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Biographies of Romans (Representatives of culture)

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.

Titus Livius

(59 BCE - 17 CE)

Titus Livius was the chief historian of the Augustus era. His partially preserved work "Ab urbe condita" is the source of the history of Rome.

Titus Livius

Horace

(8 December 65 - 27 November 8 BCE)

Horace was one of the greatest Roman lyricists during Augustus reign. He was active in the period of the greatest flowering of Roman literature.

Horace

Virgil

(15 October 70 - 21 September 19 BCE)

Virgil was an outstanding Roman poet, the greatest epic of his time. Author of Aeneid - the national epic of ancient Romans.

Virgil

Gaius Valerius Catullus

(c. 84 - c. 54 BCE)

Catullus was a Roman poet from Verona, belonging to the group of neo-serics, the only representative of them, whose works have survived in greater numbers.

Catullus