vivebant

Updated: May 23, 2025

But what the Poet so much admires in his friend, may certainly be considered as one of the principal ornaments of Eloquence. He adds; " is dictus, ollis popularibus olim, Qui tum vivebant homines, atque aevum agitabant, Flos delibatus populi." "He was called by his cotemporaries, the choicest Flower of the State."

Marcus Tullius Cicero - Cicero's Brutus or History of Famous Orators; also His Orator, or Accomplished Speaker.