RUFIUS See also:

• FESTUS (? RuFUS or RUFIUS)
• FESTUS, SEXTUS POMPEIUS

FESTUS See also:

• RUFIUS FESTUS AVIENUS

AVIENUS  , a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman aristocrat and poet, of Vulsinii in See also:

• ETRURIA

Etruria, who flourished during the second See also:

• HALF

half of the 4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D . He was probably proconsul of See also:

• AFRICA
• AFRICA, ROMAN

Africa (366) and of Achaia (372) . See also:

• AVIENUS, RUFIUS FESTUS

Avienus was a See also:

• PAGAN
• PAGAN (Lat. paganus, of or belonging to a pagus, a canton, county district, village, commune)

pagan and a staunch supporter of the old See also:

• RELIGION
• RELIGION, FOLKLORE, CUSTOM

religion . He translated the cl)acv6peea of See also:

• ARATUS

Aratus and paraphrased the Hepcir' is of See also:

• DIONYSIUS
• DIONYSIUS (c. 432–367 B.C.)

Dionysius under the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Descriptio Orbis Terrarum, both in hexameters . He also compiled a description, in See also:

• IAMBIC

iambic trimeters, of the coasts of the Mediterranean, See also:

• CASPIAN

Caspian and See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Seas in several books, of which only a fragment of the first is extant . He also epitomized See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy and See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil's Aeneid in the same See also:

• METRE ((terpuc?, sc. rFxvf, from Gr. Or poi', measure)

metre, but these See also:

• WORKS

works are lost . Some See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

minor poems are found under his name in anthologies, e.g. a humorous See also:

• REQUEST, LETTERS OF

request to one Favianus for some pomegranates for medicinal purposes .