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Extant works by Sidonius (born c. 430 CE) are three long panegyrics in verse, poems addressed to or concerned with friends, and nine books of letters. Sidonius Apollinaris, a Gallo-Roman, was born at Lugdunum (Lyon) about 430 CE. He married Papianilla, daughter of the Emperor Avitus in whose honour he recited at Rome on 1 January 456 a panegyric in verse. Sidonius later joined a rebellion, it seems, but was finally reconciled to the emperor Majorian and delivered at Lyon in 458 a panegyric on him. After some years in his native land, in 467 he led a Gallo-Roman deputation to the Emperor Anthemius, and on 1 January 468 recited at Rome his third panegyric. He returned to Gaul in 469 and became Bishop of Auvergne with seat at Clermont-Ferrand. He upheld his people in resisting the Visigoths. After Auvergne was ceded to them in 475, he was imprisoned but soon resumed his bishopric. He was canonized after his death. The Loeb Classical Library edition of Sidonius is in two volumes. The first contains his poetry: the three long panegyrics; and poems addressed to or concerned with friends, apparently written in his youth. Volume I also contains two of the nine books of letters (all dating from before his episcopate); books III-IX are in volume II. Sidonius's writings shed valued light on Roman culture in the fifth century.

Christian saints. --- Poets, Latin.

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Lawyer and for a time private secretary to the emperor Hadrian, Suetonius was a knowledgeable and diligent collector of facts about his world. His "Lives of the Caesars" and "Lives of Illustrious Men" are invaluable and fascinating sources of information. Seasoned with entertaining anecdotes and bits of scandalous gossip relating to the lives of the first 12 emperors, Suetonius' biographies offer a colorful picture of Roman imperial politics and society. His account of Nero's death is justly famous.

Authors, Latin --- Emperors --- Poets, Latin --- Rome --- History

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A biography of Vergil, Rome's greatest poet, by the acclaimed translator of the Aeneid The Aeneid stands as a towering work of Classical Roman literature and a gripping dramatization of the best and worst of human nature. In the process of creating this epic poem, Vergil (70-19 BCE) became the world's first media celebrity, a living legend. But the real Vergil is a shadowy figure; we know that he was born into a modest rural family, that he led a private and solitary life, and that, in spite of poor health and unusual emotional vulnerabilities, he worked tirelessly to achieve exquisite new effects in verse. Vergil's most famous work, the Aeneid, was commissioned by the emperor Augustus, who published the epic despite Vergil's dying wish that it be destroyed. Sarah Ruden, widely praised for her translation of the Aeneid, uses evidence from Roman life and history alongside Vergil's own writings to make careful deductions to reconstruct his life. Through her intimate knowledge of Vergil's work, she brings to life a poet who was committed to creating something astonishingly new and memorable, even at great personal cost.

Poets, Latin --- Biography. --- Biography --- Vergilius Maro, Publius

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Poets, Latin --- Crisiticm and interpretation. --- Bibliography. --- Dracontius, Blossius Aemilius,

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Privatheit ist Schlüsselwort einer freien Staats- und Gesellschaftsordnung. Die Studie will eine antike Lebensanschauung für das gegenwärtige Verständnis von Staat und Gesellschaft fruchtbar machen. Horaz beschreibt etwas »wesentlich Privates«: machtfernes Genießen. Er spricht damit ein staatsrechtlich konkretes Zentralthema der Gegenwart an: Staatsverdrossenheit, Politikmüdigkeit, Parteienkritik. Der Bürger flieht immer mehr in Privatheit, oder er will geradezu aus ihr heraus den Staat besetzen, in privaten Dialog zwingen. Die Dichtung des Horaz führt in eine Grundstimmung, die dem »Men-schen und Bürger« der Gegenwart vieles bedeuten kann, in seinem Verhältnis zu Staatsgewalt und Reichtum. In »Privatheit« soll er glücklich werden: Ländliche Ruhe, Liebe, Rausch - und tiefere Bildung. In all dem entsteht das Bild einer privaten Staatsferne.

Country life in literature. --- Latin poetry. --- Poets, Latin.