Entry Version:

This is the English version of this article translated by Patrick Hogan. The original Italian version was written by Giuseppe Ucciardello and first published on 15/05/2006.

Here is the Italian version of this entry.

Grammarian:

↓ To Source List

Biography:

Curtius Nicias was a grammarian and tyrant of Cos in the Late Republican period. He was in Rome beginning in 62 BCE and became a Roman citizen thanks to Pompey¹ and C\. Memmius². His complete name is preserved only by Suetonius³ (gramm. …