119. His first Latin verses were composed during the
consulship of Probinus, A.D. 395:-
Romanos bibimus primum, te consule fontes,
Et Latiae cessit Graia Thalia togae.
Besides some Greek epigrams, which are still extant, the
Latin poet had composed, in Greek, the Antiquities of
Tarsus, Anazarbus, Berytus, Nice, etc. It is more easy to
supply the loss of good poetry than of authentic history.