who, in all probability, was a native of Africa, since he is styled in MSS. Poeta Carthaginiensis, and is referred to as Aurelius Carthaginiensis by Hincmar archbishop of Rheims (A. D. 845), flourished at the court of the emperor Carus (A. D. 283), carried off the prize in all the poetical contests of the day (omnibus coronis [not coloniis] illustratus emicuit), and was esteemed second to the youthful prince Numerianus alone, who nonoured him so far as permit him to dispute, and, of course, to yield to the palm of verse.
[W.R]A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology
Smith, William
A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. William Smith, LLD, ed. 1890