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Herennius Gallus, an actor at Gades, whom Lucius Cornelius Balbus raised to the rank of an eques, presenting him with a gold ring, and seating him in the part of the theatre that was reserved for the equites. [43] Herennius, a young man expelled from the army by Augustus on account of his profligate habits. Macrobius relates two anecdotes ...
The Rhetorica ad Herennium was addressed to Gaius Herennius (otherwise unknown). The Rhetorica remained the most popular book on rhetoric during the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. It was commonly used, along with Cicero's De Inventione, to teach rhetoric, and over one hundred manuscripts are extant. It was also translated extensively into ...
Herennius Siculus, Gracchan sympathizer, hit his head on an architrave in his cell and died before he could be executed. Quintus Pleminius, propraetor. Arrested then exiled after fall from power. Gaius Pontius, leader of the Samnites during the Second Samnite War. Arrested and executed. Vercingetorix, leader of the Gauls during the Gallic War ...
The reply came back that the Romans should be sent on their way, unharmed, as quickly as possible. This advice was rejected, and a further letter was sent to Herennius. This time the advice was to kill the Romans down to the last man. Not knowing what to make of such contradictory advice, the Samnites then asked Herennius to come in person to ...
Quintus Herennius Etruscus Messius Decius was the son of Decius, a Roman general who later became emperor, and Herennia Etruscilla, his wife. His birth date is sometimes given between 220 and 230, but there is no way to confirm this. Etruscus was probably a young boy when he was proclaimed emperor in 251, as depicted in his coins. [1]
The name Herennius may refer to: Herennius Pontius (fl. c. 340 BC), Samnite statesman, father of Gaius Pontius; Marcus Herennius (consul 93 BC) Gaius Herennius (otherwise unknown), addressee of the book Rhetorica ad Herennium; Marcus Herennius Picens (consul 34 BC) Herennius Senecio (died c. 90), Roman writer, biographer of Helvidius Priscus
The long-debated location of Abritus was thought to be 1 km (0.62 mi) east of the city of Razgrad after excavations by T. Ivanov in 1969 and 1971. [4] However recent work has shown it took place about 15 km (9.3 mi) northwest of Abritus, in the valley of the river Beli Lom, to the south of the village of Dryanovets near the site known locally as "Poleto" (the Field).
Philo was born in the 1st century in Byblos in what is now Lebanon. "He lived into the reign of Hadrian, of which he wrote a history, now lost." [1] His name "Herennius" suggests that he was a client of the consul suffectus Herennius Severus through whom Philo may have achieved the status of a Roman citizen.
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