person
Gaius Velleius
Velleius
also: C. Velleius, Vellei, Velleio
A Roman senator and leading Epicurean of Cicero's day, reckoned the foremost Epicurean among the Romans. He is the spokesman for Epicurean theology in book 1 of De Natura Deorum.
Reading notes
- On the Nature of the Gods §1.15 Gaius Velleius
A Roman senator and the leading Epicurean of his day, who delivers the exposition of Epicurean theology in this book.