[History of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD by Robert F. Pennell]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of Rome from the Earliest times down to 476 AD CHAPTER XLIII 8/11
He wrote six satires, which are obscure and hard to understand. LUCAN (39-65). LUCAN, a nephew of Seneca, wrote an epic poem (not finished) called _Pharsalia_, upon the civil war between Caesar and Pompey. PLINY THE ELDER (23-79). GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS, of Northern Italy, was a great scholar in history, grammar, rhetoric, and natural science.
His work on _Natural History_ has come down to us. STATIUS, MARTIAL, QUINTILIAN, JUVENAL.
STATIUS (45-96), a native of Naples, had considerable poetical talent.
He wrote the _Thebaid_, the _Achilleis_ (unfinished), and the _Silvae_. MARTIAL (42-102), wrote sharp and witty epigrams, of which fifteen books are extant.
He was a native of Spain. QUINTILIAN (35-95), was also a native of Spain.
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