Gaius Lucilius

Gaius Lucilius
Died103 BC
Neapolis
NationalityRoman
OccupationSatirist
Military service
RankCavalryman[1]
Battles/warsNumantine War (134 BC)

Gaius Lucilius (180, 168 or 148 BC – 103 BC)[2] was the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain. A Roman citizen of the equestrian class, he was born at Suessa Aurunca in Campania, and was a member of the Scipionic Circle.

  1. ^ G. Herbert-Brown, "Jerome's Dates for Gaius Lucilius", Classical Quarterly vol. 49 no. 2
  2. ^ G. Herbert-Brown, "Jerome's Dates for Gaius Lucilius", Classical Quarterly vol. 49 no. 2, pp. 535–536