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Biographies of Romans (Representatives of culture)

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Macrobius

Medieval image of Macrobius. Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius was a Roman writer (but of non-Roman origin, probably Greek) and a Neoplatonic philosopher, living and creating at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries CE. We are uncertain about many aspects ... Read more

Plautus

Plautus Plautus (Titus Maccius Plautus) was born around 254 BCE in the town of Sarsina (now Saraceno) in Umbria. He was a Roman comedy writer, one of the oldest (next to Cato the Elder) Roman writers whose works have survived ... Read more

Ennius

Ennius Ennius was born in 239 BCE in Rudiae (Apulia) as Quintus Ennius. He was a Roman poet, considered as the father of Roman poetry. Only fragments of his work have survived to our times. He came from Calabria. The ... Read more

Polybius

Probable image of Polybius on a plaster stele. This image was to be exhibited in one of the Greek cities in the 2nd century CE by an alleged descendant of Polybius. Creative Commons Attribution license - On the same terms ... Read more

Publius Terence Afer

Terence Publius Terence Afer (Publius Terentius Afer), also called Terence, who lived around 185/41 – 159 BCE, was a Roman comedy writer whose work was popular not only in ancient Rome but also in the Middle Ages and later. Terence ... Read more

Marcus Terentius Varro

Marcus Terentius Varro was probably born in Reate (now Rieti in Italy) in 116 BCE. Called Varro of Reate (Reatinus), unlike the poet Varro of Atax. He was a Roman scholar and writer, and in his political career, he came ... Read more

Publilius Syrus

Publilius Syrus lived in the 1st century BCE. He was a Roman writer, mime artist, theatre representative and creator of a sentence. He wrote in Latin. According to Pliny the Elder, Publilius Syrus was from Antioch in Syria and came ... Read more

Vitruvius

Image of Vitruvius (right), from 1684, who is presenting to Augustus De Architectura. Na licencji Creative Commons Uznanie autorstwa - Na tych samych warunkach 3.0. Marcus Vitruvius was born as Marcus Vitruvius Pollio. He was a Roman architect and war ... Read more

Lucretius

Lucretius was born around 99 BCE as Titus Lucretius Carus. He was a Roman poet and philosopher. One of the narrow group – next to Catullus and comedy writers Plautus and Terentius – poets of the republican Rome, whose works ... Read more

Sallust

Sallust Foto: Wienwiki / Walter Maderbacher Sallust was born in 86 BCE in Amiternum in the land of the Sabines (northeast of Rome) as Gaius Sallustius Crispus. He tried to make a political career in Rome, he was a quaestor ... Read more

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