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date: 23 March 2025

Gaius (2), 

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Who's Who in the Classical World
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Tony HonoréTony Honoré

the famous 2nd-cent. ad law teacher, was lecturing in 160/1 and still alive in 178. Though a Roman citizen, he was known, and apparently chose to be known, by the single undistinctive name ‘Gaius’. Some phrases in his work read as if written in Rome; others point to an eastern province. The key to the puzzle may be that Gaius, who speaks of the school of ... ...

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