Fortunatianus

a Latin grammarian, author of a treatise (Ars) upon prosody, and the metres of Horace, which will be found in the collection of Putschius. The work is extremely defective and in great confusion, the different parts being in many places jumbled together in defiance of all order or arrangement. Fortunatianus cannot be later than the fifth century, since he is quoted by Cassiodorus, and his diction, as exhibited in an epistle dedicatory addressed to a young senator (p. 2685, ed. Putsch.), is very pure and graceful. [W.R]

or Chi'rius, a Roman lawyer, flourished about the middle of the fifth century after Christ, a short time before Cassiodorus, by whom he is quoted. Works Artis Rhetoricae Scholicae Libri tres

Fortunatius drew up a compendium of technical rhetoric, by way of question and answer, in three books, compiled from the chief ancient authorities both Greek and Latin, under the title Curii Fortunatiani Consulti Artis Rhetoricae Scholicae Libri tres, a production which at one period was held in high esteem as a manual, from being at once comprehensive and concise. Other writers with similar names

This writer must not be confounded with the Curius Fortunatianus who, as we are told by Capitolinus (Max. et Balb. 4), composed a history of the reign of Maximus and Balbinus, nor with Fortunatianus, an African, bishop of Aquileia, mentioned by St. Jerome (de Viris Ill. 97) as a commentator on the Gospels. Editions

The Editio Princeps of the Ars Rhetorica was printed at Venice, fol. 1523, in a volume containing Rufinianus and other authors upon the same subject; a second edition, revised by P. Nannius, appeared at Louvain, 8vo. 1550; a third, by Erythraeus, at Strasburg, 8vo. 1568. The piece will be found also in the " Rhetores Latini Antiqui," of Pithou, Paris, 4to. 1599, p. 38-78. [W.R]

(1) Atilius, the author of a manual on metres (Ars Atilii Fortunatiani) dedicated to a young Roman who had asked for a work on the metres of Horace, which this manual specifically treats near the end. It is drawn from Caesius Bassus, Iuba, and probably from some Greek source. It has been edited by Keil in his Grammatici Latini, vi. 278, and separately (Halle, 1885).

(2) C. Chirius, author of a text-book on rhetoric in the form of a catechism. The chief sources are Quintilian and Cicero. The text of this work, which is in three books, can be found in Halm's Rhetorici Latini Minores, pp. 79 foll.