Scribonius Aphrodisius was a grammarian of ancient Rome. He was originally a slave and disciple of the grammarian Lucius Orbilius Pupillus, who was also...

become proverbial as a disciplinarian pedagogue. One of his slaves, Scribonius Aphrodisius, went on to become a grammarian himself, and was purchased by Scribonia...

of the Scribonii to obtain the consulship was Gaius Scribonius Curio in 76 BC. The nomen Scribonius belongs to a large class of gentilicia derived from...

god's tears fall. Suetonius also notes Scribonia's affiliation with Scribonius Aphrodisius, slave and pupil of Lucius Orbilius Pupillus. He was afterwards...