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.

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Label Occurrences
Velleius Paterculus canonical 13
Gaius Velleius 1
Marcus Velleius Paterculus 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose writer
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
surface form: Marcus Velleius Paterculus
genre historiography
historicalPerspective favorable to Julio-Claudian dynasty
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
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.

Scribonia historicalSource Velleius Paterculus
Corfinium mentionedBy Velleius Paterculus
De natura deorum dialogueCharacter Velleius Paterculus
this entity surface form: Gaius Velleius
Lucius Cornelius Cinna historicalSource Velleius Paterculus
Cornelia Metella mentionedInSource Velleius Paterculus
Clades Variana historicalSource Velleius Paterculus
Cherusci mentionedBy Velleius Paterculus
Maroboduus mentionedBy Velleius Paterculus
Quintus Poppaedius Silo historicalSource Velleius Paterculus
Velleius Paterculus fullName Velleius Paterculus self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Marcus Velleius Paterculus
Bellum Batonianum describedBySource Velleius Paterculus
gens Sulpicia hasCognomen Velleius Paterculus
this entity surface form: Paterculus
Bato the Daesitiate historicalSource Velleius Paterculus
Bato the Breucian historicalSource Velleius Paterculus
Breuci mentionedBy Velleius Paterculus