era maxime cavenda pueris puto: unum, ne
quis eos antiquitatis nimius admirator in Graccorum Catonisque et
aliorum similium lectione durescere velit ... Alterum, quod huic
diversum est, ne recentis huius lasciviae flosculis capti voluptate
prava deleniantur, ut praedulce illud genus et puerilibus ingeniis hoc
gratius, quo propius est, adament.'

For Quintilian's high appreciation of Cicero see x. 1, 105-112; and
for his antagonism to Seneca, x. 1, 125-131, and to philosophers in
general, i. prooem. 10.

For Quintilian's authorities see iii. 1, 'Prooemium de scriptoribus
artis rhetoricae.' They include Dionysius of Halicarnassus; Caecilius;
Chrysippus (for education; cf. i. 1, 16, etc.); Cicero; _Auctor ad
Herenn._; Celsus, cf. iii. 1, 21, etc.; Rutilius, cf. ix. 3, 89;
Remmius Palaemon.

Literary criticism is treated of in Book X. as regards the Greek and
Latin authors useful to the orator. The principal authority used was
the +peri mimeseos+ of Dionysius Halicarnassius. Much of
Quintilian's criticism is traditional, and the lists of great writers
came ultimately from the critics of Alexandria. Roman literary critics
referred to were Cicero (_e.g._ on the Attic orators, x. 1, 76-80) and
Horace (x. 1, 24; 56, etc.).

_Spurious works._--These include two collections of _declamationes_.

1. Nineteen long pieces, ascribed to Quintilian by Jerome and others,
but much later than Quintilian's time.

2. One hundred and forty-five shorter pieces out of an original
collection of three hundred and eighty-eight, the first half being
lost. Some suppose they are the 'libri artis rhetoricae' (i. prooem.
7, quoted above), but this is not likely.

FRONTINUS.

(1) LIFE.

Iulius Frontinus (as he is called by Tacitus: inscriptions and some
MSS. give the _praenomen_ Sextus) was born at latest A.D. 41, for he
was _praetor urbanus_ A.D. 70.

Tac. _Hist._ iv. 39, 'in senatu quem Iulius Frontinus praetor urbanus
vocaverat ... Mox eiurante Frontino Caesar Domitianus praeturam cepit.'

He served in Gaul during the revolt of Civilis, and received the
submission of the Lingones (Front. _Strat._ iv. 3, 14[92]). Under
Vespasian he held the consulship, and preceded Agricola in the command
in Britain, where he conquered the Silures, probably A.D. 76-78.

Tac. _Agr._ 17, 'Et Cerealis quidem alterius successoris curam
famamque obruisset: sustinuit molem Iulius Frontinus, vir magnus,
quantum licebat, validamque et pugnacem Silurum ge