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SALEIUS BASSUS

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SALEIUS

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BASSUS  ,
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Roman epic poet; a contemporary of
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Valerius
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Flaccus, in the reign of
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Vespasian .
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Quintilian credits him with a vigorous and poetical
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genius (Instit. x . 1 . 90) and
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Julius
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Secundus, one of the speakers in
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Tacitus Dialogus de Oratoribus (5; see also 9) styles him a perfect poet and most illustrious
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bard . He was apparently overtaken by poverty, but was generously treated by Vespasian, who made him a
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present of 500,000 sesterces . Nothing from his
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works has been pre-served; the Laus Pisonis, which has been attributed to him, is probably by
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Titus
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Calpurnius Siculus (J . Held, De Saleio Basso, 1834) .

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