Acilius Severus (died between AD 364 and 375; in some editions spelled Aquilus, Aquilius) was a Roman Christian writer of the late 4th century AD, from Hispania.[1] He was from a senatorial family based on known correspondence with the Roman writer Lactantius[2] (c. 250 – c. 325) through written epistles to his ancestors.[3] A fragmentary inscription dicated that his ancestry was rooted from the gens Acilia, a noble family since the first century CE.[4] Severus’ father, who was also called Acilius Severus, was a Roman consul in 323 and prefect of Rome from 325 to 327.[4][5]
Map of Hispania in Acilius Severus' time
In Jerome's De viris illustribus, he writes that Acilius Severus wrote an autobiography in "a volume of mingled poetry and prose," entitled Καταστροφὴν (katastrophḗn, "vicissitudes, calamity") or Πεῖραν (peiran, "proofs, trial").[3][6][7] An inscription also commemorated his restoration of the theater of Merida around 333 and 337.[8] During this period, he was described to have come from Hispaniarum. His patronage of the theater suggests that his family came from Spain.[8] In Jerome’s work, the account of Acilius life story ended in his conversion to Christianity.[9]
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^Pritchett, W. K. (1965). Studies in Ancient Greek Topography: Roads. Netherlands: University of California Press.
^Salzman, Michele Renee; Sághy, Marianne; Testa, Rita Lizzi (2016). Pagans and Christians in Late Antique Rome: Conflict, Competition, and Coexistence in the Fourth Century. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 29. ISBN978-1-107-11030-4.
^ ab"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. III: Jerome and Gennadius. Lives of Illustrious Men.: Acilius Severus the senator. | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org.
^ abSalzman, Michele Renee (2021). The Falls of Rome: Crises, Resilience, and Resurgence in Late Antiquity. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. p. 61. ISBN978-1-107-11142-4.
^Wiseman, Nicholas Patrick (1892). The Dublin Review. Dublin: Tablet Publishing Company. p. 101.
^"Lives of Illustrious Men | EWTN". EWTN Global Catholic Television Network.
^Misch, G. (2014:401). A History of Autobiography in Antiquity. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis.
^ abFernández, Damián (2017). Aristocrats and Statehood in Western Iberia, 300-600 C.E. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 65. ISBN978-0-8122-4946-0.
^Misch, Georg (2007). A History of Autobiography in Antiquity. Oxon, UK: Routledge. p. 402. ISBN0-415-17825-8.
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