▁( active ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 nd ▁century ▁AD ) ▁was ▁a ▁Roman ▁author ▁of ▁historical ▁and ▁en cyc lop edic ▁works ▁that ▁surv ive ▁only ▁in ▁fragments . ▁He ▁most ▁likely ▁lived ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁Had rian . ▁ ▁History ▁Gran ius ▁compiled ▁a ▁" nov el " ▁narr ative ▁ep it ome ▁of ▁Roman ▁history , ▁drawing ▁mainly ▁on ▁Liv y ▁and ▁S all ust , ▁that ▁ran ▁to ▁at ▁least ▁ 3 6 ▁books , ▁" ke en ▁on ▁an ec d otes ▁and ▁curious ▁details ." ▁That ▁he ▁had ▁his ▁own ▁views ▁on ▁histor i ography ▁should ▁not ▁be ▁doubt ed : ▁in ▁his ▁opinion , ▁S all ust ▁ought ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁read ▁as ▁an ▁historian ▁at ▁all , ▁but ▁as ▁an ▁or ator . ▁Gran ius ▁covered ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Rome ▁from ▁the ▁early ▁times ▁at ▁least ▁to ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Julius ▁Ca esar ; ▁the ▁assumption ▁of ▁this ▁as ▁an ▁end - point ▁of ▁his ▁history ▁has ▁sometimes ▁caused ▁him ▁to ▁be ▁identified ▁with ▁Gran ius ▁F la cc us ▁and ▁his ▁life ▁to ▁be ▁dated ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 st ▁century ▁BC . ▁Though ▁r idd led ▁with ▁lac un ae , ▁Gran ius ' s ▁Book ▁ 3 5 ▁presents ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁inform ative ▁accounts ▁of ▁the ▁sie ge ▁of ▁Rome ▁during ▁the ▁civil ▁war ▁of ▁ 8 7 ▁BC , ▁and ▁his ▁history ▁regularly ▁provides ▁ill umin ative ▁details ▁that ▁complement ▁more ▁complete ▁histor ies . ▁Some ▁fragments ▁of ▁the