Jerome. Lives of Illustrious Men 111
111 Acilius Severus the senator PL 23, 705
Acilius Severus of Spain, of the family of that Severus to whom Lactantius’ two books of Epistles are addressed, composed a volume of mingled poetry and prose which is a sort of guide book to his whole life. This he called Calamity or Trial. He died in the reign of Valentinianus.
941 Aquilius Severus, in Hispania, de genere illius Severi, ad quem Lactantii duo epistolarum scribuntur libri, composuit volumen, quasi ὁδοιπορικὸν totius suae vitae statum continens tam prosa quam versibus, quod vocavit Καταστροφὴν, sive Πεῖραν, et sub Valentiniano principe obiit.
942 Ἀκύλιος Σεβῆρος, ἐν ταῖς Ἱσπανίαις ἀπόγονος Σεβῆρου, πρὸς ὃν δύο Λακταντίου ἐπιστολῶν φέρονται λόγοι, συνέταξε τεῦχος ἐν τάξει ὁδοιπορικοῦ, παντὸς τοῦ βίου αὐτοῦ περιέχον διήγημα, τοῦτο μὲν καταλογάδην, τοῦτο δὲ καὶ μέτρῳ ἡρωϊκῷ, ὅπερ ὠνόμασε Καταστροφὴν, ἤτοι Πεῖραν, καὶ ἐπὶ Βαλεντινιανοῦ βασιλέως ἐτελεύτησεν.