His birth-place was Suessa Aurunca in campania.
"The Roman Poets of the Republic"
W. Y. Sellar
Italy was overwhelmed with calamities which had been unknown for many ages; campania's fairest cities were swallowed up; Rome itself had been wasted by fire; the ancient Capitol was given to the flames by the hands of citizens.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill
He retired finally to the shores of campania, where, moving from one villa to another, and surrounding himself with books and gems of art, his life flowed away undisturbed by the agony of Rome in the last terror of the Caesars.
"Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius"
Samuel Dill