduced is preserved a letter by Sammonicus addressed to
into Greece in the time of the Ptolemies. Apol- the emperor Septimius Sererus, on the honours
lodorus (ii. 1. § 1) states that Serapis was the rendered at solemn banquets to the sturgeon. Ac-
name given to Apis after his death and deification. cording to Lampridius he must have been either
(Comp. Callim. Ep. 39, and Isis. ) [L. S. ) an orator or a poet, or perhaps both, for it is re-
SERENA, niece of Theodosius the Great, corded by the Augustan historian in his life of
## p. 787 (#803) ############################################
1
1
SERENUS.
SERGIUS.
787
Alexander Severus (c. 30) that this prince was Wernsdorf has endeavoured to prove that the
wont to read “et oratores et počtas, in queis Sere. Moretum, found among the Calalecta Virgiliana,
num Sammonicum, quem ipse noverat et dilexerat, belongs in reality to Serenus, but the hypothesis
et Horatium. " His son, who bore the same name, rests upon no sure nor even plansible evidence.
was the preceptor of the younger Gordian, and The scanty remains of Serenus, of which the
bequcathed to his pupil the magnificent library longest fragment, the commencement of a sort of
which he had inherited from his sire. (Capitolin. hymn to Janus, extends to five lines only, afford
Gordian. 18. )
examples of several uncommon metres, and will be
A medical poem, extending to 115 hexameter found collected in Wernsdorf, Poët. Lat. Min. vol.
lines, divided into 65 chapters or sections, and ii. p. 279. The dissertation commencing in p. 217
ending abruptly, has descended to us under the of the same volume contains every thing that has
title Q. Sereni Sammonici de Medicina praccepla been ascertained or conjectured with regard to
saluberrima, or, Praecepta de Medicina parvo his name, his history, and his writings. See also
pretio purabili, which is usually ascribed to the Burmann, Anthol. Lut. i. 27, iii. 57, or No. 191,
elder Sammonicus. It contains a considerable | 192, ed. Meyer.
[W. R. )
amount of information, extracted from the best SERE'NUS, VI’BIUS, proconsul of Further
authorities, on natural history and the healing art, Spain, was condemned of Vis publica in A. D. 23,
mixed up with a number of puerile superstitions, and exiled (deportatus) to the little island of Amor-
such as the efficacy of the Abracadabra as an gus, near Naxos. The real reason of his punish-
amulet in ague, the whole expressed in plain, un- ment was his being an enemy of the all-powerful
ambitious, and almost prosaic language. The text Sejanus, as we learn from Dion Caseius (lviii. 8),
is very corrupt, probably in conseyuence of the who relates the circumstance, but without men-
estimation in which the treatise was held during the tioning the name of Serenus. In the following
middle ages. The most useful edition is that of Bur- year he was brought back to Rome, because he was
mann, included in his Poëtae Latini Minores (4to. accused by his own son, in the senate, of a plot
Leid. 1731, vol. ii. pp. 187—388), containing the against the emperor. The younger Serenus be-
best notes and the Prolegomena of Keuchen. For came one of the most infamous accusers in the
an account of some recent contributions towards reign of Tiberius, and was therefore held in all
the improvement of the text, see Reuss, Lectiones the higher honour by the emperor. (Tac. Ann. iv.
Sammonicae, p. i. 4to. Wirceb. 1837. (W. R. ] 13, 28, 36. )
SERE'NUS, A. SEPTI'MIUS, a Roman lyric SEÄRGIA. 1. One of the noble women at
poct (Terent. Maur. p. 2427, ed. Putsch. ; Serv. ad Rome who were accused of poisoning the leading
Virg. Aen. ii. 15; Hieron. Epist. ad Paulin. 7), men of the state in B. C. 331. The details and
who exercised his muse chiefly, it would appear, in authorities are given under CORNELIA, No. 1.
depicting the charms of the country, and the de- 2. The sister of Catiline, was married to Q.
light of rural pursuits. With the exception of one Caecilius, a Roman eques, who was slain by his
or two incidental notices in Sidonius Apollinaris brother-in-law during the proscription of Sulla.
(Epist. ad Polem. Curm. ix. ad Fel. ), and the pas- Sergia, like her brother, bore a bad character (Q.
sage in St. Jerome referred to above, he is known Cic. de Pet. Cons. 2 ; Ascon. in Tog. Cand. p. 84,
to us from the grammarians alone, unless, indeed, ed. Orelli),
we adopt the conjecture of Gronovius that the SEʻRGIA GENS, patrician. The Sergii, like
Ode of Statius (Šilo. iv. 5) addressed to Septimius many other ancient Roman gentes, traced their
Severus, we ought to substitute Serenus for Se descent from the Trojans. They regarded Ser-
The age in which he flourished is uncer- gestus as their ancestor (Virg. Aen. 4. 121):-
tain, since it depends upon the epoch which we
“Sergestusque, domus tenet a quo Sergia nomen. "
assign to Terentianus Maurus, with whom he
seems to have been nearly contemporary. (Terent. The Sergii were distinguished in the early history
Maur. pp. 2424, 2427, ed. Putsch. )
of the republic, but obtained an unenviable noto-
His chief work, at least that which is most riety at a later age by Catiline belonging to them.
frequently mentioned, is quoted by Nonius (c. v. The first member of the gens who obtained the
n. 35) under the title of Opuscula Ruralia, by consulship was L. Sergius Fidenas, in B. C. 437.
Terentianus Maurus (p. 2427, ed. Putsch. ), as The Sergii bore the cognomens of Catilina, Es-
Opuscula Ruris, by others simply as Opuscula, and QUILINUS, FIDENAS, ORATA, PAULUS, PLANCUS
must have been divided into two or more books (accidentally omitted under Plancus, and given
(Non. c. xiv. 5). Another piece, unless indeed it below), and Silus. Silus is the only cognomen
was included in the Opuscula, was named Falisca, which occurs on coins. A few persons of the gens
from containing a description of a farm which he are mentioned without any surname : these are
possessed in the country of the Falisci, and from given below.
this the author is designated as Poëta Faliscus SEʻRGIUS. 1. M. SERGIUS, tribune of the
(Terent. Maur. p. 2423, ed. Putsch. ). It was soldiers, was sent by P. Scipio to Rhegium, and
composed in a peculiar measure invented by was there slain shortly afterwards by the soldiers
himself
, consisting of three dactyls and a pyrrhi- of Pleminius, B. C. 205. (Liv. xxix. 6, 9. )
chius, which is hence termed Metrum Faliscum by 2. L. SERGIUS, one of the three ambassadors
Servius (Centimetr. p. 1824, ed. Putsch. ) and Vic- sent by P. Scipio to Carthage, in B. C. 203. (Liv.
torinus (p. 2578 ed. Putsch. ). Of this we have xxx. 25.
)
a specimen in the lines:-
3. C. Sergius PLANCUS, praetor urbanus B. C.
200. His imperium was prolonged for the fol-
Quando flagella jugas, ita juga
lowing year, that he might assign lands to the
Vitis et ulmus uti simul eant,
soldiers who had served for
Nam nisi sint paribus fruticibus,
many years in Spain,
Sicily, and Sardinia. (Liv. xxxi. 4, 6, xxxii. 1. )
Umbra pccat teneras Amineas.
4. Q. SERGIUS, a senator, condemned inter si
verus.
3 E 2
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788
SERRANUS.
SERRANUS.
curios, is mentioned by Cicero as alive at the time son of No. 2, curule aedile B. c. 193, with L. Scrie
of the Social War, B. C. 90. (Cic. pro Cluent. 7. ) bonius Libo. They were the first aediles who
5. L. Sergius, a scriba of Cicero, when he was exhibited the Megalesia as ludi scenici ; and it was
quaestor in Sicily, B. c. 75. (Cic. Verr. iii. 78. ) in their aedileship that the senators had seats
6. L. Sergius, the armiger of Catiline, and assigned them in the theatre, distinct from the rest
subsequently one of Clodius's mob. (Cic. pro Dom. of the people. He did not obtain the praetorship
5, 33. )
till B. c. 185. (Liv, xxxiv. 54 ; Val. Max. ii. 4.
7. Sergius, proscribed by the triumvirs in B. c. $3 ; Ascon. in Tog. Cand. p. 69, ed. Orelli ; Liv.
43, lay concealed in the house of Antony, till the xxxix. 23. )
latter obtained his pardon. (Appian, B. C. iv. 45. ) 4. A. Atilius SRRRANUS, probably the second
SERGIUS (Lépylos), of Zeugma, a town in son of No. 2, was praetor B. C. 192, and obtained,
Syria, the son of Aphthonius, was, according as his province, Macedonia and the command of
to Suidas (s. v. ), praefectus praetorio, a consu- the fleet, under the pretext of carrying on hos-
laris and a patrician. He wrote an epitaphium on tilities against the Lacedaemonian tyrant Nabis,
his brother Sabinus, and a work against Aelius but in reality that he might be ready to act in the
Aristeides.
threatening war against Antiochus the Great, king
SERGIUS, a grammarian of uncertain date, but of Syria. In the following year he retained the
later than the fourth century, the author of two command of the fleet till the arrival of his successor,
tracts ; the first entitled In primam Donati Edi- C. Livius Salinator; and as the war had been al-
tioncm Commentarium (see DONATUS); the second, ready declared against Antiochus, he captured in
In sccundam Donati Editionem Commentaria, which the Aegean a large fleet of transports carrying pro-
were first published in the collection of minor visions to the king, and brought the ships into the
grammarians, printed at Milan, fol. 1504, and Peiraeeus. He was praetor a second time in B. C.
which will both be found in the “Grammaticae 173, and obtained the jurisdictio urbana. He was
Latinae auctores antiqui” of Putschius (4to. Han- ordered in the same year to renew with Antiochus
nov. 1605, pp. 1816-1838). The former appears Epiphanes the treaty which had been concluded
under its best form in the “ Analecta Grammatica” with his father. In B. c. 171 he was sent,
of Endlicher, who has also printed from a Bobbio with Q. Marcius Philippus and others, as am-
MS. , now at Vienna, a fragment of Sergius, de bassador into Greece, to counteract the designs
Arte Grammatica. By some scholars this Sergius and influence of Perseus. An account of this
is supposed to be the same person with Servius embassy, and of the way in which he and Pbi-
Maurus Honoratus, the celebrated commentator on lippus deceived the Macedonian monarch, is given
Virgil ; but there is still extant (pp. 1779–1799, in the life of Philippus (Vol. 111. p. 286, a. ).
ed. Putsch. ) a commentary by Servius upon the In the following year, B. c. 170, he was consul
second edition of Donatus altogether different from with A. Hostilius Mancinus, and obtained Italy as
that which bears the name of Sergius. (W. R. ) his province, while his colleague had the conduct of
SERMO, M. MA'RCIUS, tribune of the plebs the war against Perseus. (Liv. xxxv. 10, 20, 22,
B. C. 172, in conjunction with his colleague Q. xxxvi. 20 ; Appian, Syr. 22 ; Liv. xli. 28, xlii. 1,
Marcius Scylla, compelled the consuls of that year 6, 37, 38, 44, 47 ; Polyb. xxvii. 2 ; Liv. xliii. 9. )
to go into their provinces, and also proposed the 5. M. Atilius SERRANUS, probably the third
rogatio Marcia de Liguribus. (Liv. xlii. 21. ) son of No. 2, was one of the triumvirs appointed
SERRA'NUS, was originally an agnomen of in B. c. 190, for settling new colonists at Placentia
C. Atilius Regulus, consul B. c. 257, but afterwards and Cremona. He is probably the same as the M.
became the name of a distinct family of the Atilia Atilius who was praetor in B. C. 174, and obtained
gens. The origin of the name is uncertain. Most the province of Sardinia. (Liv. xxxvii. 46, xli. 21. )
of the ancient writers derive it from serere, and 6. M. Atilius SERRANUS, praetor B. C. 152,
relate that Regulus received the surname of Serra- in Further Spain, deſeated the Lusitani, and took
nus, because he was engaged in sowing when the their principal city, Oxthracae. (Appian, Hisp.
news was brought him of his elevation to the con- 58. )
Bulship ("Serentem invenerunt dati honores Ser- 7. Sex. Atilius SERRANUS, consul B. c. 136,
ranum,
unde cognomen," Plin. H. N. xviii. 3. s. 4 ; | with P. Furius Philus. (Obsequ. 84 ; Cic. de Off.
te sulco, Serrane, serentem, Virg. Aen. vi. 845 ; | iii. 30, ad Att. xii. 5. )
Cic. pro Sex. Rosc. 18 ; Val. Max. iv. 4. & 5. ) It 8. C. Atilius SERRANUS, consul B. & 106 with
appears, however, from coins, that Saranus is the Q. Servilius Caepio, the year in which Cicero and
proper form of the name, and Perizonius (Animudv. Pompey were born. Although a “stultissimus
Hist. c. 1) thinks that it is derived from Saranum, homo,” according to Cicero, he was elected in pre-
a town of Umbria.
ference to Q. Catulus (Obsequ. 101 ; Gell. xv. 28 ;
1. C.
