Julius Obsequent ( lat. Iulius Obsequens ) - an ancient Roman writer, author of the work "On miraculous phenomena."
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Nothing is known about the life of the Observe. It is believed that he lived in the 4th century . Theodor Mommsen suggested that Obschevent was a Christian, but now, on the contrary, it is believed that Julius was a pagan, and his book is a reflection of the religious polemic of the 4th century [2] .
The only surviving essay's writings - “On miraculous phenomena” ( lat. Prodigiorum liber or Liber de prodigiis ) - is a listing of all the omens in Roman history [3] and is based on the information “History from the founding of the city” by Titus Livius . Most likely, Obsvent used no longer the original text of the work of Livius, but some abbreviation [4] , which is conditionally called Chronicon [2] . Of special interest "On miraculous phenomena" is due to the fact that the books of Libya, describing the events of the late II-I centuries BC. e., not preserved. Abbreviations of the Obsvent contain some information about the events of 190-12 BC. e [5] .
The manuscripts of the work of the Obsvent are still not preserved, but they existed at the beginning of the 16th century . According to one of them in Venice in 1508, "On miraculous phenomena" was published by the famous book printer Ald Manutius [2] .
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- ↑ 1 2 3 Albrecht M. History of Roman Literature. T. 3. - M .: Greek-Latin cabinet of Yu. A. Shichalin, 2005 .-- S. 1507.
- ↑ History of Roman literature. - Ed. S.I. Sobolevsky, M.E. Grabar-Passek, F.A. Petrovsky. - T. 2. - M .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1962. - S. 293.
- ↑ History of Roman literature. - Ed. S.I. Sobolevsky, M.E. Grabar-Passek, F.A. Petrovsky. - T. 1. - M .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1959. - S. 491.
- ↑ History of Roman literature. - Ed. S.I. Sobolevsky, M.E. Grabar-Passek, F.A. Petrovsky. - T. 1. - M .: Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, 1959. - S. 473.