See also:

• GAIUS

GAIUS ASINIUS See also:

• GAIUS ASINIUS POLLIO (76 B.C.–A.D. 5; according to some, 75 B.C.–A.D. 4)

POLLIO (76 B.C.–A.D. 5; according to some, 75 B.C.–A.D. 4)  , See also:

• ROMAN

Roman orator, poet and historian . In 54 he impeached unsuccessfully C . Porcius See also:

• CATO, DIONYSIUS
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (234—149 B.c.)
• CATO, MARCUS PORCIUS (95-46 B.c.)
• CATO, PUBLIUS VALERIUS

Cato, who in his tribunate (56) had acted as the See also:

• TOOL (0. Eng. tdl, generally referred to a root seen in the Goth. taujan, to make, or in the English word " taw," to work or dress leather)

tool of the triumvirs . In the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war between See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar and See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey See also:

• POLLIO, GAIUS ASINIUS (76 B.C.–A.D. 5; according to some, 75 B.C.–A.D. 4)

Pollio sided with Caesar, was See also:

• PRESENT

present at the See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Pharsalus (48), and commanded against Sextus Pompeius in See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain, where he was at the 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 of Caesar's assassination . He subsequently threw in his See also:

• LOT
• LOT (Lat. Oltis)

lot with M . See also:

• ANTONIUS

Antonius . In the See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the provinces, See also:

• GAUL
• GAUL, GILBERT WILLIAM (1855— )

Gaul See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell to Antony, who entrusted Pollio with the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of Gallia Transpadana . In superintending the See also:

• DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution of the Mantuan territory amongst the veterans, he used his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence to See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save from See also:

• CONFISCATION (from Lat. confiscare, to consign to the fiscus, or imperial treasury)

confiscation the See also:

• PROPERTY

property of the poet See also:

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

Virgil . In 4o he helped to arrange the See also:

• PEACE
• PEACE, BREACH OF THE

peace of See also:

• BRUNDISIUM (Gr. Bpevrkwv, mod. Brindisi)

Brundisium by which Octavian (See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus) and Antonius were for a time reconciled . In the same See also:

• YEAR

year Pollio entered upon his consulship, which had been promised him in 43 . It was at this time that Virgil addressed the famous See also:

• FOURTH

fourth See also:

• ECLOGUE

eclogue to him . Next year Pollio conducted a successful See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign against the Parthini, an Illyrian See also:

• PEOPLE

people who adhered to See also:

• BRUTUS (originally an adjective meaning " heavy," "stupid," kindred with Gr. aap(s, cf. Eng. " brute," " brutal")

Brutus, and celebrated a See also:

• TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph on the 25th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October .

The eighth eclogue of Virgil was addressed to Pollio while engaged in this campaign . From the spoils of the war he constructed the first public library at See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, in the See also:

• ATRIUM (either from ater, black, referring to the blackening of the walls from the smoke of the hearth, or from the Greek aiOpeov, open to the sky, or from an Etruscan town, Atria, where the style of building is supposed to have originated)

Atrium Libertatis, also erected by him (See also:

• PLINY, THE ELDER
• PLINY, THE YOUNGER

Pliny, Nat. hist. See also:

• XXXV

xxxv. so), which he adorned with statues of the most celebrated I Vorlaufage Nachricht von einigen das Geschlecht der Pflanzen betreffenden Versuchen and Beobachtungen, 3, 4, 6 (See also:

• LEIPZIG

Leipzig, 1761) . authors, both See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek and Roman . Thenceforward he withdrew from active See also:

• LIFE

life and devoted himself to literature . He seems to have maintained to a certain degree an attitude of See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence, if not of opposition, towards Augustus . He died in his See also:

• VILLA

villa at See also:

• TUSCULUM

Tusculum, regretted and esteemed by all . Pollio was a distinguished orator; his speeches showed ingenuity and care, but were marred by an affected archaism (See also:

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

Quintilian, Inst. x . 1, 113; See also:

• SENECA

Seneca, Ep. too) . He wrote tragedies also, which Virgil (See also:

• EEL

Eel. viii. to) declared to be worthy of See also:

• SOPHOCLES (495-406 B.c.)

Sophocles, and a See also:

• PROSE

prose See also:

• HISTORY

history of the civil See also:

• WARS

wars of his time from the first triumvirate (6o) down to the See also:

• DEATH

death of See also:

• CICERO

Cicero (43) or later . This history, in the See also:

• COMPOSITION
• COMPOSITION (Lat. compositio, from componere, to put together)

composition of which Pollio received assistance from the grammarian Ateius Praetextatus, was used as an authority by See also:

• PLUTARCH
• PLUTARCH (Gr. llXoi rapxos) (c. A.D. 46–120)

Plutarch and See also:

• APPIAN (Gr. 'Aairtavbs)

Appian (See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace, Odes, ii . 1; See also:

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

Tacitus, See also:

• ANNALS (Annales, from annus, a year)

Annals, iv . 34) .

As a See also:

• LITERARY

literary critic Pollio was very severe . He censured See also:

• SALLUST [Gams SALLUSTIUS CRlspus] (86–34 B.c.)

Sallust (Suetonius, See also:

• GRAM

Gram. io) and Cicero (Quintilian, Inst. xii . 1, 22) and professed to detect in See also:

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

Livy's See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style certain provincialisms of his native See also:

• PADUA (Lat. Patavium ; Ital. Padova)

Padua (Quintilian, i . 5, 56, viii . 1, 3); he attacked the Commentaries of See also:

• JULIUS

Julius Caesar, accusing their author of carelessness and credulity, if not of deliberate falsification (See also:

• SUET (M. Eng. sewet, a diminutive of O. Fr. seu, suis, mod. suif, lard, from Lat. sebum, or sebum, tallow, grease, probably allied to sago, soap)

Suet . Caesar, 56) . Pollio was the first Roman author who recited his writings to an See also:

• AUDIENCE (from Lat. audire, to hear)

audience of his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, a practice which afterwards became See also:

• COMMON

common at Rome . The theory that Pollio was the author of the Bellum africanum, one of the supplements to Caesar's See also:

• COMMENTARII (Lat. = Gr. broµvijµara)

Commentarii, has met with little support . All his writings are lost except a few fragments of his speeches (H . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, Orat. rom. frag., 1842), and three letters addressed to Cicero (Ad . Fam. x . 31-33) .

See Plutarch, Caesar, Pompey; See also:

• VEIL (O.Fr. veile, mod. voile, from Lat. velum, cloth, awning, sail)

Veil . Pat. ii . 36, 63, 73, 76; See also:

• FLORUS
• FLORUS, JULIUS
• FLORUS, PUBLIUS ANNIUS

Florus iv . 12, II; Dio See also:

• CASSIUS
• CASSIUS, AVIDIUS (d. A.D. 175)
• CASSIUS, GAIUS

Cassius xlv. ro, xlviii . 15; Appian, See also:

• BELL
• BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
• BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
• BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
• BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
• BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
• BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
• BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
• BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
• BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
• BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
• BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)

Bell. civ . ; V . Gardthausen, Augustus and See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

seine Zeit (1891), i . ; P . Groebe, in Pauly-Wissowa'sRealencyclopddie (1896), ii. pt . 2; See also:

• TEUFFEL, WILHELM SIEGMUND (1820–1878)

Teuffel-Schwaben, Hist. of Roman Literature (Eng. trans.), § 221; M . Schanz, Geschichte der romischen Litteratur, pt . 2, p .

20 (2nd ed., 1899); Cicero, Letters, ed . See also:

• TYRRELL, GEORGE (1861-1909)
• TYRRELL, SIR JAMES (d. 1502)

Tyrrell and See also:

• PURSER

Purser, vi. introd. p . 80 .