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Aulus Gellius

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Aulus Gellius

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Also known as Agellius, Gellius, Aulus Gellus

2nd century Roman author and grammarian

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Aulus Gellius was an author whose work period spanned from 150 to 170. He was born in 130 and died in 180, with a floruit date of 200. His literary output includes the work *Auli Gellii Noctes Atticae*, along with other titles such as *Avli Gellii Noctes atticæ* and *Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum libri XX sicut supersunt*.

Records indicate that Aulus Gellius has 129 works listed in the Open Library, while Crossref lists 5 works and Europeana Sparql lists 36. A quote attributed to him reads: "Alius quidam veterum poetarum, cuius nomen mihi nunc memoriae non est, Veritatem Temporis filiam esse dixit." The subject is referenced by 681 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 8 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Europeana Sparql, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Works
129

Top works

  • Auli Gellii Noctes Atticae
  • Avli Gellii Noctes atticæ
  • Auli Gellii Noctium Atticarum libri XX sicut supersunt
  • Ad Gellium excursus quartus
  • Avli Gellii ... Noctes atticae

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Pemalang Regency

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1
Total plays
2

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Quotes

  • Alius quidam veterum poetarum, cuius nomen mihi nunc memoriae non est, Veritatem Temporis filiam esse dixit.

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Key facts

Born
c. 125 AD
Died
c. 180 AD

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Works in European collections

36 objects attributed to Aulus Gellius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

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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