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Flourished c.50 BCE - c.1 BCE
Notable Works “De significatu verborum”
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Terence
Roman dramatist
Reuchlin, Johannes
Johannes Reuchlin
German humanist
Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Horace
Roman poet
Marble bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero, shown with short hair and draped clothing, displayed against a black background.
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
Ancient Roman mosaic showing the poet Virgil seated and writing, flanked by the muses Clio and Melpomene, displayed in a decorative border.
Virgil
Roman poet
Tacitus
Tacitus
Roman historian
Catullus, bust in Sirmione, Italy.
Catullus
Roman poet
Livy
Livy
Roman historian
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Sextus Propertius
Roman poet
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Plautus
Roman dramatist
Lucretius
Lucretius
Latin poet and philosopher
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Martial
Roman poet
Juvenal
Juvenal
Roman poet
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Gaius Petronius Arbiter
Roman author
Seneca
Seneca
Roman philosopher and statesman [4 BCE – 65 CE]
Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder
Roman scholar
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
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Quintilian
Roman rhetorician
Gaius Maecenas, marble bust; in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Gaius Maecenas
Roman diplomat and patron
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Albius Tibullus
Roman poet