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Marcus Velleius Paterculus (c. 19 BC – c. AD 31), also known as Velleius () was a Roman historian. His ''History'' ((ラテン語:Historiae)),〔Full title: ''Historiarum ad M. Vinicium consulem libri duo''.〕 written in a highly rhetorical style, covered the period from the end of the Trojan War to the death of Livia in 29 AD., but is most useful for the period from the death of Julius Caesar in 44 BC. to the death of Augustus in 14 AD. Although Velleius's ''praenomen'' is given as Marcus by Priscian, some modern scholars identify him with Gaius Velleius Paterculus, whose name occurs in an inscription on a north African milestone (''C.I.L.'' VIII.10, 311). ==Biography== Paterculus may have been born c. 19 B.C. in ''Aeclanum'', a major centre of ''Hirpinia'', into a distinguished Campanian family. He may have also been a native of ''Capua''. He entered the army at an early age, served as military tribune in Thrace, Macedonia, Greece and the East, and in AD 2 was present at the interview on the Euphrates between Gaius Caesar, grandson of Augustus, and the Parthian king Phraataces. Afterwards, as praefect of cavalry and ''legatus'', he served for eight years (from AD 4) in Germany and Pannonia under Tiberius. For his services he was rewarded with the quaestorship in AD 8, and, together with his brother, with the praetorship in AD 15. He was still alive in AD 30, for his history contains many references to the consulship of M. Vinicius in that year. It has been conjectured that he was put to death in AD 31 as a friend of Sejanus, whom he praises.〔Syme (1956), p. 265.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marcus Velleius Paterculus」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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