SALEIUS See also:

• BASSUS, AUFIDIUS
• BASSUS, CAESIUS
• BASSUS, CASSIANUS
• SALEIUS BASSUS

BASSUS  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman epic poet; a contemporary of See also:

• VALERIUS, PUBLIUS

Valerius See also:

• FLACCUS

Flaccus, in the reign of See also:

• VESPASIAN

Vespasian . See also:

• QUINTILIAN [MARCUS FABIUS QUINTILIANUS] (C. A.D. 35-95)

Quintilian credits him with a vigorous and poetical See also:

• GENIUS (from Lat. genere, gignere)

genius (Instit. x . 1 . 90) and See also:

• JULIUS

Julius See also:

• SECUNDUS, JOHANNES
• SECUNDUS, PUBLIUS POMPONIUS

Secundus, one of the speakers in See also:

• TACITUS, CORNELIUS (c. 55-120)
• TACITUS, MARCUS CLAUDIUS

Tacitus Dialogus de Oratoribus (5; see also 9) styles him a perfect poet and most illustrious See also:

• BARD

bard . He was apparently overtaken by poverty, but was generously treated by Vespasian, who made him a See also:

• PRESENT

present of 500,000 sesterces . Nothing from his See also:

• WORKS

works has been pre-served; the Laus Pisonis, which has been attributed to him, is probably by See also:

• TITUS
• TITUS, FLAVIUS SABINUS VESPASIANUS
• TITUS, THE EPISTLE TO

Titus See also:

• CALPURNIUS, TITUS

Calpurnius Siculus (J . Held, De Saleio Basso, 1834) .