Velleius Paterculus

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Velleius Paterculus was a Roman historian and former soldier of the early 1st century AD, best known for his concise Latin history of Rome from its origins to the reign of Tiberius.

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Label Occurrences
Velleius Paterculus canonical 23
Gaius Velleius 1
Marcus Velleius Paterculus 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Latin prose writer ⓘ
Roman historian ⓘ
Roman soldier ⓘ
ancient Roman historian ⓘ
centuryOfBirth 1st century BC ⓘ
centuryOfDeath 1st century AD ⓘ
citizenship Ancient Rome ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfBirth circa 19 BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath after AD 30 ⓘ
floruit early 1st century AD ⓘ
fullName Marcus Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
linked to: Velleius Paterculus
genre historiography ⓘ
historicalPerspective favorable to Julio-Claudian dynasty ⓘ
pro-imperial ⓘ
influencedBy Livy ⓘ
Sallust ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryStyle concise ⓘ
rhetorical ⓘ
mentionsEvent Battle of Actium ⓘ
civil wars of the late Roman Republic ⓘ
militaryRank legatus ⓘ
military tribune ⓘ
notableWork Compendium of Roman History ⓘ
Historiae Romanae ⓘ
occupation historian ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeHeld praetor ⓘ
quaestor ⓘ
period Silver Age of Latin literature ⓘ
praetorshipColleague Gaius Caecilius Rufus ⓘ
praetorshipYear AD 15 ⓘ
praised Livia Drusilla ⓘ
Sejanus ⓘ
Tiberius ⓘ
referencedIn later Roman historiography ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Campania ⓘ
servedIn Roman army ⓘ
servedUnder Tiberius ⓘ
socialStatus equestrian ⓘ
textTransmission survives in a single medieval manuscript tradition ⓘ
workCoverage from the founding of Rome to the reign of Tiberius ⓘ
workStatus partially preserved ⓘ
workStructure two books ⓘ
workSubject Roman Republic ⓘ
early Roman Empire ⓘ
history of Rome ⓘ

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Referenced by (26)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Scribonia → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Corfinium → mentionedBy → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
De natura deorum → dialogueCharacter → Gaius Velleius ⓘ
linked to: Velleius Paterculus
Lucius Cornelius Cinna → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Cornelia Metella → mentionedInSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Clades Variana → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Cherusci → mentionedBy → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Maroboduus → mentionedBy → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Quintus Poppaedius Silo → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Velleius Paterculus → fullName → Marcus Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
linked to: Velleius Paterculus
Bellum Batonianum → describedBySource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
gens Sulpicia → hasCognomen → Paterculus ⓘ
linked to: Velleius Paterculus
Bato the Daesitiate → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Bato the Breucian → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Breuci → mentionedBy → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Sugambri → describedBySource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Legio XIX → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Scribonia → sourceMention → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Marcomannic kingdom in Bohemia → source → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Arminius → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Historiae Romanae → author → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Compendium of Roman History → author → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Gaius Caecilius Rufus → coServedWith → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Illyrian War of AD 6–9 → historicalSource → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ
Publius Rutilius Rufus → praisedBy → Velleius Paterculus ⓘ