Flōrus Lucius Annæus Julius

, a Latin historian of the same family which produced Seneca and Lucan, A.D. 116. He wrote an abridgment of Roman annals in four books, composed in a florid and poetical style, and rather a panegyric on many of the great actions of the Romans than a faithful and correct recital of their history. He also wrote poetry, and entered the lists against the emperor Adrian, who satirically reproached him with frequenting taverns and places of di ipation. The best editions of Florus are Duker’s, 2  vols. , 8vo, Leiden, 1722 & 1744; and that of J. Frid. Fischer, 8vo, Lipscomb, 1760.――Julius, a friend of Horace, who accompanied Claudius Nero in his military expeditions. The poet has addre ed two epistles to him.