Caecilius Statius
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Roman comic poet (c. 220 BC – c. 166 BC)
OverviewAI-generated
Caecilius Statius was a male writer, poet, and dramaturge from Ancient Rome. He was a member of the Caecilia gens and wrote in Latin. His native name is recorded as Caecilius Statius. He was born in Mediolanum and died in Rome.
His lifespan is recorded as beginning in 219 BCE and ending in 168 BCE. He is described in several historical sources, including the Nordisk familjebok, Pauly–Wissowa, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
Open Library lists four works by him. These include Feste e poesie antiche..., Caecilius Statius, M. Pacuvius, L. Accius, Caii Caecilii Statii comici poetae deperditarum fabularum fragmenta, I frammenti, and Caecilius Statius. Europeana Sparql records two works associated with him.
Synthesized by Vinony from 17 facts across 3 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 4
Top works
- Feste e poesie antiche...
- Caecilius Statius, M. Pacuvius, L. Accius
- Caii Caecilii Statii comici poetae deperditarum fabularum fragmenta
- I frammenti
- Caecilius Statius
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- c. 220 BC
- Died
- c. 166 BC, Rome
- Nationality
- Gallo-Roman
- Genre
- comedy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Ancient Rome
- Place of birth
- Mediolanum
- Place of death
- Rome
- Occupation
- poet
- Languages spoken
- Latin
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- date of birth
- 0219-00-00
- date of death
- 0168-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- gens
- Caecilia gens
- writing language
- Latin
- name in native language
- Caecilius Statius
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Caecilius Statius, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Fragmenta Poetarum veterum Latinorum. quorum opera non extant: Ennii, Accii, Lvcilii, Laberii, Pacvvii, Afranii, Naevii, Caecilii, aliorúmque multorum: Vndique à Rob. Stephano summa diligentia olim congesta: nunc autem ab Henrico Stephano eius filio digesta, & priscarũ quæ in illis sunt uocum expositione illustrata: additis etiã alicubi uersibus Græcis quos interpretãtur ...
Deperditarum fabularum fragmenta
~5 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Statius Caecilius, also known as Caecilius Statius (/sɪˈsiːliəs ˈsteɪʃiəs/; c. 220 BC – c. 166 BC), was a Celtic Roman comic poet.
Life and work
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Caecilius Statius” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.