person
Timagenes
also: Timagenes of Alexandria
A historian and reckless wit who maligned Augustus and burned his own books on the emperor's deeds; Augustus bore the feud without retaliation.
Reading notes
- On Anger §3.23 Timagenes
A historian who maligned Augustus and burned his books on the emperor; the feud went unpunished.
- Moral Letters to Lucilius §14.91.13 Timagenes
Timagenes of Alexandria, a Greek historian and rhetorician at Rome under Augustus, notorious for his sharp tongue and hostility to the city's grandeur.