place_of_birth lucius aelius stilo praeconinus
Latium is the region ___MASK36___ central western Italy in which the city ___MASK36___ Rome was founded and grew to be the capital city ___MASK36___ the Roman Empire . Latium was originally a small triangle ___MASK36___ fertile , volcanic soil on which resided the tribe ___MASK36___ the Latins or Latians . It was located on the left bank ( east and south ) ___MASK36___ the Tiber river , extending northward to the Anio river ( a left - bank tributary ___MASK36___ the Tiber ) and southeastward to the Pomptina Palus ( Pontine Marshes , now the Pontine Fields ) as far south as the Circeian promontory . The right bank ___MASK36___ the Tiber was occupied by the Etruscan city ___MASK36___ Veii , and the other borders were occupied by Italic tribes . Subsequently , Rome defeated Veii and then its Italic neighbors , expanding Latium to the Apennine Mountains in the northeast and to the opposite end ___MASK36___ the marsh in the southeast . The modern descendant , the Italian " Regione " ___MASK36___ ___MASK84___ , also called " Latium " in Latin , and occasionally in modern English , is somewhat larger still , but not as much as double the original Latium . The ___MASK68___ Kingdom was the period ___MASK36___ the ancient ___MASK68___ civilization characterized by a monarchical form ___MASK36___ government ___MASK36___ the city ___MASK36___ Rome and its territories . A city is a large and permanent human settlement . Although there is no agreement on how a city is distinguished from a town in general English language meanings , many cities have a particular administrative , ___MASK57___ , or historical status based on local law . The ___MASK68___ Empire ( Koine and Medieval Greek :    , tr . ) was the post - ___MASK68___ Republic period ___MASK36___ the ancient ___MASK68___ civilization , characterized by government headed by emperors and large territorial holdings around the Mediterranean Sea in Europe , Africa and Asia . The city ___MASK36___ Rome was the largest city in the world BC AD , with ___MASK43___ ( New Rome ) becoming the largest around 500 AD , and the Empire ' s populace grew to an estimated 50 to 90 million inhabitants ( roughly 20 % ___MASK36___ the world ' s population at the time ). The 500 - year - old republic which preceded it was severely destabilized in a series ___MASK36___ civil wars and political conflict , during which Julius Caesar was appointed as perpetual dictator and then assassinated in 44 BC . Civil wars and executions continued , culminating in the victory ___MASK36___ Octavian , Caesar ' s adopted son , over Mark Antony and Cleopatra at the Battle ___MASK36___ Actium in 31 BC and the annexation ___MASK36___ Egypt . Octavian ' s power was then unassailable and in 27 BC the ___MASK68___ Senate formally granted him overarching power and the new title " Augustus ", effectively marking the end ___MASK36___ the ___MASK68___ Republic . Hegemony ( or , or " leadership , rule ") is the political , economic , or military predominance or control ___MASK36___ one state over others . In ancient Greece ( 8th century BCE  6th century CE ), " hegemony " denoted the politico  military dominance ___MASK36___ a city - state over other city - states . The dominant state is known as the " hegemon ". ___MASK30___ ( more frequently Lanivium in Imperial ___MASK68___ times , later Civita Lavinia , modern ___MASK59___ ) is an ancient city of Latium , some southeast of Rome , a little southwest of the Via Appia . The ___MASK68___ Republic was the era ___MASK36___ ancient ___MASK68___ civilization beginning with the overthrow ___MASK36___ the ___MASK68___ Kingdom , traditionally dated to 509 BC , and ending in 27 BC with the establishment ___MASK36___ the ___MASK68___ Empire . It was during this period that Rome ' s control expanded from the city ' s immediate surroundings to hegemony over the entire Mediterranean world . ___MASK42___ is a city and special " comune " ( named " ___MASK74___ Capitale ") in Italy . ___MASK42___ is the capital ___MASK36___ Italy and ___MASK36___ the ___MASK84___ region . With 2 , 870 , 336 residents in , it is also the country ' s largest and most populated " comune " and fourth - most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits . The Metropolitan City ___MASK36___ ___MASK42___ has a population ___MASK36___ 4 . 3 million residents . The city is located in the central - western portion ___MASK36___ the Italian Peninsula , within ___MASK84___ ( Latium ), along the shores ___MASK36___ Tiber river . The Vatican City is an independent country geographically located within the city boundaries ___MASK36___ ___MASK42___ , the only existing example ___MASK36___ a country within a city : for this reason ___MASK42___ has been often defined as capital ___MASK36___ two states . Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus ( / stalo / ; c . 154 -- 74 BC ) , ___MASK36___ Lanuvium , is the earliest philologist ___MASK36___ the Roman Republic . He came from a distinguished family and belonged to the equestrian order . He was called Stilo ( Latin stylus , `` pen '' ) , because he wrote speeches for others , and Praeconinus from his father ' s profession ( praeco , `` announcer , public crier , herald '' ) . His aristocratic sympathies were so strong that he voluntarily accompanied Caecilius Metellus Numidicus into exile . At Rome he divided his time between teaching ( although not as a professional schoolmaster ) and literary work . His most famous pupils were Varro and Cicero , and amongst his friends were Coelius Antipater , the historian , and Lucilius , the satirist , who dedicated their works to him . According to Cicero , who expresses a poor opinion ___MASK36___ his powers as an orator , Stilo was a follower ___MASK36___ the Stoic school . Only a few fragments ___MASK36___ his works remain . He wrote commentaries on the hymns ___MASK36___ the Salii ( Carmen Saliare ) , and probably also on the Twelve Tables . He analyzed the authenticity ___MASK36___ comedies supposedly by Plautus , and recognized 25 as canonical , four more than were allowed by Varro . It is probable that he was the author ___MASK36___ a general glossographical work , dealing with literary , historical and antiquarian questions . The rhetorical treatise Ad Herennium has been attributed to him by some modern scholars . ___MASK59___ is a " comune " ( municipality ) in the Metropolitan City of Rome in the Italian region Latium , located about southeast of Rome , on the Alban Hills .