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Macrobius, a Roman provincial writer of the early fifth century in late antiquity, was renowned for his influential works. His Commentarii in Somnium Scipionis was a significant source for Neoplatonism in the Latin West during the Middle Ages. He also delved into ancient Roman religious practices and antiquarian knowledge in his work Saturnalia. Furthermore, he authored a lost text, De differentiis et societatibus graeci latinique verbi, which examined the Greek and Latin verb. Macrobius's literary contributions even inspired the character Manlius in Iain Pears' The Dream of Scipio.