Aelius Donatus
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Aelius Donatus was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric, whose works on Latin grammar were very widely used in the teaching of Latin during the Middle Ages. His Ars minor was the standard elemen
from Nuremberg Chronicle
Servius the Grammarian
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Servius, distinguished as Servius the Grammarian, was a Roman grammarian of the late fourth and early fifth centuries, regarded by contemporaries as the most learned man of his generation in Italy. He
Aelius Donatus
…to be based on a lost Vita by Suetonius, together with the preface and introduction of his commentary on Virgil's works. A greatly expanded version of Servius's commentary exists, however, which is supplemented with frequent and extensive extracts from what is thought to be Donatus's commentary on Virgil…
Servius commenting Virgil (France, 15th century).
16th century edition of Virgil with Servius' commentary printed to the left of the text.