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Macrobius
(1,341 words)
[1] M., Theodosius Writer of the Saturnalia, c. 400 [German version] A. Identification There are three Latin works extant under the name Ambrosius Theodosius M.,
vir clarissimus and
illustris (sometimes listed in reverse order): 7 bks. of
Saturnalia(
Sat.), 2 bks. of
Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis (
Somn.) and excerpts from
De differentiis et societatibus Graeci Latinique verbi. Otherwise the author is unknown. However, the persons that appear in
Sat. (Vettius Agorius Praetextatus, Q. Aurelius Symmachus and several Albini) are well-known Roman aristocrats from …
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
Favonius
(377 words)
Rare Roman family name, occurring in Latium (Schulze 563). [German version] [1] F., M. Opponent of P. Clodius Pulcher He came from the municipal elite and was a follower of M. Porcius Cato (Uticensis), whose political and personal intransigence he attempted to imitate, leading to envy and numerous electoral defeats. In 61 BC he attacked P. Clodius [I 4] Pulcher, in 60 he unsuccessfully charged Q. Caecilius [I 32] Metellus Pius Scipio. In the 50s he opposed Caesar, Pompey and Crassus in vain. He became aedile in 5…
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly