For the Roman jurist, see Aemilius Macer (jurist).
Bust of Aemilius Macer
Aemilius Macer of Verona was a Roman didactic poet. He authored two poems, one on birds (Ornithogonia), a translation of a work by Boios, and the other on the antidotes against the poison of serpents (Theriaca), which he imitated from the Greek poet Nicander of Colophon. According to Jerome, he died in 16 BC. It is possible that he wrote also a botanical work. The extant hexameter poem known as Floridus or De viribus (aut virtutibus) herbarum, traditionally ascribed to Macer, is actually a medieval production by Odo Magdunensis, a French physician.[1]
Aemilius Macer must be distinguished from the Macer called Iliacus in the Ovidian catalogue of poets, the author of an epic poem on the events preceding the opening of the Iliad. The fact of his being addressed by Ovid in one of the epistles Ex Ponto shows that he was alive long after Aemilius Macer. He has been identified with the son or grandson of Theophanes of Mytilene, the intimate friend of Pompey.[1]
^ abOne or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Macer, Aemilius". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 17 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 230.This work in turn cites the following sources:
For Aemilius Macer:
Ovid, Tristia, iv. 10, 43
Quintilian, Instit. x. 1, 56, 87
R. Unger, De Macro Nicandri imitatore (Friedland, 1845)
ascribed to Macer, is actually a medieval production by Odo Magdunensis, a French physician. AemiliusMacer must be distinguished from the Macer called Iliacus...
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(Jupiter's beard), referred to in the Floridus traditionally attributed to AemiliusMacer, and its French derivative joubarbe, which has in turn given rise to...
birds, his Ornithogonia. Ornithogonia was translated into Latin by AemiliusMacer, a friend of Ovid, who was the author of the most familiar such collections...
of Maison Carrée at Nîmes in Gallia Narbonensis (approximate date). AemiliusMacer, Roman didactic poet and writer Scribonius, Roman client king of the...
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and the Quran the mother of Jesus. Zarmanochegas, Indian gymnosophist AemiliusMacer, Roman didactic poet Alfenus Varus, Roman jurist Afranius, Roman dramatist...
but came in general use under the Nerva–Antonine dynasty. The jurist AemiliusMacer, who wrote at the time of Caracalla (reigned 198–217), insists that...
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Lucan (died 65). One of the most popular Latin poets of the Middle Age. AemiliusMacer (6th century). On THE VIRTUES OF HERBS The extant hexameter poem known...
force as late as the Justinianic Digest. The third century AD jurist AemiliusMacer held that the lex Julia created a general prohibition against taking...
Manlius and Sulpicius holding office as consuls. On the other hand, Licinius Macer (Livy 4.23.1–3) states that the consuls of 435, Julius and Verginius, continued...
form of a poem, the authorship of which is incorrectly attributed to AemiliusMacer. Among them were rue, Italian catnip, savory, sage, soapwort, cyperus...
their contents. Extracts from the work appear in Justinian's Digest; AemiliusMacer and Vegetius call him "diligentissimus juris militaris adsertor." A...
opening words of the poem (castra Macer sequitur "Macer is following a camp") are taken by Murgatroyd literally: Macer, a friend of Tibullus, is about to...
Impairment," Acta Classica 56 (2013), pp. 158–159, citing Digest 49.16.13.3 (AemiliusMacer). Van Lommel, "The Recognition of Roman Soldiers' Mental Impairment...
ordinary consuls Consul of the Roman Empire 174 with Lucius Aurelius Gallus Succeeded by Marcus AemiliusMacer Saturninus, and ignotus as suffect consuls...
in force, to value life annuities charged upon a testator's estate. AemiliusMacer (A.D. 230) states that the method which had been in common use at that...
Aebutius Elva Aegidius Lucius Aemilius Barbula Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (triumvir) Lucius Aemilius Paulus Macedonicus Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (praetor 56 BC)...
became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Consuls: Manius Aemilius Lepidus and Lucius Volcatius Tullus. Catiline accused of conspiring against...
Lycian Families", p. 128 Leunissen, pp. 146f Leunissen, p. 147 Son of M. Aemilius Saturninus, consul suffect of 174. (Leunissen, p. 294) Quadratus' son C...
secondary and contradictory tradition based on the writings of Licinius Macer, which places Gaius Julius and Proculus Verginius as being re-elected as...
Scaevola, Marcus Antistius Labeo, Salvius Julianus and Aemilius Papinianus. He is cited by the jurists Macer[citation needed] and Herennius Modestinus. His writing...
Scaurianus (109–110/111) Gaius Avidius Nigrinus (112–113) Quintus Baebius Macer (114) Gaius Julius Quadratus Bassus (117) Quintus Marcius Turbo Publicius...
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