 In 1583 , Italian scholar Carlo Sigonio claimed to have discovered a non @-@ fragmentary version of the Consolatio . While this news was met with excitement at first , scholars — after reading the work — began to argue that the manuscript was a fraud , with humanist Antonio Riccoboni being among the most vocal . However , Sigonio continued to defend the work until his death , even mentioning in two different orations his belief in the truthfulness of the text . The scholar Latino Latini , however , later claimed in a letter that Sigonio had admitted to the forgery on his deathbed . By and large , the academic community concluded that the version of the Consolatio discovered was not genuine , and the document later earned the name the Pseudo @-@ Ciceronian Consolatio . 
