Aelius Sextus
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
in the texts
On the Commonwealth
Roman jurist praised by Ennius for practical wisdom.
in his father's own line there was that friend of ours, worthy to be imitated by this man, 'a man notably wise and shrewd, Aelius Sextus,' who was 'notably wise' and 'shrewd' and was so called by Ennius—not because he sought out things he would never find, but because he gave answers that freed those who had asked from care and trouble;
Tusculan Disputations
Roman jurist praised for having an 'excellent heart', cited as linguistic evidence.
To some the heart itself seems to be the soul, whence men are called "heart-less," "wit-less," and "of one heart," and the famous Nasica, twice consul, was called Corculum, "Little Heart," and "a man of excellent heart, the shrewd Aelius Sextus.