1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
QUINTUS AURELIUS SYMMACHUS (c. 345-410), son of the lastnamed, was one of the most brilliant representatives in public life and in the literature of 4th-century paganism in Rome. He was educated in Gaul, and, having discharged the functions of praetor and quaestor, rose to higher offices, and in 373 was proconsul of Africa (for his official career see C.I.L. vi. 1699). His public dignities, which included that of pontifex maximus, his great wealth and high character, added to' his reputation for eloquence, marked h…
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