Marcus Velleius Paterculus (c. 19 BC – c. AD 31), also known as
Velleius was a
Roman historian. His
History , written in a highly rhetorical style, covered the period from the end of the
Trojan War to the death of
Livia in 29 AD, but is most useful for the period from the death of
Julius Caesar in 44 BC. to the death of
Augustus in 14 AD. Although Velleius's
praenomen is given as Marcus by
Priscian, some modern scholars identify him with
Gaius Velleius Paterculus, whose name occurs in an inscription on a north African milestone (
C.I.L. VIII.10, 311).