Velleius Paterculus - Velleius Paterculus

Japanese: ウェレイウス・パテルクルス - うぇれいうすぱてるくるす
Velleius Paterculus - Velleius Paterculus

…As a historian, Tacitus wrote the great works Annals and Histories, which thoroughly exposed the evils of the empire, and the smaller works Germania and Life of Agricola. As a rhetorician, he wrote Dialogues on the Orators. Other historians include Velleius Paterculus, Curtius Rufus, and Florus. Other prose writers include Petronius, author of the novel Satyricon; Pliny the Elder, author of the encyclopedia Natural History; Pliny the Younger, an orator who left behind a collection of letters; Columella, who left behind a book on agriculture; Suetonius, a biographer who wrote Lives of the Emperors and Lives of the Notables, Apuleius, a philosopher and author of the novel The Metamorphoses; and Gellius, author of Attic Nights. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Velleius Paterculus" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…タキトゥスは歴史家として,帝政の悪事を余すところなくえぐり出した大作《年代記》と《歴史》,および小品の《ゲルマニア》と《アグリコラの生涯》を,また修辞学者としては《弁論家についての対話》を著した。ほかにウェレイウス・パテルクルスVelleius Paterculus,クルティウス・ルフスCurtius Rufus,フロルスなどの歴史家の名がみられる。またそのほかの散文作家には,小説《サテュリコン》の作者ペトロニウス,百科全書《博物誌》の著者の大プリニウス,《書簡集》を残した雄弁家の小プリニウス,農学書を残したコルメラ,2世紀に入って,《皇帝伝》と《名士伝》を著した伝記作家スエトニウス,哲学者で小説《黄金のろば(転身物語)》の作者アプレイウス,《アッティカ夜話》の著者ゲリウスなどがいる。…

※「ウェレイウス・パテルクルス」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Weledarii - Weledarii

>>:  Were [river] - Were

Recommend

Clydeside

…In agriculture, the eastern part of the country ...

Hemostatic drug - Hemostatic

This refers to drugs that stop or prevent bleedin...

Ionian chiton - Ionian chiton

…the most common garment worn by the ancient Gree...

French Communist Party (English spelling) Parti communiste français

Abbreviated as PC, this political party was found...

Ohara Unshin

Founder of the Ohara school of ikebana. His given...

Reppe - Walter Julius Reppe

German industrial chemist. Born in Gerlingen. Stu...

The Seven Wives of the Bluebeard

...However, research is also being conducted to f...

Mannheim School of Music

The musicians who served Prince Karl Theodor (rei...

Ostracoda

…the name of the crustaceans belonging to the sub...

Education industry

This industry supplies various knowledge that is ...

Speed ​​of sound

The speed at which sound waves travel through a m...

Iodomercurate salt

A general term for salts that are considered to ha...

al-Nil (English spelling)

The White Nile is a large river with a total leng...

Osakaki Shinto Ritual

...Because the presence of a yorishiro indicates ...

National taxes

This refers to taxes levied and collected by the ...