Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius


Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius was a Roman historian. Little is known of Q. Claudius Quadrigarius's life, but he probably lived in the.

Work

Quadrigarius's annals spanned at least 23 books. They began with the conquest of Rome by the Gauls and ended with the age of Sulla, or 82BC.
Its surviving fragments were collected by Peter. The largest is preserved in Aulus Gellius, concerning a single combat between T. Manlius Torquatus and a Gaul.

Legacy

Quadrigarius's work was considered very important, especially for the contemporary history he narrates. From its sixth book onward, Livy's History of Rome used Quadrigarius and Valerius Antias as his major sources. He is cited by Aulus Gellius, and he was probably the "Clodius" mentioned in Plutarch's Life of Numa.
The judgment of his prose varied. Some disparaged his language as antiquated and dry, while its archaisms were appreciated by writers in the 2nd century.

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