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Ketan Ramakrishnan's Lit Notes, Expanded A LUDICROUSLY COMPREHENSIVE OUTLINE OF LATIN LITERATURE KHR / [email protected] Please ask before circulating. Birthplaces 1) Livius Andronicus – Tarentum 2) Gnaeus Naevius – Campania 3) Titus Maccius Plautus – Sarsina (in Umbria) 4) Caecilius Statius – Insubrian Gaul from Mediolanum/Milan 5) Quintus Ennius – Rudiae 6) Cato the Elder – Tusculum 7) Terence – Carthage 8) Pacuvius – Brundisium 9) Accius – Pisaurum 10) Lucilius – Suessa Aurunca 11) Lucius Pomponius – Bologna 12) Marcus Furius Bibaculus – Cremona 13) Cinna – Brescia (Cisapline Gaul) 14) Licinius Calvus – Rome 15) Catullus – Verona 16) Varro Atacinus – Atax 17) Varro Reatinus – Reate 18) Cornelius Nepos – Ostiglia/Pavia 19) Sallust – Amiternum 20) Vergil – Mantua 21) Horace – Venusia 22) Cornelius Gallus – Forum Iulii 23) Tibullus – Gabii/Pedum 24) Propertius – Assissium 25) Ovid – Sulmo 26) Livy – Padua/Patavium 27) Asinius Pollo – Teate 28) Velleius Paterculus – Aeclanum 29) Columella – Gades 30) Pomponius Mela – Tingentera 31) Verrius Flaccus – Praeneste 32) Seneca the Elder – Cordoba 33) Seneca the Younger – Cordoba 34) Plutarch – Chaeroneia 35) Persius Flaccus – Volaterrae/Volterra 36) Papinius Statius – Naples 37) Pliny the Elder – Comum 38) Pliny the Younger – Comum 39) Martial – Bilbilis 40) Quintilian – Calagurris 41) Tacitus – Terni 42) Fronto – Cirta (in Numidia) 43) Apuleius – Madaura 44) Tertullian – Carthage 45) Minucius Felix – Cirta (in Numidia) 46) Cyprian – Carthage 47) Nemesianus – Carthage A Ludicrously Comprehensive Outline of Latin Literature 1 48) Arnobius – Sicca Veneris 49) Ammianus Marcellinus – Antioch 50) Ausonius – Burdigala 51) Claudian – Alexandria 52) Prudentius – Calagurris 53) Paulinus – Burdigala 54) St. Ambrose – Treviri 55) St. Jerome – Stridon (in Dalmatia) 56) St. Augustine – Thagaste 57) Rufinus – Aquileia 58) Sulpicius Severus – Gallia Aquitania 59) Martianus Capella – Carthage 60) Paulus Orosius – Tarragona 61) Boethius – Rome 62) Cassiodorus – Scylletium 63) Polybius – Megalopolis 64) Panaetius – Rhodes Lovers of Authors 1) Lucilius – Collaera 2) Propertius – Cynthia: real name Hostia 3) Lygdamus – Neaera 4) Sulpicia – Cerinthus 5) Varro Atacinus – Leucadia 6) Tibullus – Book 1: Delia: real name Plania, Book 2: Nemesis 7) Cornelius Gallus – Lycoris: real name Volumnia, was an actress with the stage name Cytheris 8) Catullus – Lesbia: real name Clodia, Iuventius 9) Ovid – Corinna 10) Apuleius – Pudentilla 11) Varro Reatinus – Fundania 12) Licinius Calvus – Quintilia 13) Papinius Statius – Claudia 14) Symmachus – Rusticiana 15) Seneca the Younger – Paulina 16) Paulinus of Nola – Therasia First Lines 1) Augustus, Res Gestae – Annos undeviginti natus exercitum private consilio et private impensa comparavi 2) Catullus, Carmina – Cui dono lepidum novum labellum? 3) Cicero, First Catilinarian – Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? 4) Cicero, Second Catilinarian – Tandem aliquando, Quirites, Lucium Catilinam furentem audacia 5) Cicero, Third Catilinarian – Quirites, videtis rem publicam vitamque vestrum omnium 6) Cicero, Fourth Catilinarian – Conscripti patres, video ora atque oculos vestrum omnium esse conversos in me 7) Cicero, Pro Caelio – Si quis iudices forte nunc adsit ignarus legume iudiciorum 8) Horace, Ars Poetica – Humano capiti cervicem pictor equinam iungere si velit 9) Horace, Carmen Saeculare – Phoebe silvarumque potens Diana 10) Horace, Epistulae – Prima dicte mihi summa dicende Camena 11) Horace, Epodes – Ibis Liburnis inter alta navium 12) Horace, Odes – Maecenas atavis, edite regibus 13) Horace, Satires – Qui fit, Maecenas, ut nemo 14) Juvenal, Satires – Semper ego auditor tantum A Ludicrously Comprehensive Outline of Latin Literature 2 15) Livy, Ab Urbe Condita – Iam primum omnium satis constat, Troia capta in ceteros saevitum esse Troianos 16) Lucilius, Satires – Aetheris et terrae genitabile quaerere tempus 17) Lucretius, De Rerum Natura – Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divumque voluptas 18) Martial, Epigrams – Barbara pyramidum silent miracula Memphis 19) Ovid, Amores – Arma gravi numero violentaque bella parabam edere 20) Ovid, Ars Amatoria – Si quis in hoc artem populo non novit amandi 21) Ovid, Medicamina Faciei – Discite quae faciem commendat cura, puellae 22) Ovid, Remedia Amoris – Legerat huius Amor titulum nomenque libelli 23) Petronius, Cena Trimalchionis – Venerat iam tertius dies, id est expectationem libera cenae 24) Petronius, Satyricon – Num alio genere furiarum declamatores inquietantur 25) Plautus, Captivi – Hos quos videtis stare hic captivos duos 26) Propertius, Monobiblos – Cynthia prima suis miserum me cepit ocellis 27) Sallust, Bellum Catilinae – Omnes homines qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus 28) Seneca, Apocolocyntosis – Quid actum sit in caelo ante diem III Idus Octobris anno novo. 29) Statius, Silvae – Diu multumque dubitavi, Stella 30) Statius, Thebaid – Fraternas acies alternaque regna profanes decertata odiis 31) Tacitus, Agricola – Clarorum virorum facta Moresque posteris trader 32) Tacitus, Annales – Urbem Romam a principio reges habuere 33) Tacitus, Germania – Germania omnis a Gallis Raetisque et Pannoniis Rheno et Danuvio fluminibus 34) Tibullus, Elegies – Divitias alius fulvo sibi congerat auro 35) Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica – Prima deum magnis canimas freta parvia natis fatidicamque ratem 36) Vergil, Aeneid – Arma virumque cano, Troiae qui primus ab oris 37) Vergil, Eclogues – Tityre, tu patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi 38) Vergil, Georgics – Quid faciat laetas segetes, quo sidere terram vertere, Maecenas. 39) Caesar, De Bello Gallico – Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres 40) Ovid, Metamorphoses – In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas corpora 41) Lucan, Pharsalia – Bella per Emathios plus quam civilia campos. 42) Apuleius, Aureus Asinus – At ego tibi sermon isto Milesio varias fabulas Dates 1) Livius Andronicus – 284 B.C.–204 B.C. 2) Naevius – 270 B.C.–201 B.C. 3) Plautus – 254-184 B.C. 4) Ennius – 239 B.C.–169 B.C. 5) Cato the Elder – 234–149 B.C. 6) Pacuvius – 220–130 B.C. 7) Caecilius Statius – 219–166 B.C. 8) Polybius – 202-120 B.C. 9) Terence – 195/185-159 B.C. 10) Panaetius – 180-110 B.C. 11) Lucilius – 180-102 B.C. 12) Accius – 170-86 B.C. 13) Lucius Afranius – d. 46 B.C. 14) Laberius – 105-43 B.C. 15) Lucretius – 99-55 B.C. 16) Catullus – 84-54 B.C. 17) Varro Atacinus – 82-37/36 B.C. 18) Cornelius Gallus – 69-26 B.C. 19) Vergil – 70-19 B.C. 20) Horace – 65-8 B.C. 21) Tibullus – 55-19 B.C. 22) Propertius – 50-16 B.C. A Ludicrously Comprehensive Outline of Latin Literature 3 23) Ovid – 43 B.C.-17/18 A.D. 24) Licinius Macer – d. 66 B.C. 25) Julius Caesar 100-44 B.C. 26) Nepos – 100-25 B.C. 27) Sallust – 86-35 B.C. 28) Asinius Pollio – 76 B.C.-4 A.D. 29) Livy – 59 B.C.-17 A.D. 30) Marcus Antonius – 143-87 B.C. 31) Hortensius Hortalus – 114-50 B.C. 32) Cicero – 106-43 B.C. 33) Quintus Cicero – 102-43 B.C. 34) Licinius Calvus – 82-47 B.C. 35) Varro Reatinus – 116-27 B.C. 36) Titus Pomponius Atticus – 110-32 B.C. 37) Hyginus – 64 B.C.-14 A.D. 38) Lucan – 39-65 A.D. 39) Seneca the Elder – 55 B.C.-37 A.D. 40) Seneca the Younger – 4 B.C.-65 A.D. 41) Persius – 34-62 A.D. 42) Papinius Stiatus – 40-96 A.D. 43) Silius Italicus – 25-101 A.D. 44) Martial – 40-103/104 A.D. 45) Tacitus – 55-117 A.D. 46) Quintilian – 35-95 A.D. 47) Pliny the Younger – 61-113 A.D. 48) Pliny the Elder – 23-79 A.D. 49) Petronius – d. 65 A.D. 50) Frontinus – 40-103 A.D. 51) Juvenal – 60-130 A.D. 52) Suetonius – 70-160 A.D. 53) Gaius – 110-180 A.D. 54) Tertullian – c. 155-240 A.D. 55) Cyprian – 200-258 A.D. 56) Ausonius – 310-395 A.D. 57) Claudian – 370-405 A.D. 58) Ammianus Marcellinus – 330-395 A.D. 59) St. Ambrose – 340-397 A.D. 60) St. Jerome – 340-420 A.D. 61) Augustine – 354-430 A.D. 62) Symmachus – 345-405 A.D. Early Literature 1) Twelve tables were the truest foundation of their cultural identity. According to Livy, they were always fons omnis publici privatique iuris. 2) Fasti designates not only the annual calendar but also the lists of magistrates elected by year by year (fasti consulares, fasti pontificales) and the record of military triumphs won by magistrates in office (fasti triumphales). 3) Tabula dealbata: a white tablet which announced the names of the magistrates for the current year, events of public concern, such as treaties, declarations of wars, prodigies, or natural catastrophes. These were collected year by year and took the name annales. 4) In the time of the Gracchi, Publius Mucius Scaevola collected the annales of the previous 280 years into the Annales Maximi. 5) Commentarii: more personal and not necessarily public writings. Commentarii may simply mean memoirs. By the time of Caesar, Sulla had written at least twenty-two books of these Memoirs (the tile of which was probably Commentarii Rerum Gestarum). A Ludicrously Comprehensive Outline of Latin Literature 4 6) Two important ritual carmina, the Salian and the Arval. a. The Salian was the chant of the Salii, a venerable priestly college. Etymologically related to salio, “leap.” The college consisted of twelve priests of the gods Mars, who in March carried in procession the twelve sacred shields, the ancilia. Their movement forward in the procession was called the tripudium because they beat the ground three times rhythmically with the foot. 7) The Carmen Arvale (“Chant of the Arval Brethren”) was a chant of the fratres Arvales, sang for the purification of the fields. The Arvals were supposedly created by Romulus. 8) Fescennine verses: many different forms, including the jests traditional at weddings, public defamation, and the carmina triumphalia. Predecessors to satire and comic drama. a. Ancient Italian verse, originally in Saturnian, sung in revelry to avert misfortunes. 9) First two Roman epics, Livius Andronicus’ translation of the Odyssey (Odusia) and Naevius’ Bellum Punicum. 10) The versus quadratus, was used for a variety of different things including “riddles, children’s ditties , banter, and pasquinades (satire).” Dramatic Genres and the Nature of the Plays 1) Of Greek origin: a.
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