Florus

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Florus was a Roman historian and rhetorician best known for his epitome of Roman history, which includes an account of the Third Servile War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman historian
author
rhetorician
activeDuringReignOf Emperor Hadrian NERFINISHED
alsoKnownAs Julius Florus NERFINISHED
Lucius Annaeus Florus NERFINISHED
associatedWith Roman Spain NERFINISHED
citizenship Roman Empire
countryOfOrigin Hispania NERFINISHED
describedAs epitomator of Livy
educatedIn rhetoric
fieldOfWork Roman history
rhetoric
floruit 2nd century AD
genre Roman historiography
historical epitome
hasApproximateDate late 1st–early 2nd century AD
hasWorkStructure two books
influenced Renaissance humanists
later medieval historians
influencedBy Livy NERFINISHED
languageOfWorkOrName Latin
mentionedIn Latin literary tradition
name Florus NERFINISHED
notableWork Epitome of Roman History NERFINISHED
Epitome of Roman History of Titus Livius NERFINISHED
occupation historian
rhetorician
periodDescribedAs from the founding of the city to the Augustan age
sourceFor Roman Republican history
Third Servile War NERFINISHED
styleCharacterizedAs concise
rhetorical
summarizesWorkOf Livy NERFINISHED
workCoversPeriodFrom foundation of Rome
workCoversPeriodTo reign of Augustus
workFocusesOn history of Rome
workIncludesAccountOf Punic Wars NERFINISHED
Third Servile War NERFINISHED
workTitleInLatin Epitoma de Tito Livio NERFINISHED
Epitoma de Tito Livio bellorum omnium annorum DCC NERFINISHED
wroteIn Latin prose

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