Caius Lūcīlius

, a Roman knight born at Aurunca, illustrious not only for the respectability of his ancestors, but more deservedly for the uprightne and the innocence of his own immaculate character. He lived in the greatest intimacy with Scipio the first African us, and even attended him in his war against Numantia. He is looked upon as the founder of satire, and as the first great satirical writer among the Romans. He was superior to his poetical predece ors at Rome; and though he wrote with great roughne and inelegance, but with much facility, he gained many admirers, whose praises have been often lavished with too liberal a hand. Horace compares him to a river which rolls upon its waters precious sand, accompanied with mire and dirt. Of the 30 satires which he wrote, nothing but a few verses remain. He died at Naples, in the 46th year of his age, B.C. 103. His fragments have been collected and published with notes by Franciscus Dousa, 4to, Leiden, 1597, and lastly by the Vulpii, 8vo, Patavium, 1735. Quintilian , bk. 10 , ch. 1 .— Cicero , On Oratory , bk. 2 .— Horace. ――Lucilius, a famous Roman, who fled with Brutus after the battle of Philippi. They were soon after overtaken by a party of horse, and Lucilius suffered himself to be severely wounded by the dart of the enemy, exclaiming that he was Brutus. He was taken and carried to the conquerors, whose clemency spared his life. Plutarch. ――A tribune who attempted in vain to elect Pompey to the dictatorship.――A centurion, . ――A governor of Asia under Tiberius.――A friend of Tiberius.