See also:

• JULIUS

JULIUS See also:

• POMPONIUS, LUCIUS

POMPONIUS [Giulio Pomponio Leto] See also:

• JULIUS POMPONIUS [Giulio Pomponio Leto] LAETUS (1425-1498)

LAETUS (1425-1498)  , See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian humanist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• SALERNO (anc. Salernum)

Salerno . He studied at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome under See also:

• LAURENTIUS, PAUL (1554-1624)

Laurentius See also:

• VALLA, LORENZO, or LAURENTIUS (c. 1406-1457)

Valla, whom he succeeded (1457) as See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of eloquence in the Gymnasium Romanum . About this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he founded an See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy, the members of which adopted See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Latin names, met on the Quirinal to discuss classical questions and celebrated the birthday of See also:

• ROMULUS

Romulus . Its constitution resembled that of an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient priestly See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, and See also:

• LAETUS, JULIUS POMPONIUS [Giulio Pomponio Leto], (1425-1498)

Laetus was styled See also:

• PONTIFEX

pontifex See also:

• MAXIMUS
• MAXIMUS, ST (c. 58o-662)

maximus . The See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

pope (See also:

• PAUL
• PAUL (PAULUS)

Paul II.) viewed these proceedings with suspicion, as savouring of paganism, See also:

• HERESY

heresy and republicanism . In 1468 twenty of the academicians were arrested during the See also:

• CARNIVAL (Med. Lat. carnelevarium, from taro, tarns, flesh, and levare, to lighten or put aside; the derivation from valere, to say farewell, is unsupported)

carnival; Laetus, who had taken See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in See also:

• VENICE
• VENICE (continued)
• VENICE (Venezia)

Venice, was sent back to Rome, imprisoned and put to the See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture, but refused to plead guilty to the charges of infidelity and immorality . For want of See also:

• EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence, he was acquitted and allowed to resume his professorial duties; but it was for-bidden to utter the name of the academy even in jest . See also:

• SIXTUS

Sixtus IV. permitted the resumption of its meetings, which continued to be held till the See also:

• SACK

sack of Rome (1527) by See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

Constable See also:

• BOURBON
• BOURBON, CHARLES, DUKE OF (149o-1527)

Bourbon during the papacy of See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

Clement VII . Laetus continued to See also:

• TEACH [THATCH OR THACH], EDWARD (d. 1718)

teach in Rome until his See also:

• DEATH

death on the 9th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1498 . As a teacher, Laetus, who has been called the first See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of a philological school, was extraordinarily successful; in his own words, like See also:

• SOCRATES

Socrates and See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ, he expected to live on in the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person of his pupils, amongst whom were many of the most famous scholars of the See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . His See also:

• WORKS

works, written in pure and See also:

• SIMPLE

simple Latin, were published in a collected See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form (See also:

• OPERA (Italian for " work ")

Opera Pomponii Laeti Darla, 1521) . They contain See also:

• TREATISES

treatises on the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman magistrates, priests and lawyers, and a compendium of Roman See also:

• HISTORY

history from the death of the younger See also:

• GORDIAN, or GORDIANUS

Gordian to the time of See also:

• JUSTIN (JUNIANUS JUSTINUS)

Justin III .

Laetus also wroth commentaries on classical authors, and promoted the publication of the editio princeps of See also:

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

Virgil at Rome in 1469 . See The See also:

• LIFE

Life of Leto by Sabellicus (See also:

• STRASSBURG, or STRASBURG (French Strasbourg)

Strassburg, 1510) ; G . Voigt, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Wiederbelebung See also:

• DES

des klassischen Alterthums, ii.; F . See also:

• GREGOROVIUS, FERDINAND (1821-1891)

Gregorovius, Geschichte der Stadt Rom See also:

• IM(K2+a2+h2—2 ah cos 0)

im Mittelalter, vii . (1894), p . 576, for an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the academy; See also:

• SANDYS, FREDERICK (1832-1904)
• SANDYS, GEORGE (1578-1644)
• SANDYS, SIR EDWIN (1561-1629)

Sandys, History of Classical Scholarship (1908), H . 92 .