Curiatius Maternus appears in the Dialogues of Tacitus. He was clearly an author of tragedies in Latin, having composed a Domitius, a Medea, and a Cato by AD 74 or 75. He is probably the same as the sophist Maternus who was put to death by Domitian for speaking against tyrants in a practice speech. The Dialogus de oratoribus is a short book by Tacitus, in dialogue form, on the art of rhetoric. ... Gaius Cornelius Tacitus Publius (or Gaius) Cornelius Tacitus (c. ... Domitian bust in the Louvre Titus Flavius Domitianus (24 October 51 – 18 September 96), commonly known as Domitian, was a Roman emperor of the gens Flavia. ...
It was the day after CuriatiusMaternus had given a reading of his Cato, by which it was said that he had irritated the feelings of certain great personages, because in the subject of his tragedy he had apparently forgotten himself and thought only of Cato.
As for song and verse to which Maternus wishes to devote his whole life (for this was the starting-point of his entire argument), they bring no dignity to the author, nor do they improve his circumstances.
But it is with you, Maternus, that I am dealing; for, when your genius might carry you to the summit of eloquence, you prefer to wander from the path, and though sure to win the highest prize you stop short at meaner things.
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