[1] M. Aurelius N. Author of bucolic writings, before AD 284?
As the name Carthagin(i)ensis appended in some MSS indicates, N. came from Africa. He wrote four bucolic poems (Bucolica, Buc.) and a didactic poem about hunting (Cynegetica, Cyn.), of which verses 1-325 are extant. The dedication of the Cyn. to the emperors Carinus and Numerianus [2] enables dating to shortly before AD 284. Whether N. also wrote Halieutica and Nautica, as maintain…