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Gellius is the details recorded in his writings. Internal evidence points to Gellius having been born between AD 125 and 128. He was of good family and connections, and he was probably born and certainly brought up in
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to act as an umpire in civil causes, and much of the time which he would gladly have devoted to literary pursuits was consequently occupied by judicial duties.
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McGinn, Thomas A.J. (2010). "Communication and the
Capability Problem in Roman Law: Aulus Gellius as Iudex and the Jurists on Child-Custody."
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Formation of the City-State in Archaic Rome."
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Reading Culture in the High Roman Empire: A Study of Elite Communities. Classical Culture and Society.
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Jurists ?: Aulus Gellius on Reading Across Disciplines." In
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in the year 147, and resided for a considerable period in
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