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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.

Titus Livius

(59 BCE - 17 CE)

Tytus Liwius Titus Livius was born in 59 BCE in Patavium, today’s Padua. The main historian of the era of Augustus. He was widely respected at the imperial court. He was friends with the emperor…Więcej

Horace

(8 December 65 - 27 November 8 BCE)

Horace worked during the most splendid flourishing of Roman literature during the time of Augustus. Illustration from 1905, Anton von Werner. Horace was born on 8th of December 65 BCE in Apulia under the name…Więcej

Virgil

(15 October 70 - 21 September 19 BCE)

Virgil Virgil was born on October 15, 70 BCE in the village of Andes near Mantua in Pre-Alpine Gaul, under the names of Publius Vergilius Maro., During the first consulate of Pompey and Crassus. An…Więcej

Gaius Valerius Catullus

(c. 84 - c. 54 BCE)

Contemporary bust of Catullus. Creative Commons Attribution license - On the same terms 3.0. Gaius Valerius Catullus was born between 87 and 82 BCE in Verona in Pre-Alpine Gaul as Gaius Valerius Catullus. He was…Więcej

Sallust

(86 - 35 BCE)

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…Więcej

Lucretius

(c. 99 - c. 55 BCE)

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…Więcej

Vitruvius

(1st century BCE)

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…Więcej

Publilius Syrus

(1st century BCE)

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…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

Publius Terence Afer

(c. 185/4 – 159 BCE)

Terence Publius Terence Afer (Publius Terentius Afer), also called Terence, who lived around 185/4 1 Pliny the Elder, Natural history, XXXV 58, 199 – 159 BCE, was a Roman comedy writer whose work was popular…Więcej

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