Macrobius

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Macrobius was a late Roman Neoplatonist philosopher and grammarian best known for his influential commentary on Cicero and his work "Saturnalia."

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Macrobius canonical 12
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius 1

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instanceOf Neoplatonist philosopher
grammarian
late Roman author
philosopher
writer
citizenship Roman Empire
commentaryOn Somnium Scipionis
discussesInWorks Roman festivals
Roman religion
cosmology
dream theory
music and harmony of the spheres
mythology
number symbolism
the soul
virtue
era Late Antiquity
field antiquarian studies
grammar
literary criticism
philosophy
floruit early 5th century CE
fullName Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius
linked to: Macrobius
genre antiquarian dialogue
philosophical commentary
influenced Renaissance humanism
medieval cosmology
medieval scholasticism
influencedBy Aristotle
Cicero
Plato
Plotinus
Porphyry
knownFor Commentary on Cicero's Somnium Scipionis
Saturnalia
language Latin
literaryFormOfSaturnalia dialogue
name Macrobius
occupation commentator
grammarian
philosopher
philosophicalTradition Neoplatonism
settingOfSaturnalia Saturnalia festival
linked to: Saturnalia
statusOfWorksInMiddleAges authoritative source on classical learning
highly read
subjectOfWork Cicero's Somnium Scipionis
linked to: Somnium Scipionis
work Commentary on the Dream of Scipio
Saturnalia

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De re publica hasCommentaryBy Macrobius
Saturnalia documentedBy Macrobius
Varro influenced Macrobius
Mercedonius mentionedBy Macrobius
Histories referencedBy Macrobius
Mare Crisium hasNearbyCrater Macrobius
Macrobius name Macrobius
Macrobius fullName Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius
linked to: Macrobius
Annales quotedBy Macrobius
Palici notableSource Macrobius