Catius
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Catius (fl. c. 50s–40s BC) was an Epicurean philosopher, identified ethnically as an Insubrian Celt from Gallia Transpadana. Epicurean works by Amafinius, Rabirius, and Catius were the earliest philosophical treatises written in Latin. Catius composed a treatise in four books on the physical world and on the highest good (De rerum natura et de summo bono). Cicero credits him, along with the lesser prose stylist Amafinius, with writing accessible texts that popularized Epicurean philosophy among the plebs, or common people.
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- Works
- 55
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- Le Puniche
- Silivs Italicvs De secvndo bello pvnico
- Punicorum libri septemdecim ad optimas editiones collati
- Punics
- Syllius Italicus
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Insubria
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- philosopher
- Languages spoken
- Latin
- Movement
- Epicureanism
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- ethnic group
- Ancient Celts
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- name in native language
- T. Cacius
- writing language
- Latin
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