Note 95 — Chapter IV · POST-AUGUSTAN WRITERS. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The statement of the vitae, ‘ad mediam fere aetatem declamavit,’ may imply no more than that he continued his studies in private; but it must be observed that the usual meaning of declamare is ‘to attend college classes’; and the statement, in whatever way it is taken, must be looked upon as improbable.