Atticus, Titus Pomponius

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Atticus, Titus Pomponius
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Atticus, Pomponius
Pomponius, Titus
Pomponius Atticus, Titus
Pomponianus, Quintus Caecilius
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Nepos, C. The life & death of Pomponius Atticus, 1677
Encyc. Brit., 15th ed. (Atticus, Titus Pomponius
b. 109, d. 32 B.C.
Roman knight, Epicurean and patron of letters
his name was Titus Pomponius, that of Atticus being given him later from long residence in Athens (88-65 B.C.)
assumed the name of Quintus Caecilius Pomponianus when his rich uncle died in 58 B.C.)
LC data base, 10/11/85 (hdg.: Atticus, Titus Pomponius
usage: ... Atticum)
Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, Vol 1, 1867, p. 414: "Atticus, T. Pomponius, was born at Rome, B.C. 109, three years before Cicero.....the most intimate of all his friends was Cicero, whose correspondence with him, beginning in the year B.C. 68 and continued down to Cicero's death, supplies us with various particulars...."
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