Florus’s Epitome of Roman History

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Latin prose work Roman historical epitome historical work

Florus’s *Epitome of Roman History* is a concise early 2nd-century AD Latin summary of Rome’s history from its legendary origins to the Augustan age, emphasizing moral lessons and rhetorical flourish over strict chronology.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Epitoma de Tito Livio bellorum omnium annorum DCC	2
Epitome de T. Livio	1
Epitome of Roman History	1
Epitome of Roman History of Titus Livius	1
Florus’s Epitome of Roman History canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8618711 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Florus’s Epitome of Roman History
Context triple: [Battle of Aquae Sextiae, primarySource, Florus’s Epitome of Roman History]

A. Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Cassius Dio’s Roman History is a multi-volume work by the Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio that chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary origins through the early third century CE.
B. Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
C. Herodian's History of the Roman Empire
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire is a 3rd-century Greek historical work that narrates the Roman Empire’s political and military events from the death of Marcus Aurelius to the accession of Gordian III.
D. Tacitus’ Histories
Tacitus’ Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by the senator and historian Tacitus, covering the turbulent events of the Roman Empire in the late first century CE.
E. Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Florus’s Epitome of Roman History
Target entity description: Florus’s *Epitome of Roman History* is a concise early 2nd-century AD Latin summary of Rome’s history from its legendary origins to the Augustan age, emphasizing moral lessons and rhetorical flourish over strict chronology.

A. Cassius Dio’s Roman History
Cassius Dio’s Roman History is a multi-volume work by the Roman senator and historian Cassius Dio that chronicles the history of Rome from its legendary origins through the early third century CE.
B. Historia Augusta
The Historia Augusta is a late Roman collection of imperial biographies, notable for its mix of historical fact and fictionalized material about emperors and usurpers.
C. Herodian's History of the Roman Empire
Herodian's History of the Roman Empire is a 3rd-century Greek historical work that narrates the Roman Empire’s political and military events from the death of Marcus Aurelius to the accession of Gordian III.
D. Tacitus’ Histories
Tacitus’ Histories is a major work of Roman historiography by the senator and historian Tacitus, covering the turbulent events of the Roman Empire in the late first century CE.
E. Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita
Livy’s *Ab Urbe Condita* is a monumental multi-volume history of Rome written in Latin, tracing the city’s legendary founding through the early empire and shaping later European views of Roman history and virtue.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Latin prose work ⓘ Roman historical epitome ⓘ historical work ⓘ
alternativeTitle	Epitoma de Tito Livio bellorum omnium annorum DCC ⓘ linked to: Florus’s Epitome of Roman History Epitome de T. Livio ⓘ linked to: Florus’s Epitome of Roman History
approach	thematic rather than strictly chronological ⓘ
audience	educated Roman readers ⓘ
author	Florus ⓘ
basedOn	Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita ⓘ
chronologicalCoverage	approximately 753 BC to early 1st century AD ⓘ
circulated	throughout the Latin West in the Middle Ages ⓘ
contains	preface with programmatic statement of Rome’s history ⓘ
dateWritten	early 2nd century AD ⓘ
emphasis	Roman virtus and glory ⓘ moral lessons ⓘ rhetorical flourish ⓘ
evaluatedByModernScholarsAs	tendentious and rhetorical rather than strictly historical ⓘ valuable for reception of Livy ⓘ
evaluates	Roman leaders in moral terms ⓘ
focusesOn	Roman wars ⓘ exempla of Roman virtue and vice ⓘ expansion of Roman power ⓘ
genre	epitome ⓘ rhetorical history ⓘ
geographicFocus	Rome ⓘ
includedIn	collections of minor Roman historians ⓘ
influenced	later medieval compendia of Roman history ⓘ
influencedBy	Roman rhetorical education ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ
literaryForm	continuous prose narrative ⓘ
literaryPeriod	Silver Age Latin literature ⓘ
modernEditions	published in critical editions of Latin historical texts ⓘ
narrativeScope	from the founding of Rome to the reign of Augustus ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Roman Empire ⓘ
portrays	Rome’s history as a life cycle of growth and decline ⓘ
preservedIn	Latin manuscript tradition ⓘ
structure	two books ⓘ
style	concise ⓘ highly rhetorical ⓘ
subjectMatter	political and military history of Rome ⓘ
survivesAs	complete text ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	Augustan age ⓘ legendary origins of Rome ⓘ
transmission	widely copied in medieval manuscripts ⓘ
usedAs	school text in late antiquity and the Middle Ages ⓘ
uses	dramatic battle descriptions ⓘ moralizing digressions ⓘ

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