Lucius Tsincius Aliment ( Latin: Lucius Cincius Alimentus ; c. 240 BC - c. 190 BC) - an ancient Roman historian .
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| Date of Birth | 240 BC e. |
| Date of death | 190 BC e. |
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He came from a plebeian family and, presumably [1] , was a brother to the tribune of 204 BC. e. Marc Zincius [2] . Lucius was praetor in 210 BC. e., was in the troops operating against Hannibal, was captured by him.
In his essay, which he wrote in Greek , he reported - according to Hannibal himself - some information about the campaign of Hannibal and the losses in his troops. Starting the chronicle from the foundation of Rome , he outlined briefly the initial events and much more in detail the incidents of his time. To our time, not a single passage of Aliment passed on in the author’s own words; therefore, the assumption of [3] that he, being a plebeian, wrote in favor of the plebeians, is not based on anything. [four]
Tsintsiy Aliment attributed the foundation of Rome to the year, which, according to our calendar, is 729 BC. e .; he elaborated the legends about Romulus and Tatsia and the story of the friend of the plebeians Spurius Melius [5] .
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Titus Livy referred to him, citing the law according to which the great praetor (praetor maximus) drove a nail every year into the wall of the capitoline temple during the September ides [4] .
Dionysius cited his testimony, telling the murder of Melius , in a completely different way than T. Livy. The latter praised Aliment for a careful collection of sources. Niebuhr put it high, but at the same time confused the historian with another Chincius, an archaeologist, from whom several fragments of works remained. [four]
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The surviving fragments of the work of L. Zincius Alimenta were collected by M. Hertz [4] .
See also
- Fragments of Greek historians
Notes
- ↑ Klaus Zmeskal , Armin Eich . Adfinitas: Die Verwandtschaften der senatorischen Führungsschicht der römischen Republik von 218-31 v. Chr. - Alphabetischer Katalog, Anhänge, Gestiftete Verwandschaften, Stammtafeln. - 2 Bde. - Taschenbuch, 2009.
- ↑ F. Münzer . Cincius 6 // Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft (RE). - 1899. - Bd. III, 2. - Sp. 2557.
- ↑ Karl Ludwig Blum “Einleitung In Rom's Alte Geschichte”
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Alimentus // Encyclopedic Dictionary
- ↑ Tsintsii // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : in 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.
Literature
- Alimentus // Encyclopedic Dictionary compiled by Russian scientists and writers. - SPb. , 1861.