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AFER, DOMITIUS , a Roman orator and advocate
Claudius
pupil Quintilian calls him the greatest orator he had ever known; but he disgraced his talents by acting as public informer against some of the most distinguished personages in Rome. He gained the favour of Tiberius by accusing Claudia Pulcra, the widow of Germanicus, of adultery
consul
superintendent
supply . He died A.D. 6o, according to Jerome, of over-eating. Quintilian quotes some of his witty sayings (dicta),collections of which were published, and mentions two books by him On Witnesses. Quintilian, Instit. vi. 3. 42, viii. 5. 16, x. I. r18, &c.; Tac. Ann. iv. 52 ; Dio Cassius fix. 19, lx. 33 ; Pliny, Epp. viii. 18.End of Article: AFER, DOMITIUS If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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