Arusianus Messius, or Messus, Latin grammarian, flourished in the 4th century AD. Latin was the language originally spoken in the region around Rome called Latium. ... This article is about grammar from a linguistic perspective. ... (3rd century - 4th century - 5th century _ other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 4th century was that century which lasted from 301 to 400. ...

He was the author of a small extant work Exempla Elocutionum, dedicated to Olybrius and Probinus, consuls for the year 395. It contains an alphabetical list, chiefly of verbs admitting more than one construction, with examples from each of the four writers, Virgil, Sallust, Terence and Cicero. Anicius Olybrius, Western Roman Emperor (July 11 - October 23, 472), was a member of a noble family and a native of Rome. ... For modern diplomatic consuls, see Consulate general. ... Events After the death of emperor Theodosius I, the Roman Empire is divided in an eastern and a western half. ... For other uses see Virgil (disambiguation). ... Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus) (86-34 BC), Roman historian, belonging to a well-known plebeian family, was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines. ... Publius Terentius Afer, better known as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic. ... Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. ...

Cassiodorus, the only writer who mentions Arusianus, refers to it by the term Quadriga. Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator (ca 484/490 - ca585), commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman and writer, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths. ...

Authorities

• Heinrich Keil, Grammatici Latini, vii.
• WHD Suringar, Historia Critica Scholiastarum Latinorum (1834-1835)
• Van der Hoeven, Specimen Literarium (1845)

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