AQUILA

See also:

• ROMANUS

ROMANUS  , a Latin grammarian who flourished in the second half of the 3rd century A.D . He was the author of an extant treatise De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis, written as an instalment of a complete rhetorical handbook for the use of a young and eager correspondent . While recommending Demosthenes and Cicero as models, he takes his own examples almost exclusively from Cicero . His treatise is really adapted from that by Alexander, son of Numenius, as is expressly stated by Julius Rufinianus, who brought out a supplementary treatise, augmented by material from other sources . Aquila's style is harsh and careless, and the Latin is inferior . Halm; Rhetores Latini minores (1863) ; Wensch, De Aquila Romano (1861) .