Florus¿ dialogue, of which only a fragment survives, dealt with the scholastic issue of whether Virgil was an orator or a poet. The preserved section contains the setting of the story in a temple in Tarragona, an account of Florus¿ travels through the Roman Empire and a lively defense of the beauty of teaching which contradicts the prejudices of the time. The present volume offers the first comprehensive commentary on the dialogic fragment.