Virgils georgics translated by colin john holcombe ocaso press 2012. It was this work which provided the authors we read appian, dio, plutarch, and. Genealogy profile for gaius asinius pollio asinius pollio, consul of the roman republic gaius asinius pollio asinius pollio, consul of the roman republic 75 4 genealogy genealogy for gaius asinius pollio asinius pollio, consul of the roman republic 75 4 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living. At the time, the governor of cisalpine gaul was asinius pollio, who attempted to convince the people of patavium to support marcus antonius mark antony, the. A roman man of letters, gaius asinius pollio elizabeth. A lost work is a document, literary work, or piece of multimedia produced some time in the past, of which no surviving copies are known to exist. Asinius pollio wrote of the civil war between caesar and pompey and its antecedents, beginning with 60 bc. Gaius asinius pollio was a roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic and historian, whose lost contemporary history provided much of the material used by the historians appian and plutarch.
It also caught the attention of the famous asinius pollio, an influential poet, politician, as well as a literary critic. Please add the titles of works by this author, by clicking edit. He should be a good writer, a skilful draughtsman, versed in geometry and optics, expert at figures, acquainted with history, informed on the principles of natural and moral philosophy, somewhat of a musician, not ignorant of the. Gaius asinius pollio, born 76 bc, italydied ad 4, tusculum, near rome, roman orator, poet, and historian who wrote a contemporary history that, although lost, provided much of the material for appian and plutarch. Cicero became an enemy of mark antony, attacking him in a series of speeches. But virgil himself, when he chose to stress the dedication to pollio,1 linked his prophetic dream to history. This term most commonly applies to works from the classical world, although it is increasingly used in relation to modern works. Its theme was taken from the recent civil war between pompey and caesar, and its. Asinius pollio acquired the requisite funds to make the dream a reality. Gaius asinius pollio roman historian and orator britannica. Ancient libraries, people, and events gaius asinius pollio s library.
Moles, virgil, pompey, and the histories of asinius. Nov 23, 2016 genealogy profile for asinius pollio asinius pollio b. Search the history of over 424 billion web pages on the internet. Isidore says, pollio was the first to establish a public library in rome, one composed of books in greek and in latin, and decorated with busts of famous.
Seneca the elder, cicero, asinius pollio, memory, intertextuality. Livy titus livius biography facts, childhood, family. In book 8, aeneas allies with king evander, who occupies the future site of rome, and is given new armor and a shield depicting roman history. Gaius asinius pollio, a roman poet and oratorof or pertaining to the gens asinia. The ten books on architecture pollio, vitruvius on. In book 1 of livys history is th e kingship of romulus portrayed positively or. Asinius pollio, a contemporary roman statesman and historian. A brief outline of the histories of librarieschapter 5. Asinius pollio and the politics of cosmopolitanism oxford. Jul 23, 2017 pollio was a soldier, a politician, an orator, a poet and playwright, a literary critic, andwait for itan historian. His life, work, and times titus livius, a roman citizen. Virgil project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read.
Asinius pollio and cornelius gallus, all members of the octavian circle. This page was last edited on 4 october 2019, at 04. His affectation of the manner of asinius pollio is discussed, together with his overstated pillorying of livy. Pollio was less influential in rome itself, largely because livys 142. Claudius is emperor in books 11 and 12 and tacitus seems to lose no chance to portray him as unaware of what his wives are. History of libraries is as old as history of writing. Book 9 records an assault by nisus and euryalus on the rutulians, book 10, the death of evanders young son pallas, and 11 the death of the volscian warrior princess camilla and the decision to settle. Appian picks up where dionysius leaves off, diving into the punic wars in volume 1, and ending with the civil wars. Pollio was a soldier, a politician, an orator, a poet and playwright, a literary critic, andwait for itan historian. Genealogy profile for asinius pollio asinius pollio b. Professor paul merkly of the department of history at carleton university, ottawa, canada, offers some. Gaius asinius pollio and the first public library in ancient.
It was this work which provided the authors we read appian, dio, plutarch, and suetonius with their major source for the period, and a characteristic feature of the work, as. His brother was the asinius marrucinus accused by catull. Caesar played a leading role in the politics and culture of a world empire, dwarfing his contemporaries in ambition. Seneca the elder, cicero, asinius pollio, memory, intertextuality, canonisation. This chapter examines the activities of gaius asinius pollio in building a. To horace, many years after the event, the battle of philippi remained the moment at which valours self was beaten down cum fracta virtus. An olympiad is four years in length and is reckoned from july to july. Topics of interest include accessibility of the collection, acquisition of materials, arrangement and finding tools, the book trade, the influence of the physical properties of the different writing materials, language distribution, role in education, rates of literacy, budgets, staffing, libraries for. Oct 29, 2019 at his suggestion and inspired by him, asinius pollio, orator, senator, and noble, erected a temple of liberty, so suetonius says, and placed in it a library which he made free to all. In fact, his work, though it does not survive, was supposedly influential on both plutarch and appian. The history of rome, books 15 by livy, 2006 online. You could say that gaius asinius pollio was something of an ancient renaissance man.
Pollio was most famously a patron of virgil and a friend of horace and had poems dedicated to him by both men. The lives of the twelve caesars online library of liberty. Virgils fourth eclogue by harold mattingly a ny reader, whose ear is sensitive. Book 11 the end of book 6 has tacitus epitaph of tiberius. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. There is more than one reason for the anomaly, not the least being that pollio was himself largely responsible for creating that record in the form of his celebrated historiae of the civil wars. Chapters 112 supply a narrative of the period from 3 b. The historical record of the roman civil wars gives an unusual prominence to c. As to the season of the year, some claim he was born in the spring, while others feel he was born in the fall. Gaius asinius pollio, roman orator, poet, and historian who wrote a contemporary history that, although lost, provided much of the material for appian and plutarch.
This connects with his deft use of what we now call focalisation, so that his interpretations blur imperceptibly into those that were, or could have been, expressed at the time. With respect to trebellius pollio, this is a reference to lucius trebellius, a supporter of mark antony who was mentioned in the philippics phil, 11. Pollio moved in the literary circle of catullus and entered public life in 56. Pliny the elder, natural history, book 35, chapter 2 from perseus. Appian, thought to have used pollio as his main source for books 24 of his. There were many private libraries in classical rome, including that of cicero. Gaius asinius gallus saloninus before 38 bc ad 33 was the son of gaius asinius pollio, consul in 40 bc, and quinctia. As a teenager in the 40s bce, he witnessed a period of numerous civil wars that ravaged the roman world.
Would that he had been able to endure prosperity with greater selfcontrol and adversity with more fortitude. Answers have been sought in the history that pollio composed, but we are faced. Gaius asinius pollio and the first public library in. Oct 31, 20 gaius asinius pollio 764 bc was a significant figure in the political and military spheres during the roman civil wars 4929 bc and augustus principate 29 bc ad 14. Pollio makes a cameo appearance in robert gravess novel i, claudius, where he discusses the ethics of.
Sadly none of this work survives, but its preserved in its use by both plutarch an arrian. Every book that mentions ancient libraries tells us that asinius pollio was. Jul 31, 2018 his indecision may be attributed to his sensitive and impressionable personality. Virgil biography famous people in history, famous people. Volume ix of the second edition of the cambridge ancient history has for its main theme the process commonly known as the fall of the roman republic. This is a facsimile or imagebased pdf made from scans of the original book. The roman orator, poet, and historian gaius asinius pollio wrote a contemporary history that provided much of the material for the greek historians appian and plutarch. Various theories place his birth from 6 bc to 1 ad. Gaius asinius pollio was a roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic and historian, whose lost contemporary history provided much of. African studies american studies ancient near east and egypt art history asian studies book history and cartography biblical studies classical studies education history jewish studies literature and cultural studies languages and linguistics media.
Excavations at both rome and herculaneum have revealed what were undoubtedly library rooms in. Describing its foundation in his natural history, pliny coined a striking phrase that has application to libraries generally. His incisive and independent analysis influenced the later greek versions of appian and plutarch. Previously, pollio had been a literary critic of cicero, caesar, sallust, and livy to name a few.
Of the original 24 books of appians roman history, only half have survived. Asinius pollio the first time josephus, antiquities of the jews, 14. Media in category asinius pollio the following 5 files are in this category, out of 5 total. Ten books on architecture by marcus vitruvius pollio free.
The causal connection between the triumvirate and the civil war is stated in the opening lines of an ode to asinius pollio, in which the sometime republican horace salutes the birth and development of asinius work on the civil war. Gaius asinius pollios library rome 39 bce first systematically organized library over 30,000 cuneiform tablets created to be the kings personal reference collection a large palace which had a large archive archive contained temple business, and government records built in honor of siddhartha gautama buddha contained a lot of literature. Gaius asinius pollio then wrote his historiae, an account of the civil wars from 6042 b. The date of jesus christs birth has been a topic of controversy for centuries. Asinius pollio, gaius barrett major reference works wiley. The gospels as historical testimony paul merkley p. Pollio introduced virgil to octavian and secured his education in milan, rome as well as naples. Eclogue 8, contending that the unnamed honorand is not asinius pollio, as most. Gaius asinius pollio students britannica kids homework help. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Throughout most of the librarys history, the term book referred to works written on papyrus and some parchment rolls. Asinius pollio in vergil eclogue 8 scholarlycommons university. Throughout most of the librarys history, the term book referred to works written on. Overwhelmingly, most believe he was born in the winter.
Gaius asinius pollio wikisource, the free online library. Jul 31, 2018 would that he had been able to endure prosperity with greater selfcontrol and adversity with more fortitude. Among the sources for the earliest history of this development, seneca the. The history of libraries began with the first efforts to organize collections of documents. Pollio is also a regular presence in the literature of the period, not only as its subject, but. Rome built in 39 bce by gaius asinius pollio, this library was romes first public library. To be sure, the individual parts of the book have been variously anticipated in particular studies, but the insistence that what happens in the history of buildings, instrumentum domesticum, dress, and monuments constitutes not simply the background to a political story, but is itself the story of late republican rome in w. For the history of the question before bowersock, see j. In the debate a new source is introduced, the passage on pollio s conquest of. Pliny the elder and others on the first ancient library in rome, that of. Deficient in either of these qualities, he cannot be a perfect master.
Three papers on the history and the influence of the poet. He is best known as the second husband of vipsania, eldest daughter of marcus vipsanius agrippa and first wife of tiberius, who ultimately imprisoned him. He moved in the literary circle of the great lyric poet catullus and entered public life in 56. The gospels as historical testimony, the evangelical quarterly 58. Mention is made of this plot by tanusius geminus2 in his history. Gaius asinius pollio s library rome 39 bce first systematically organized library over 30,000 cuneiform tablets created to be the kings personal reference collection a large palace which had a large archive archive contained temple business, and government records built in honor of siddhartha gautama buddha contained a lot of literature.
Indeed, it became highly fashionable to own a library, judging from the strictures of the moralizing statesman seneca and the spiteful jibes by the poet lucian on the uncultured book clown. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages. Io declared to be worthy of sophocles, and a prose history of the civil wars of his time from the first triumvirate 60 down to the death of cicero 43 or later. Latin author of a commentary on ciceros speeches, of which his work on the pro milone survives. Gaius asinius gallus saloninus before 38 bc ad 33 was the son of gaiu s asinius poll io, consul in 40 bc, and quinctia. This book is a splendid profile of an extraordinary man, and a radically new interpretation of one of the most controversial figures in history. Beginning with the mythical origins of the city, the first five books of livys magisterial history of rome recount the battles, betrayals, and triumphs of the men and women who turned a small town into a formidable republic. Like many other literary men, his life was contemplative, rather than active. Asinius pollio wrote to cicero on his reaction to a praetexta first known use of the term that he during ludi in distant cadiz had seen performed cic. Gaius asinius pollio asinius pollio, consul of the roman. Gaius asinius pollio 764 bc was a significant figure in the political and military spheres during the roman civil wars 4929 bc and augustus principate 29 bc ad 14. Page xxxii an architect should be ingenious, and apt in the acquisition of knowledge. Around 5,500 years ago, people started recording their ideas on various materials such as clay, metal, wax, wood papyrus, silk, leather, parchment, later replaced by paper, film, plastic, and magnetic tape and other electronic forms. Pollio is also a regular presence in the literature of the period, not only as its subject, but also as a patron and an author in his own right.