A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology

of Brundisium, a Roman eques and a friend of Varro, was the first person who introduced the use of the aviaries, in which birds of various kinds were kept. (Varr. R. R. iii 5.8; Plin. Nat. 10.50, s. 72, where he is erroneously called M. Laelius Strabo.)