Cornelius Severus
Cornelius Severus was an Augustan Age Roman epic poet who is mentioned in Quintilian and Ovid. Quintilian attests to an epic about the Sicilian Wars, Bellum Siculum, and Ovid refers to a long poem on Rome's ancient kings, which may be Res Romanae. This work, such as it is known, exists only in quotations by other authors.
Also recorded as Publius Cornelius Severus
Cornelius Severus
- Born
- 43 · Rome.
- Died
- 12
- Nationality
- Ancient Rome
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages
- Latin
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Seneca quoted twenty-five lines from it on the death of Cicero, which can be found in the Oxford University Press Oxford Book of Latin Verse (1912 ed.).
Cornelius Severus is recorded as poet.
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12
Cornelius Severus died.
43
Cornelius Severus born at Rome.
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scholarly publication
- Cornelius Severus, Augustan epic poet, Oxford Classical Dictionary, 2016
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2016
- Cornelius Severus, Fragments of Roman Poetry c.60 BC–AD 20, 2007
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2007
- Cornelius Severus, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 1993
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1133958: Cornelius Severus
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- “Cornelius Severus”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 118522205, Cornelius, Severus.
General reference · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Cornelius Severus, Fragments of Roman Poetry c.60 BC–AD 20, 2007Crossref registry
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Cornelius Severus, The Fragmentary Latin Poets, 1993Crossref registry
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 118522205, Cornelius, Severus.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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