After the battle of Dyrrha-
subjects were mostly taken from the life of the cium, Afranius recommended an immediate return
lower classes.
subjects were mostly taken from the life of the cium, Afranius recommended an immediate return
lower classes.
William Smith - 1844 - Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities - a
xix.
p.
699, &c.
) His date in Gaul, was praetor A.
D.
25, and gained the fa-
is uncertain, but, if he be not the same person as vour of Tiberius by accusing Claudia Pulchra, the
Aëtius of Amida, he must have lived after him, as consobrina of Agrippina, in A. D. 26. (Tac. Ann.
his treatise corresponds exactly with part of the iv. 52. ) From this time he became one of the
latter's great medical work (tetrab. ii. serm. ii. 9 most celebrated orators in Rome, but sacrificed his
-11, p. 250, &c. ): it is compiled from Galen, character by conducting accusations for the govern-
Rufus, Posidonius, and Marcellus. (W. A. G. )
In the following year, A. D. 27, he is again
AETNA (A/TYn), a Sicilian nymph, and accord- mentioned by Tacitus as the accuser of Varus
ing to Alcimus (ap. Schol. Theocrit. i. 65), a daugh- Quintilius, the son of Claudia Pulchra. (Ann. iv.
ter of Uranus and Gaea, or of Briareus. Simo 66. ) In consequence of the accusation of Clandia
nidcs said that she had acted as arbitrator between Pulchra, and of some offence which he bad given
Hephaestus and Demeter respecting the possession to Caligula, he was accused by the emperor in the
of Sicily. By Zeus or Hephaestus she became the senate, but by concealing his own skill in speak-
mother of the Palici. (Serv, ud Aen. ix. 584. ) , ing, and pretending to be overpowered by the
Mount Aetna in Sicily was believed to have de eloquence of Caligula, he not only escaped the
rived its name from her, and under it Zeus buried danger, but was made consul suffectus in A. D. 39.
Typhon, Enceladus, or Briareus. The mountain (Dion Cass. lix. 19, 20. ) In his old age Afer lost
itself was believed to be the place in which He much of his reputation by continuing to speak in
phaestus and the Cyclops made the thunderbolts public, when his powers were exhausted. (Quintil.
for Zeus. (Eurip. Cycl. 296; Propert. iii. 15. 21; xii. 11. $ 3; Tac. Ann. iv. 52. ) He died in the
Cic. De Divinat. Ü. 19. )
[L. S. ] reign of Nero, A. D. 60 ('Tac. Ann. xiv. 19), in
AETNAEUS (Aitvalos), an epithet given to consequence of a surfeit, according to Hieronymus
several gods and mythical beings connected with in the Chronicon of Eusebius.
Mount Aetna, such as Zeus, of whom there was a Quintilian, when a young man, heard Domitius
statue on mount Aetna, and to whom a festival | Afer (comp. Plin. Ep. ii. 14), and frequently speaks
was celebrated there, called Aetnaea (Schol. ad of him as the most distinguished orator of his age.
Pind. Ol. vi. 162), Hephaestus, who had his work. He says that Domitius Afer and Julius Africanus
shop in the mountain, and a temple near it (Aelian. were the best orators he had heard, and that he
Hist. An. xi. 3; Spanheim, ad Callim. hymn. in prefers the former to the latter. (x. l. § 118. )
Dian. 56), and the Cyclops. (Virg. Aen. viii. 440, Quintilian refers to a work of his “On Testimony"
xi. 263, iíi. 768; Ov. Ex Pont. ii. 2. 115. ) (L. S. ] (v. 7. $ 7), to one entitled “ Dicta" (vi. 3. $ 42),
A ETOʻLE (Aitwar), a surname of Artemis, by and to some of his orations, of which those on be-
which she was worshipped at Naupactus. In her half of Domitilla, or Cloantilla, and Volusenus
temple in that town there was a statue of white Catulus seem to bave been the most celebrated.
marble representing her in the attitude of throwing (riii. 5. $ 16, ix. 2. $ 20, 3. $ 66, 4. $ 31, x. 1.
a javelin. (Paus. x. 38. § 6. )
(L. S. )
$ 24, &c. ) Respecting the will of Domitius Afer,
AETO'LUS (Aitwós). 1. A son of Endymion see Plin. Ep. viii. 18.
and the nymph Neis, or Iphianassa. (Apollod. i. 7. AFRA'NIA, CATA or GAIA, the wife of the
ment.
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AFRANIUS.
55
AFRICANUS.
senator Licinius Buccio, a very litigious wo- in his name, while he himself remained in Rome.
man, who always pleaded her own causes before (Vell. Pat. ii. 48. ) On the breaking out of
the praetor, and thus gave occasion to the publish the civil war, B. C. 49, Afranius was still in
ing of the edich, which forbade all women to postu- Spain with three legions, and after uniting his
late. She was perhaps the sister of L. Afranius, forces with those of Petreius, he had to oppose
consul in B. r. 60. She died B. C. 48. (Val. Max. Caesar in the same year, who had crossed over
viii. 3. & 1; Dig. 3. tit. 1. 6. 1. $ 5. )
into Spain as soon as he had obtained posses-
AFRA'NIA GENS, plebeian, is first mentioned sion of Italy. After a short campaign, in which
in the second century B. C. The only cognomen Afranius and Petreius gained some advantages at
of this gens, which occurs under the republic, is first, they were reduced to such straits, that they
STELLIO : those names which have no cognomen were obliged to sue for the mercy of Caesar. This
are given under AFRANIUS. Some persons of this was granted, on condition that their troops should
name evidently did not belong to the Afrania Gens. be disbanded, and that they should not serve
On coins we find only S. Afranius and M. Afra- against him again. (Caes. B. C. i. 38-86; Appian,
nius, of whom nothing is known. (Eckbel, v. p. B. C. ii. 42. 43; Dion Cass. xli
. 20-23; Plur.
132, &c. )
Pomp. 65, Caes. 36. ) Afranius, however, did not
AFRA'NIUS. 1. L. AFRANIUS, a Roman keep his word; he immediately joined Pompey at
comic poet, who lived at the beginning of the first Dyrrhacium, where he was accused by some of the
century B. C. His comedies described Roman aristocracy, though certainly without justice, of
scenes and manners (Comoediae togatae), and the treachery in Spain.
After the battle of Dyrrha-
subjects were mostly taken from the life of the cium, Afranius recommended an immediate return
lower classes. (Comoediae tabernariae. ) They were to Italy, especially as Pompey was master of the
frequently polluted with disgraceful amours, which, sea; but this advice was overruled, and the battle
according to Quintilian, were only a representation of of Pharsalia followed, B. C. 48, in which Afranius
the conduct of Afranius. (1. 1. $ 100. ) He depicted, had the charge of the camp. (Appian, B. C. ii. 65,
however, Roman life with such accuracy, that he 76; Plut. Pomp. 66 ; Dion Cass. xli. 52; Vell.
is classed with Menander, from whom indeed he Pat. ii. 52. ) As Afranius was one of those who
borrowed largely. (Hor. Ep. ii. 1. 57; Macrob. could not hope for pardon, he fled to Africa, and
Sat. vi. l; Cic. de Fin. i. 3. ) He imitated the joined the Pompeian army under Cato and Scipio.
style of C. Titius, and his language is praised by (Dion Cass. xlii
. 10. ) After the defeat of the
Cicero. (Brut. 45. ) His comedies are spoken of Pompeians at the battle of Thapsus, B. C. 46, at
in the highest terms by the ancient writers, and which he was present, he attempted to fly into
under the empire they not only continued to be Mauritania with Faustus Sulla and about 1500
read, but were even acted, of which an example horsemen, but was taken prisoner by P. Sittius,
occurs in the time of Nero. (Vell. Pat. i. 17, ü. 19; and killed a few days afterwards, according to
Gell xüï. 8; Suet. Ner. 11. ) They seem to have some accounts, in a sedition of the soldiers, and
been well known even at the latter end of the according to others, by the command of Caesar.
fourth century. (Auson. Epigr. 71. ) Afranius (Hirt. Bell. Afric. 95; Suet. Caes. 75; Dion Cass.
must have written a great many comedies, as the aliii. 12; Florus, iv. 2. § 90; Liv. Epit. 114;
names and fragments of between twenty and thirty Aur. Vict. de Vir. IV. 78. )
are still preserved. These fragments have been Afranius seems to have had some talent for war,
published by Bothe, Poet. Lat. Scenic. Fragmenta, but little for civil affairs. Dion Cassius says "that
and by Nenkirch, De fabrila togata Roman. he was a better dancer than a statesman " (xxxviL
2. L. AFRANIUs, appears to have been of ob | 49), and Cicero speaks of him with the greatest
scure origin, as he is called by Cicero in contempt contempt during his consulship (ad. Att. i. 18, 20),
"the son of Aulus," as a person of whom nobody though at a later time, when Afranius was opposed
had heard. (Cic. ad Att. i 16, 20. ) He was first to Caesar, he calls him summus dur. (Phil. xiii. 14. )
brought into notice by Pompey, and was always 3. L. Afranius, son of the preceding, negotiated
his warm friend and partizan. In B. c. 77 he was with Caesar in Spain through Sulpicius for his own
one of Pompey's legates in the war against Serto and his father's preservation. He afterwards went
rius in Spain, and also served Pompey in the same as a hostage to Caesar. (Caes. B. C. j. 74. 84. )
capacity in the Mithridatic war. (Plat. Sert. 19. 4. AFRANIUS POTITUS. [Potitus. ]
Pomp. 34, 36, 39; Dion Cass. xxxvii. 5. ) On 5. AFRANIUS BURRUS. [BURRUS. ]
Pompey's return to Rome, he was anxious to ob 6. AFRANIUS QUINCTIANUS (QUINCTIANUS. )
tain the consulship for Afranius, that he might the 7. AFRANIUS DEXTER (DEXTER. )
more easily carry his own plans into effect; and, not 8. T. AFRANIUS or T. AFRENIUS, not a Roman,
withstanding the opposition of a powerful party, was one of the leaders of the Italian confederates
he obtained the election of Afranius by influence in the Marsic war, B. c. 90. In conjunction with
and bribery. During his consulship, however, Judacilius and P. Ventidius he defeated the legate
(B. C. 60), Afranius did not do much for Pompey Pompeius Strabo, and pursued bim into Firmum,
(Dion Cass. xxxvii. 49), but probably more from before which, however, he was defeated in his
want of experience in political affairs than from turn, and was killed in the battle. (Appian, B. C.
any want of inclination. In B. C. 59 Afranius hadi 40, 47 ; Florus, iii. 18. )
the province of Cisalpine Gaul (comp. Cic. ad Att. AFRICA'NUS. (SCIPIO. ]
i. 19), and it may have been owing to some advan- AFRICANUS ('Appikavós), a writer on vete-
tages he had gained over the Gauls, that he obrinary surgery, whose date is not certainly known,
tained the triumph, of which Cicero speaks in his but who may very probably be the same person as
oration against Piso. (c. 24. )
Sex. Julius Africanus, whose work entitled Keotoi
When Pompey obtained the provinces of the contained information upon medical subjects.
two Spains in his second consulship (B. C. 55), (AFRICANUS, Sex. JULIUs. ] His remains were
he sent Afranius and Petreius to gorem Spain |published in the Collection of writers un Veterinary
## p. 56 (#76) ##############################################
56
AFRICANUS.
AFRICANUS.
2
1
1
Medicine, first in a Latin translation hy J. Rucl | identical with the jurist sometimes mentioned in
lius, Par. 1530, fol. , and afterwards in Greek, Bas. the Digest by the nanie Caecilius or S. Caecilius,
1537, 4to. edited by Grynaeus. (W. A. G. ) and also with that S. Caecilius whose dispute with
AFRICANUS, SEX. CAECI'LIUS, a clas Favorinus forms an amusing and interesting chapter
sical Roman jurisconsult
, who lived under Anto in the Noctes Atticae. (Gell. xx. 1. ) Gellius per-
ninus Pius. He was probably a pupil of Salvius laps draws to some extent upon his own invention,
Julianus, the celebrated reformer of the Edict but, at all events, the lawyer's defence of the XII
under Hadrian. (JULIANUS, Salvius. ] He con- Tables against the attacks of the philosopher is
Bulted Julian on legal subjects (Dig. 25. tit. 3. 6. 3. “ben trovato. " There is something humorously
§ 4), and there is a controverted passage in the cruel in the concluding stroke of the conversation,
Digest ( Africanus libro vicesimo Epistolarum apud in the pedantic way in which our jurisconsult vin-
Julianum quarrit
, &c. Dig. 30. tit. i. s. 39), which dicates the decemviral law against debtors, partis
has been explained in various ways ; either that secanto, &c. -by the example of Metius Fufeuus,
he published a legal correspondence which passed and the harsh sentiment of Virgil:
between him and Julianus, or that he commented
"At tu dictis, Albane, maneres. "
upon the epistolary opinions given by Julianus in
answer to the letters of clients, or that he wrote a The remains of Africanus have been admirably
commentary upon Julianus in the form of letters. expounded by Cujns (ad Africanum tractatus IX.
On the other hand, Julianus "ex Sexto" is quoted in Cujac. Opp. vol. 1), and have also been annotated
hy Gaius (ii.
is uncertain, but, if he be not the same person as vour of Tiberius by accusing Claudia Pulchra, the
Aëtius of Amida, he must have lived after him, as consobrina of Agrippina, in A. D. 26. (Tac. Ann.
his treatise corresponds exactly with part of the iv. 52. ) From this time he became one of the
latter's great medical work (tetrab. ii. serm. ii. 9 most celebrated orators in Rome, but sacrificed his
-11, p. 250, &c. ): it is compiled from Galen, character by conducting accusations for the govern-
Rufus, Posidonius, and Marcellus. (W. A. G. )
In the following year, A. D. 27, he is again
AETNA (A/TYn), a Sicilian nymph, and accord- mentioned by Tacitus as the accuser of Varus
ing to Alcimus (ap. Schol. Theocrit. i. 65), a daugh- Quintilius, the son of Claudia Pulchra. (Ann. iv.
ter of Uranus and Gaea, or of Briareus. Simo 66. ) In consequence of the accusation of Clandia
nidcs said that she had acted as arbitrator between Pulchra, and of some offence which he bad given
Hephaestus and Demeter respecting the possession to Caligula, he was accused by the emperor in the
of Sicily. By Zeus or Hephaestus she became the senate, but by concealing his own skill in speak-
mother of the Palici. (Serv, ud Aen. ix. 584. ) , ing, and pretending to be overpowered by the
Mount Aetna in Sicily was believed to have de eloquence of Caligula, he not only escaped the
rived its name from her, and under it Zeus buried danger, but was made consul suffectus in A. D. 39.
Typhon, Enceladus, or Briareus. The mountain (Dion Cass. lix. 19, 20. ) In his old age Afer lost
itself was believed to be the place in which He much of his reputation by continuing to speak in
phaestus and the Cyclops made the thunderbolts public, when his powers were exhausted. (Quintil.
for Zeus. (Eurip. Cycl. 296; Propert. iii. 15. 21; xii. 11. $ 3; Tac. Ann. iv. 52. ) He died in the
Cic. De Divinat. Ü. 19. )
[L. S. ] reign of Nero, A. D. 60 ('Tac. Ann. xiv. 19), in
AETNAEUS (Aitvalos), an epithet given to consequence of a surfeit, according to Hieronymus
several gods and mythical beings connected with in the Chronicon of Eusebius.
Mount Aetna, such as Zeus, of whom there was a Quintilian, when a young man, heard Domitius
statue on mount Aetna, and to whom a festival | Afer (comp. Plin. Ep. ii. 14), and frequently speaks
was celebrated there, called Aetnaea (Schol. ad of him as the most distinguished orator of his age.
Pind. Ol. vi. 162), Hephaestus, who had his work. He says that Domitius Afer and Julius Africanus
shop in the mountain, and a temple near it (Aelian. were the best orators he had heard, and that he
Hist. An. xi. 3; Spanheim, ad Callim. hymn. in prefers the former to the latter. (x. l. § 118. )
Dian. 56), and the Cyclops. (Virg. Aen. viii. 440, Quintilian refers to a work of his “On Testimony"
xi. 263, iíi. 768; Ov. Ex Pont. ii. 2. 115. ) (L. S. ] (v. 7. $ 7), to one entitled “ Dicta" (vi. 3. $ 42),
A ETOʻLE (Aitwar), a surname of Artemis, by and to some of his orations, of which those on be-
which she was worshipped at Naupactus. In her half of Domitilla, or Cloantilla, and Volusenus
temple in that town there was a statue of white Catulus seem to bave been the most celebrated.
marble representing her in the attitude of throwing (riii. 5. $ 16, ix. 2. $ 20, 3. $ 66, 4. $ 31, x. 1.
a javelin. (Paus. x. 38. § 6. )
(L. S. )
$ 24, &c. ) Respecting the will of Domitius Afer,
AETO'LUS (Aitwós). 1. A son of Endymion see Plin. Ep. viii. 18.
and the nymph Neis, or Iphianassa. (Apollod. i. 7. AFRA'NIA, CATA or GAIA, the wife of the
ment.
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AFRANIUS.
55
AFRICANUS.
senator Licinius Buccio, a very litigious wo- in his name, while he himself remained in Rome.
man, who always pleaded her own causes before (Vell. Pat. ii. 48. ) On the breaking out of
the praetor, and thus gave occasion to the publish the civil war, B. C. 49, Afranius was still in
ing of the edich, which forbade all women to postu- Spain with three legions, and after uniting his
late. She was perhaps the sister of L. Afranius, forces with those of Petreius, he had to oppose
consul in B. r. 60. She died B. C. 48. (Val. Max. Caesar in the same year, who had crossed over
viii. 3. & 1; Dig. 3. tit. 1. 6. 1. $ 5. )
into Spain as soon as he had obtained posses-
AFRA'NIA GENS, plebeian, is first mentioned sion of Italy. After a short campaign, in which
in the second century B. C. The only cognomen Afranius and Petreius gained some advantages at
of this gens, which occurs under the republic, is first, they were reduced to such straits, that they
STELLIO : those names which have no cognomen were obliged to sue for the mercy of Caesar. This
are given under AFRANIUS. Some persons of this was granted, on condition that their troops should
name evidently did not belong to the Afrania Gens. be disbanded, and that they should not serve
On coins we find only S. Afranius and M. Afra- against him again. (Caes. B. C. i. 38-86; Appian,
nius, of whom nothing is known. (Eckbel, v. p. B. C. ii. 42. 43; Dion Cass. xli
. 20-23; Plur.
132, &c. )
Pomp. 65, Caes. 36. ) Afranius, however, did not
AFRA'NIUS. 1. L. AFRANIUS, a Roman keep his word; he immediately joined Pompey at
comic poet, who lived at the beginning of the first Dyrrhacium, where he was accused by some of the
century B. C. His comedies described Roman aristocracy, though certainly without justice, of
scenes and manners (Comoediae togatae), and the treachery in Spain.
After the battle of Dyrrha-
subjects were mostly taken from the life of the cium, Afranius recommended an immediate return
lower classes. (Comoediae tabernariae. ) They were to Italy, especially as Pompey was master of the
frequently polluted with disgraceful amours, which, sea; but this advice was overruled, and the battle
according to Quintilian, were only a representation of of Pharsalia followed, B. C. 48, in which Afranius
the conduct of Afranius. (1. 1. $ 100. ) He depicted, had the charge of the camp. (Appian, B. C. ii. 65,
however, Roman life with such accuracy, that he 76; Plut. Pomp. 66 ; Dion Cass. xli. 52; Vell.
is classed with Menander, from whom indeed he Pat. ii. 52. ) As Afranius was one of those who
borrowed largely. (Hor. Ep. ii. 1. 57; Macrob. could not hope for pardon, he fled to Africa, and
Sat. vi. l; Cic. de Fin. i. 3. ) He imitated the joined the Pompeian army under Cato and Scipio.
style of C. Titius, and his language is praised by (Dion Cass. xlii
. 10. ) After the defeat of the
Cicero. (Brut. 45. ) His comedies are spoken of Pompeians at the battle of Thapsus, B. C. 46, at
in the highest terms by the ancient writers, and which he was present, he attempted to fly into
under the empire they not only continued to be Mauritania with Faustus Sulla and about 1500
read, but were even acted, of which an example horsemen, but was taken prisoner by P. Sittius,
occurs in the time of Nero. (Vell. Pat. i. 17, ü. 19; and killed a few days afterwards, according to
Gell xüï. 8; Suet. Ner. 11. ) They seem to have some accounts, in a sedition of the soldiers, and
been well known even at the latter end of the according to others, by the command of Caesar.
fourth century. (Auson. Epigr. 71. ) Afranius (Hirt. Bell. Afric. 95; Suet. Caes. 75; Dion Cass.
must have written a great many comedies, as the aliii. 12; Florus, iv. 2. § 90; Liv. Epit. 114;
names and fragments of between twenty and thirty Aur. Vict. de Vir. IV. 78. )
are still preserved. These fragments have been Afranius seems to have had some talent for war,
published by Bothe, Poet. Lat. Scenic. Fragmenta, but little for civil affairs. Dion Cassius says "that
and by Nenkirch, De fabrila togata Roman. he was a better dancer than a statesman " (xxxviL
2. L. AFRANIUs, appears to have been of ob | 49), and Cicero speaks of him with the greatest
scure origin, as he is called by Cicero in contempt contempt during his consulship (ad. Att. i. 18, 20),
"the son of Aulus," as a person of whom nobody though at a later time, when Afranius was opposed
had heard. (Cic. ad Att. i 16, 20. ) He was first to Caesar, he calls him summus dur. (Phil. xiii. 14. )
brought into notice by Pompey, and was always 3. L. Afranius, son of the preceding, negotiated
his warm friend and partizan. In B. c. 77 he was with Caesar in Spain through Sulpicius for his own
one of Pompey's legates in the war against Serto and his father's preservation. He afterwards went
rius in Spain, and also served Pompey in the same as a hostage to Caesar. (Caes. B. C. j. 74. 84. )
capacity in the Mithridatic war. (Plat. Sert. 19. 4. AFRANIUS POTITUS. [Potitus. ]
Pomp. 34, 36, 39; Dion Cass. xxxvii. 5. ) On 5. AFRANIUS BURRUS. [BURRUS. ]
Pompey's return to Rome, he was anxious to ob 6. AFRANIUS QUINCTIANUS (QUINCTIANUS. )
tain the consulship for Afranius, that he might the 7. AFRANIUS DEXTER (DEXTER. )
more easily carry his own plans into effect; and, not 8. T. AFRANIUS or T. AFRENIUS, not a Roman,
withstanding the opposition of a powerful party, was one of the leaders of the Italian confederates
he obtained the election of Afranius by influence in the Marsic war, B. c. 90. In conjunction with
and bribery. During his consulship, however, Judacilius and P. Ventidius he defeated the legate
(B. C. 60), Afranius did not do much for Pompey Pompeius Strabo, and pursued bim into Firmum,
(Dion Cass. xxxvii. 49), but probably more from before which, however, he was defeated in his
want of experience in political affairs than from turn, and was killed in the battle. (Appian, B. C.
any want of inclination. In B. C. 59 Afranius hadi 40, 47 ; Florus, iii. 18. )
the province of Cisalpine Gaul (comp. Cic. ad Att. AFRICA'NUS. (SCIPIO. ]
i. 19), and it may have been owing to some advan- AFRICANUS ('Appikavós), a writer on vete-
tages he had gained over the Gauls, that he obrinary surgery, whose date is not certainly known,
tained the triumph, of which Cicero speaks in his but who may very probably be the same person as
oration against Piso. (c. 24. )
Sex. Julius Africanus, whose work entitled Keotoi
When Pompey obtained the provinces of the contained information upon medical subjects.
two Spains in his second consulship (B. C. 55), (AFRICANUS, Sex. JULIUs. ] His remains were
he sent Afranius and Petreius to gorem Spain |published in the Collection of writers un Veterinary
## p. 56 (#76) ##############################################
56
AFRICANUS.
AFRICANUS.
2
1
1
Medicine, first in a Latin translation hy J. Rucl | identical with the jurist sometimes mentioned in
lius, Par. 1530, fol. , and afterwards in Greek, Bas. the Digest by the nanie Caecilius or S. Caecilius,
1537, 4to. edited by Grynaeus. (W. A. G. ) and also with that S. Caecilius whose dispute with
AFRICANUS, SEX. CAECI'LIUS, a clas Favorinus forms an amusing and interesting chapter
sical Roman jurisconsult
, who lived under Anto in the Noctes Atticae. (Gell. xx. 1. ) Gellius per-
ninus Pius. He was probably a pupil of Salvius laps draws to some extent upon his own invention,
Julianus, the celebrated reformer of the Edict but, at all events, the lawyer's defence of the XII
under Hadrian. (JULIANUS, Salvius. ] He con- Tables against the attacks of the philosopher is
Bulted Julian on legal subjects (Dig. 25. tit. 3. 6. 3. “ben trovato. " There is something humorously
§ 4), and there is a controverted passage in the cruel in the concluding stroke of the conversation,
Digest ( Africanus libro vicesimo Epistolarum apud in the pedantic way in which our jurisconsult vin-
Julianum quarrit
, &c. Dig. 30. tit. i. s. 39), which dicates the decemviral law against debtors, partis
has been explained in various ways ; either that secanto, &c. -by the example of Metius Fufeuus,
he published a legal correspondence which passed and the harsh sentiment of Virgil:
between him and Julianus, or that he commented
"At tu dictis, Albane, maneres. "
upon the epistolary opinions given by Julianus in
answer to the letters of clients, or that he wrote a The remains of Africanus have been admirably
commentary upon Julianus in the form of letters. expounded by Cujns (ad Africanum tractatus IX.
On the other hand, Julianus "ex Sexto" is quoted in Cujac. Opp. vol. 1), and have also been annotated
hy Gaius (ii.
