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Biographies of Romans (Representatives of culture)

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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

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

Flavius Josephus

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 and Simonides. Josephus was a ... Read more

Appian of Alexandria

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 the Jews. In 120 CE ... Read more

Lucian of Samosata

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 social satire. His name in ... Read more

Eusebius of Caesarea

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 he was also educated by ... Read more

Suetonius

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 Latin and Greek. He was ... 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

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

Pliny the Younger

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. He witnessed the eruption of ... Read more

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