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Biographies of Romans (Representatives of culture)

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Representatives of ancient Roman culture played a key role in the development of literature, philosophy, art, and intellectual thought in the Roman Empire. In this category, you’ll find articles devoted to writers, poets, historians, philosophers, artists, and other creators whose works shaped Roman culture and influenced subsequent eras. The articles discuss their work, historical context, and significance for the legacy of the ancient world.

Plautus

(c. 250 - 184 BCE)

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…Więcej

Macrobius

(5th - 4th century BCE)

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…Więcej

Flavius Josephus

(37 - after 94 CE)

Joseph Flavius in the engraving from William Whiston’s translation. Josephus Flavius (Iosephus Flavius ) was born in 37 CE in Jerusalem in the priesthood. He was married three times and had two sons – Justus…Więcej

Appian of Alexandria

(c. 95 - c. 180 CE)

Appian of Alexandria (Appianus Alexandrinus) was born around 95 CE in Alexandria, Egypt, where he held high official positions. He was a famous Greek historian. During the Jewish uprising under Trajan, he fled Egypt from…Więcej

Lucian of Samosata

(c. 120 - c. 190 CE)

Lucian of Samosata Lucian of Samosata was born in Samosata in the Commagene on the Euphrates around 120 CE. He was Roman rhetoric and satirist, writing in Greek; sophist. He is considered the creator of…Więcej

Eusebius of Caesarea

(c. 263 - 339 CE)

Eusebius of Caesarea Eusebius of Caesarea, active in the time of Constantine the Great, is considered the most outstanding Christian historian of antiquity. He was born in about 263 in Palestine, probably in Caesarea. There…Więcej

Suetonius

(c. 69 - after 122 CE)

Suetonius in the illustration from the Nuremberg Chronicle. Suetonius (Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus) was probably born around 69 CE in Italy. Roman writer and historian, creator of the biography of Roman emperors. He wrote in both…Więcej

Polybius

(c. 200 - c. 118 BCE)

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…Więcej

Marcus Terentius Varro

(116 - 27 BCE)

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…Więcej

Pliny the Younger

(61 - c. 113 CE)

Pliny the Younger Pliny the Younger (Plinius Minor) was born as Gaius Caecilius Cilo in 61 CE in Comum Novum (now Como in Lombardy, in northern Italy). Pliny was a lawyer, writer, and Roman official.…Więcej

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