About Gaius Albucius Silus
Lived 100 BC – AD 11. Gaius Albucius Silus was a Roman writer and politician.
Gaius Albucius Silus was an ancient Roman orator and teacher of rhetoric under emperor Augustus. He was born and died in Novaria (today Novara), but made his career in Rome. Suetonius gives a sketch of his life, while Seneca the Elder describes him as an outstanding declaimer.
In the novel Albucius (1990), Pascal Quignard invents fifty-three controversiae (fictitious lawsuits) by Albucius and alternates them with historical and fictional scenes from his life.
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Who was Gaius Albucius Silus?
1st century Roman orator
When was Gaius Albucius Silus born?
Gaius Albucius Silus was born in 100 BC in Novara.
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Gaius Albucius Silus died in AD 11 in Novara.
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Gaius Albucius Silus was a writer and politician.
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Gaius Albucius Silus was Roman.
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