Flaccus, Calpurnius
a rhetorician who was living in the reign of Hadrian.
Works
Declamations
His fifty-one declamations frequently accompany those of Quintilian.
Editions
They were first published by Pithoeus, Lutet. 1580. 8vo.; and subsequently have been edited with Quintilian by Gronovius, Schulting, Almeloveen, &c.
Sources
Pliny (Plin. Ep. 5.2.) writes to Flaccus, who, in some editions, is called Calpurnius Flaccus.
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