Julius Exsuperantius was a late
Roman historian Roman historiography stretches back to at least the 3rd century BC and was indebted to earlier Greek historiography. The Romans relied on previous models in the Greek tradition such as the works of Herodotus (c. 484 – 425 BC) and Thucydides (c. ...
, who probably lived in the 5th or 6th century. He is best known for his tract, "''De Marii, Lepidi" and "Ac Sertorii Bellis Civilibus"'' which some argue may have been abridged from the histories of
Sallust
Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust (; 86 – ), was a Roman historian and politician from an Italian plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became during the 50s BC a partisan o ...
ius. Additionally he is notable for being one of the last late confirmed members of the ancient
Patrician
Patrician may refer to:
* Patrician (ancient Rome), the original aristocratic families of ancient Rome, and a synonym for "aristocratic" in modern English usage
* Patrician (post-Roman Europe), the governing elites of cities in parts of medieval ...
Julian family. Exsuperantius' work's provides a concise account of the rise of
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius (; – 13 January 86 BC) was a Roman general and statesman. Victor of the Cimbric and Jugurthine wars, he held the office of consul an unprecedented seven times during his career. He was also noted for his important refor ...
and the subsequent civil war between Marius and
Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix (; 138–78 BC), commonly known as Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He won the first large-scale civil war in Roman history and became the first man of the Republic to seize power through force.
Sulla had ...
until the end of
Sertorius
Quintus Sertorius (c. 126 – 73 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who led a large-scale rebellion against the Roman Senate on the Iberian peninsula. He had been a prominent member of the populist faction of Cinna and Marius. During the l ...
' reign. Exuperantius' work's were significantly reprinted in 1588, with the support of
Friedrich Sylburg
Friedrich Sylburg (1536 – 17 February 1596) was a German classical scholar.
The son of a farmer, he was born at Wetter near Marburg. He studied at Marburg, Jena, Geneva, and, lastly, Paris, where his teacher was Henry Estienne (Stephanus), to ...
and
Pierre Pithou
Pierre Pithou (1 November 1539 – 1 November 1596) was a French lawyer and scholar. He is also known as Petrus Pithoeus.
Life
He was born at Troyes. From childhood he loved literature, and his father Pierre encouraged this interest. Young P ...
who published several copies of "''Ac Sertorii Bellis Civilibus".''
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Roman patricians
5th-century historians
6th-century historians