Background
The date birth of Aemilius Macer is unknown, he was born in Verona, Italy.
The date birth of Aemilius Macer is unknown, he was born in Verona, Italy.
Macer wrote two poems, one on birds (Ornithogonia), a translation of a work by Boios, and the other on the antidotes against the poison of serpents (Theriaca), which he imitated from the Greek poet Nicander of Colophon.
It is possible that he wrote also a botanical work. The extant hexameter poem known as Floridus or De viribus (aut virtutibus) herbarum, traditionally ascribed to Macer, is actually a medieval production by Odo Magdunensis, a French physician.
According to the sources, he died in 16 B. C.
