place
Aemilian school (Ludus Aemilius)
the Aemilian school
A gladiatorial training-school in Rome near which metalworkers' shops stood; Horace's image for fussy, piecemeal craftsmanship.
Reading notes
- The Art of Poetry §24-37 Aemilius' school
A gladiatorial school in Rome near which metalworkers worked; the bronze-smith who can render only nails and hair is Horace's image of the artist who cannot manage the whole.