Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - Cite This Source

Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Roman annalist, living probably in the first century BC, wrote a history, in at least twenty-three books, which began with the conquest of Rome by the Gauls and went on to the death of Sulla or perhaps later.

Livy freely used Quadrigarius in part of his work (from the sixth book onwards). A big fragment is preserved in Aulus Gellius (ix. 13), giving an account of the single combat between Manlius Torquatus and Gaul. His language was antiquated and his style dry, but his work was considered important.

References

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia © 2001-2006 Wikipedia contributors (Disclaimer)
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Last updated on Wednesday November 07, 2007 at 00:20:56 PST (GMT -0800)
View this article at Wikipedia.org - Edit this article at Wikipedia.org - Donate to the Wikimedia Foundation