FLORUS, LUCIUS ANNÆUS, a Latin historian, of the same family with Seneca and Lucan. He flourished in the reigns of Trajan and Adrian; and wrote an abridgement of the Roman history, of which there have been many editions. It is composed in a florid and poetical style; and is rather a panegyric on many of the great actions of the Romans, than a faithful and correct recital of their history. He also wrote poetry, and entered the lists against the emperor Adrian, who vaticinally reproached him with frequenting taverns and places of dissipation.