▁(" uno ▁tell ures ▁di uid it ▁am ne ▁duas ") ▁was ▁all ▁that ▁had ▁been ▁handed ▁down . ▁Then , ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁a ▁pap yrus ▁was ▁found ▁at ▁Q as r ▁I br im , ▁in ▁Egypt ian ▁N ub ia , ▁containing ▁nine ▁lines ▁by ▁Gall us , ▁arg u ably ▁the ▁oldest ▁surv iving ▁MS ▁of ▁Latin ▁poetry . ▁The ▁fragments ▁of ▁four ▁po ems ▁attributed ▁to ▁him , ▁first ▁published ▁by ▁Ald us ▁Man ut ius ▁in ▁ 1 5 9 0 ▁and ▁printed ▁in ▁Alexander ▁R iese ' s ▁Anth ologia ▁Lat ina ▁( 1 8 6 9 ), ▁are ▁generally ▁regarded ▁as ▁a ▁forg ery ; ▁and ▁Pom pon ius ▁G aur icus ' s ▁as cription ▁to ▁him ▁of ▁the ▁eleg iac ▁vers es ▁of ▁Maxim ian us ▁is ▁no ▁longer ▁accepted . ▁ ▁The ▁surv iving ▁poetry ▁of ▁Gall us ▁ ▁Sch ol ars ▁used ▁to ▁believe , ▁in ▁the ▁absence ▁of ▁any ▁surv iving ▁poetry ▁by ▁Gall us ▁and ▁on ▁the ▁basis ▁of ▁his ▁high ▁reputation ▁among ▁his ▁contempor aries , ▁that ▁his ▁poet ical ▁g ifts ▁were ▁little ▁short ▁of ▁those ▁of ▁Vir g il . ▁The ▁classic ist ▁Ten ney ▁Frank ▁fam ously ▁declared ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 2 : ▁' What ▁would ▁we ▁not ▁bar ter ▁of ▁all ▁the ▁ses quip ed al ian ▁ep ics ▁of ▁emp ire ▁for ▁a ▁few ▁pages ▁of ▁Corn el ius ▁Gall us , ▁a ▁thousand ▁for ▁each !' ▁The