It is probable that Jerome has confused the consuls of B.C. 180, A. Postumius Albinus and C. Calpurnius Piso, with those of B.C. 148, Sp. Postumius Albinus and L. Calpurnius Piso, and that Lucilius was born B.C. 180. No reference is found in Lucilius to any event after B.C. 103, so that Jerome may be right in giving that as the year of his death. In Hor. _Sat._ ii. 1, 34, Lucilius is called _senex_, which shows that he lived a long life. Lucilius was born at Suessa in Campania. He was an _eques_, and was the great-uncle of Pompey. Juv. 1, 19, 'Cur tamen hoc potius libeat decurrere campo, per quem magnus equos Auruncae flexit alumnus, si vacat ac placidi rationem admittitis, edam.' Porphyr. ad Hor. _Sat._ ii. 1, 75, '"infra Lucili censum": Constat enim Lucilium avonculum maiorem Pompei fuisse: etenim avia Pompei Lucilii soror fuerat.' Velleius ii. 29, 2, 'Fuit [Cn. Pompeius] genitus matre Lucilia, stirpis senatoriae.' This Lucilia was Lucilius' niece, and her father, Lucilius' brother, was a senator. Lucilius was very intimate with Africanus the younger and Laelius, and celebrated them in his works. Hor. _Sat._ ii. 1, 71, 'Quin ubi se a volgo et scaena in secreta remorant virtus Scipiadae et mitis sapientia Laeli, nugari cum illo et discincti ludere, donec decoqueretur olus, soliti.' Schol. Cruq. _ad loc._, 'Scipio Africanus et Laelius feruntur tam fuisse familiares et amici Lucilio, ut quodam tempore Laelio circum lectos triclinii fugienti Lucilius superveniens eum obtorta mappa quasi feriturus sequeretur.' Hor. _Sat._ ii. 1, 16, 'Attamen et iustum poteras et scribere fortem, Scipiadam ut sapiens Lucilius.' Lucil. _Sat._ xxx. 5 (of Scipio), 'Sicubi ad auris fama tuam pugnam clarans adlata dicasset.' Such intimate association could not have existed if Lucilius had been, as Jerome implies, only nineteen at Scipio's death in B.C. 129. There are many references to Lucilius' attacks on public men. Cf. Hor. _Sat._ ii. 1, 62, 'Quid? cum est Lucilius ausus primus in hunc operis componere carmina morem, detrahere et pellem, nitidus qua quisque per ora cederet, introrsum turpis, num Laelius et qui duxit ab oppressa meritum Carthagine nomen ingenio offensi aut laeso doluere Metello famosisque Lupo cooperto versibus? atqui primores populi arripuit populumque tributim, scilicet uni aequus virtuti atque eius amicis.' Lucil. lib. incert., ll. 63-4, quoted by Cic. _N.D._ i. 64, '"Tubulus si Lucius umquam, si Lupus aut Carbo, Neptuni filius," ut ait Lucilius, putasset esse deos, tam periurus aut tam impurus fuisset?' Pers. 1, 114, 'Secuit Lucilius urbem, te Lupe, te Muci, et genuinum fregit in illis.' Juv. 1, 165, 'Ense velut stricto quotiens Lucilius ardens infremuit, rubet auditor cui frigida mens est criminibus, tacita sudant praecordia culpa.'