Charisius

He was probably an African by birth, summoned to Constantinople to take the place of Euanthius, a learned commentator on Terence.

[1] The Ars Grammatica, in five books, is addressed to his son (not a Roman, as the preface shows).

[1] The work, which is a compendium, is valuable as it contains excerpts from the earlier writers on grammar, who are in many cases mentioned by name: Remmius Palaemon, Julius Romanus (Gaius Iulius Romanus), Comminianus.

[1] The edition of Heinrich Keil, in Grammatici Latini, i.

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