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Anicius

Anicius (the consul)

also: Anicius, Anicium, Anicianam

A consul of the early second century BC whose name (like Opimius's) marked a celebrated vintage of wine; Cicero in the Brutus uses 'the Anician vintage' as a figure for prose grown too old, like that of Thucydides.

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Mentioned in 3 works (4 mentions)

Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.8 letter · 1 mention
Brutus rhet · 2 mentions
Ad Familiares 7.26 letter · 1 mention

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