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Saleius Bassus
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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Roman epic poet, a contemporary of Valerius Flaccus, in the reign of Vespasian. Quintilian credits him with a vigorous and poetical genius (Instit. x. I. 90) and Julius Secundus, one of the speakers in Tacitus Dialogus de Oratoribus (5; see also 9) styles him a perfect poet and most illustrious bard. He was apparently overtaken by poverty, but was generously treated by Vespasian, who made him a present of 50o,000 sesterces. Nothing from his works has been preserved; the Laus Pisonis, which has been attributed to him, is probably by Titus Calpurnius Siculus (J. Held, De Saleio Basso, 1834).
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Saleius Bassus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/saleius-bassus.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Saleius Bassus'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/s/saleius-bassus.html. 1910.
