Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus belongs to the literary record as a writer whose work outlasted the moment that produced it.
The record lists Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus as Italian historian.
Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus was born at Vicovaro in 1436. His recorded nationality is Italy.
Printing had made an author reachable by readers who would never meet them, and vernacular languages were displacing Latin.
He worked as historian, writer and librarian.
The writing is recorded in Latin.
His name is attached above all to universal history, Enneades sive Rhapsodia historiarum. Literature is judged by re-reading, which is a slower and harsher test than acclaim.
That the work was written from Italy matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Marcus Antonius Coccius Sabellicus died in 1506, aged 70. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
