Aulus Gellius
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Aulus Gellius was a Roman writer and grammar expert who lived in the 2nd century and is best known for his work *Attic Nights*, a collection of notes on language, history, and philosophy. His writings are valuable because they preserve information about Roman culture and earlier Greek and Latin texts that might otherwise have been lost.
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- Born
- c. 125 AD
- Died
- c. 180 AD
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Aulus Gellius (c. 125 – after 180 AD) was a Roman author and grammarian, who was probably born and certainly brought up in Rome. He was educated in Athens, after which he returned to Rome. He is famous for his Attic Nights, a commonplace book, or compilation of notes on grammar, philosophy, history, antiquarianism, and other subjects, preserving fragments of the works of many authors who might otherwise be unknown today.
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