Velleius Paterculus
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Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Velleius Paterculus canonical | 13 |
| Gaius Velleius | 1 |
| Marcus Velleius Paterculus | 1 |
| Paterculus | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Latin prose writer
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Roman historian ⓘ Roman soldier ⓘ ancient Roman historian ⓘ |
| centuryOfBirth | 1st century BC ⓘ |
| centuryOfDeath | 1st century AD ⓘ |
| citizenship |
Roman Antiquity
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Rome
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | circa 19 BC ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | after AD 30 ⓘ |
| floruit | early 1st century AD ⓘ |
| fullName |
Velleius Paterculus
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Marcus Velleius Paterculus
|
| genre | historiography ⓘ |
| historicalPerspective |
favorable to Julio-Claudian dynasty
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pro-imperial ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Livy
ⓘ
Sallust ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
concise
ⓘ
rhetorical ⓘ |
| mentionsEvent |
Battle of Actium
ⓘ
civil wars of the late Roman Republic ⓘ |
| militaryRank |
legatus
ⓘ
military tribune ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Compendium of Roman History
ⓘ
Historiae Romanae ⓘ |
| occupation |
historian
ⓘ
politician ⓘ soldier ⓘ |
| officeHeld |
praetor
ⓘ
quaestor ⓘ |
| period | Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ |
| praetorshipColleague | Gaius Caecilius Rufus ⓘ |
| praetorshipYear | AD 15 ⓘ |
| praised |
Livia Drusilla
ⓘ
Sejanus ⓘ Tiberius ⓘ |
| referencedIn | later Roman historiography ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Campania ⓘ |
| servedIn | Roman army ⓘ |
| servedUnder | Tiberius ⓘ |
| socialStatus | equestrian ⓘ |
| textTransmission | survives in a single medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| workCoverage | from the founding of Rome to the reign of Tiberius ⓘ |
| workStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| workStructure | two books ⓘ |
| workSubject |
Roman Republic
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early Roman Empire ⓘ history of Rome ⓘ |
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Subject: Velleius Paterculus Description of subject: Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Gaius Velleius
this entity surface form:
Marcus Velleius Paterculus
this entity surface form:
Paterculus