ABSTRACT
C. Valgius Rufus (45 — 5 BCE) Roman senator, suffect consul (12 BCE), student of and translator for AUGUSTUS’ teacher Apollodōros (Quint. 3.1.18, 3.5.17), friend of Horace who respected his literary judgments (Sat. 1.10.82) and consoled him over the loss of a beloved slave Mystes (Carm. 2.9). Valgius wrote a grammatical treatise (de rebus per epistulam quaesitam: Gell. 12.3.1), epigrams, elegies, and a panegyric for Messalla (FLP 287-290). PLINY, describing Valgius’ erudition, cites him as only the second Latin author, after POMPEIUS LENAEUS, to write on herbal medicine. His
VEGETIUS RENATUS
unfinished treatise was dedicated to Augustus and prefaced with a prayer that the emperor heal all human evils (25.4-5). GRL §273-274; OCD3 1581, E. Courtney; NP 12/1.1118-9 (#2), P.L. Schmidt.
