H. P. GRICE (LIT. HUM.) E LA FILOSOFIA ROMANA ANTICA

The great majority of Ancient Roman philosophical writings have been irretrievably lost. 

But this loss is made good to some extent not only by quotations from lost works recorded by later philosophers, but also by the varieties of ancient reportage that are extant. 

The modern name for these forms of reportage is ‘doxography’, which could be translated ‘tenet-writing’.

 Broadly speaking, doxography encompasses those writings, or parts of writings, in which a philosopher presents philosophical views of some or other of the ancient philosophers or schools, in some or other areas, or on some or other topics, of philosophy, whether with or without presentation of the argumentation or analysis through which they offered philosophical support or reasons in favour of their ‘tenets’, and whether or not they also include critical evaluations and comments of the author's own. 

In other words, these are works (or sections of works) taking as their subject matter the tenets or doctrines of the philosophers, rather than independent works of philosophy in which the author addresses in the first instance issues or topics of philosophy, with ancillary discussion along the way of the opinions of other philosophers. 

The terms for tenets, or views, are "dogmata" or "opiniones."

Those for doctrines are "placita." But note that these designations were used interchangeably.