Gaius Amafinius (or Amafanius) was one of the earliest Roman writers in favour of the Epicurean philosophy. He probably lived in the late 2nd and early...
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Albius Albinovanus Albucius Alburius Alfenus Alfius Allectius Allienus Amafinius Amatius Amblasius Ambrosius Ampius Amplas Ampudius Amusanus Ancarsulenus...
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(150–75 BC) Alcaeus and Philiscus (150 BC) Phaedrus (138–70 BC) Gaius Amafinius (125 BC) Titus Pomponius Atticus (110 BC–33 BC) Philodemus (110–50 BC)...
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agricultural metaphor for human culture. Cicero also mentions disapprovingly Amafinius, one of the first Latin writers on philosophy in Rome. The rhetor's theme...
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philosophy. One of the earliest Roman writers espousing Epicureanism was Amafinius, although his work has not survived. Other adherents to the teachings...
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41. Momigliano, Journal of Roman Studies 31 (1941), p. 157. Catius and Amafinius were Epicurean philosophers known for their popularizing approach and...
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during the late Republic. The best-known member of the gens was Gaius Amafinius, one of the earliest Roman writers in favor of the Epicurean philosophy...
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than Lucretius, Amafinius and Rabirius are the only Roman Epicurean writers named by Cicero. In his Academica, Cicero criticizes Amafinius and Rabirius from...
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150–c. 75 BC Epicurean philosopher, and teacher of Philodemus. Gaius Amafinius fl. 125 BC Epicurean philosopher who introduced Epicureanism to Rome....
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ethnically as an Insubrian Celt from Gallia Transpadana. Epicurean works by Amafinius, Rabirius, and Catius were the earliest philosophical treatises written...
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