The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · Character
Julius Obsequens
- Supporting
- First seen · Book 1 · Ch. 62
There's something meticulous about this Roman writer whose careful compilation of prodigies suggests a mind that finds meaning in omens and portents. His scholarly demeanor carries the weight of preserving fragments of a greater history.
- Gender
- male
- First appears
- Book 1 · Ch. 62
- Books
- 1
Julius Obsequens was a Roman writer whose little treatise survives as an abstract of Livy's prodigies, including the famous account of darkness following Caesar's murder. His work represents the late classical interest in collecting and preserving accounts of supernatural signs and wonders from earlier Roman history.
Description
An elderly Roman scholar with thinning white hair and a face weathered by years of careful study, his skin pale from long hours spent indoors with manuscripts. His dark eyes retain their sharpness behind heavy brows, and his slightly stooped posture speaks of decades bent over ancient texts. He wears a simple dark tunic appropriate to a man of letters.
Story so far
BOOK 1The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire / Table of Contents with links in the HTML file to the two Project Gutenberg editions (12 volumes)
Appearances
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