Florus

Florus (in Latin Publius Asses Florus ), Roman historian with the ignored life (born towards 70, died towards 140, without certainty).

Biography

Florus was born in Africa and came to Rome during the reign from Domitien. It is contemporary of Suétone, and written its Abrégé Roman history under the reign of the emperor Hadrian.

Its Abrégé Roman history goes from the foundation of Rome to 9 a. J. - C.. Its style is fast and has much relief.

To distinguish from Florus, procurator of Judaea at the time of the Jewish revolt of 66. (See First war judéo-Roman)

See also Florus (deacon) (+ 860) which wrote shortly after 843 on the history of the Carolingians

Publications

There is under his name a Epitome or Summary of the Roman history since Romulus to Auguste , in 4 books.

One allots wrongly to him the Pervigilium Veneris and some other poetries, which appear to be one posterior time.

Old publications

The best editions of Florus quoted by the Dictionnaire Bouillet at the 19th century are those:

adusum Delphini , given by Tanneguy the Boilerman, Paris, 1674;
of Michael Maittaire, London, 1715;
of Carl Andreas Duker, Leyde, 1722;
of Hubner and Jacobitz, Leipzig, 1832;
of Otto Jahn, Leipzig, 1852.

It was translated by:

Nicolas Coëffeteau, 1618;
by the abbot Armand-Laurent Paul, 1774;
by François Ragon, 1826 (in the collection of Panckoucke);
by Ducozoir, 1829, and in the collection Nisard.
by Theophilus Baudement (1840), ED. G. Jeanneau then in the collection Nisard.

There is of it also a translation by the duke of Orleans, brother of Louis XIV.

Editions available on line

'' Abrégé Roman history '', transl. of Baudement (1840)
'' Abrégé '' by F. Ragon (1826, coll Panckoucke)

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