Titus Labienus

Titus Labienus was an orator and historian during the reign of Augustus. He wrote works of oratory and history. Despite all of this, Titus Labienus was recognized as a great orator.

Death

Upon hearing that he was guilty of literary treason and that his library was to be burnt, Titus Labienus decided to kill himself. He went to the ancestors' mausoleum, walled himself up, and committed suicide. He permitted the works of Titus Labienus, along with several others, like Cassius Severus, to be read, saying that it was best to have all events recorded.

Near the end of the century, his works were listed as standard teaching material by the educator and rhetorician Quintilian.