Lucius Pomponius

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Lucius Pomponius (fl. c. 90 BC or earlier) was a

Marcus Velleius Paterculus
. His work included political, religious, social, and mythological satires.

Surviving Titles and Fragments

Some of the titles of the seventy works attributed to him are:

  • Aleones ("The Gamblers")
  • Bucco Adoptatus
  • Bucco Auctoratus
  • Capella ("The She-Goat")
  • Citharista
  • Collegium ("The College," or "The Guild")
  • Concha
  • Condiciones ("The Contracts")
  • Decuma
  • Dives ("The Rich Man")
  • Fullones ("The Cloth-Fullers")
  • Heres Petitor
  • Hirnea Pappi ("Pappus's Jug")
  • Kalendae Martiae ("The First Day of March")
  • Lar Familiaris
  • Leno ("The Pimp")
  • Macchus Miles ("Macchus the Soldier")
  • Macchus Sequester
  • Macchus Virgo ("Macchus the Virgin")
  • Medicus ("The Physician")
  • Munda
  • Nuptiae ("The Wedding")
  • Pannuceati
  • Pappus Agricola ("Pappus the Farmer")
  • Pappus Praeteritus ("Pappus the Departed," not to be confused with the eponymous of Quintus Novius)
  • Parci ("Stingy Men")
  • Patruus ("The Paternal Uncle")
  • Philosophia ("Philosophy")
  • Pictores ("The Painters")
  • Piscatores ("The Fishermen")
  • Pistor ("The Baker")
  • Placenta ("The Cake")
  • Porcetra
  • Praeco Posterior
  • Praefectus Morum ("Supervisor of Morals")
  • Prostibulum ("The Prostitute")
  • Pseudo-Agamemnon (“Supposititious Agamemnon”)
  • Pytho Gorgonius
  • Quinquatrus
  • Rusticus ("The Country-Dweller")
  • Sarcularia
  • Satura ("The Satire")
  • Sponsa Pappi ("Pappus's Fiancee")
  • Synepheboi (Fellow Adolescents")
  • Syri ("The Syrians")
  • Vacca vel Marsuppium ("The Cow" or "The Pouch")
  • Verniones
  • Verres Aegrotus ("Sick Verres")
  • Verres Salvos ("Healthy Verres")
  • Marsyas

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