Biographies of Romans (Representatives of culture)
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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
Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Elder on the nineteenth-century image. Interestingly, in a letter from Pliny the Younger to Tacitus about the eruption of Vesuvius, Pliny the Elder is presented as a very fat person, so the artist’s image seems to be wrong. ... Read more
Favorinus of Arelate
Sophist Favorinus of Arelate (today Arles in the south of France) lived in the years around 80-160 CE and was a famous sophist and philosopher. Although he was Gaul, he mastered Greek to perfection, which made him an acknowledged and ... Read more
Polemon of Laodicea
Polemon of Laodicea Polemon is considered one of the greatest orators of the imperial period. He came from Laodicea in Caria (Asia Minor), from a famous senatorial family. He spent most of his life in Smyrna, which is why he ... 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
Claudius Ptolemy
Print showing Claudius Ptolemy. Claudius Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus) was born around 100 CE. He was a Greek astronomer, mathematician and geographer. He lived in Egypt, which at that time belonged to the Roman Empire. We don’t know much about his ... 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
Apuleius of Madaura
(Lucius) Apuleius, also known as Apuleius of Madaura, was born in Madaura in about 125 CE. He was a Berber writer and philosopher. His name is a controversial issue, it is presumed on the basis of one of his works ... Read more
Tertullian
Tertullian Tertullian (Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus) was born around 150 CE. He was a Latin theologian from North Africa who converted to Christianity in 190. At that time, he became his worst apologist at that time. Tertullian’s teaching is a ... Read more
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