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Historians from Ancient Rome

42 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

AelianAuthor · BooksIllustration — Imaginary portrait of Aelian from a 1610 edition of the Varia Historia
AppianAuthor · BooksAD 165) was a Greek historian with Roman citizenship who prospered during the reigns of the Roman Emperors Trajan, Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius.
Aufidius BassusAuthor · BooksAufidius Bassus was a renowned Roman historian and orator who lived in the reign of Augustus and Tiberius.
Augustine of HippoAuthor · BooksAugustine of Hippo (USalso; Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also well-known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian theologian and philosopher from Thagaste,…
Aulus Postumius AlbinusAuthor · BooksHe was born in Ancient Rome.
Aurelius VictorAuthor · BooksSextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c.
ClaudiusAuthor · BooksTiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (1 August 10 BC – 13 October AD 54), or simply Claudius, was a Roman emperor, ruling from AD 41 until his death in AD 54.
Cornelius NeposAuthor · BooksCornelius Nepos (c. 110 BC – c.
EnniusAuthor · BooksQuintus Ennius (lang; c. 239) was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic.
Gaius Asinius GallusAuthor · BooksGaius Asinius Gallus (before 38 BC – AD 33) was a Roman senator, son of Gaius Asinius Pollio and Quinctia.
Julius CaesarAuthor · BooksGaius Julius Caesar (12 or 13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a Roman general, statesman, and author who was the dictator of the Roman Republic almost continuously from 49 BC until his…
Julius ObsequensAuthor · BooksJulius Obsequens was a Roman writer active in the 4th or early 5th centuries AD, during late antiquity.
JuvenalAuthor · BooksDecimus Junius Juvenalis (lang), known in English as Juvenal (c. AD 55–128), was a Roman poet.
Latinius Pacatus DrepaniusAuthor · BooksLatinius Pacatus Drepanius (fl. 389–393), one of the Latin panegyrists, flourished at the end of the 4th century AD.
LucanAuthor · BooksMarcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan, was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day Córdoba, Spain).
Lucius Annaeus FlorusAuthor · BooksThree main sets of works are attributed to Florus (a Roman cognomen): Virgilius orator an poeta, the Epitome of Roman History and a collection of 14 short poems (66 lines in all).
Lucius Cassius HeminaAuthor · BooksLucius Cassius Hemina (2nd centuryBC) was a Roman historian.
Lucius Cincius AlimentusAuthor · BooksLucius Cincius Alimentus (about200BC) was a celebrated Roman annalist, jurist, and provincial official.
Marcus Aemilius ScaurusAuthor · BooksMarcus Aemilius Scaurus (c. 159 – c.
Marcus Cluvius RufusAuthor · BooksMarcus Cluvius Rufus was a Roman consul, senator, governor, and historian who was mentioned on several occasions by Tacitus, Suetonius, Cassius Dio, Josephus and Plutarch.
Marcus Valerius Messalla CorvinusAuthor · BooksMarcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus (consul 58)
Marcus Velleius PaterculusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Illustrated title page of the 1520 editio princeps, edited by Beatus Rhenanus
Pliny the ElderAuthor · BooksGaius Plinius Secundus (Como, 23 or 24 – Stabiae, 25 August 79), known in English as Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, scientist, naval and army commander of the early Roman…
PlutarchAuthor · BooksPlutarch (Ploútarchos; before CE 50 – after 120) was a Greek and later Roman Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo in Delphi.
PolyaenusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Polyaenus, Stratagems in War, 1821
Pomponius MelaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Statue of Pomponius Mela in Ceuta, Spain, erected 2009
PorphyryAuthor · Books234 – c. 305) was a Phoenician Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule.
Quintus Aurelius Memmius SymmachusAuthor · BooksQuintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus (died 526) was a 6th-century Roman aristocrat, a historian and a supporter of Nicene Christianity.
Quintus Claudius QuadrigariusAuthor · BooksQuintus Claudius Quadrigarius was a Roman historian. Little is known of his life, but he probably lived in the 1st century BCE.
Quintus Curtius RufusAuthor · BooksQuintus Curtius Rufus was a Roman historian, likely active in the 1st century AD. He is known solely for his surviving work, Historiae Alexandri Magni ("Histories of Alexander the Great"),…
Quintus Lutatius CatulusAuthor · BooksQuintus Lutatius Catulus (149–87 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic in 102 BC. His consular colleague was Gaius Marius.
Silius ItalicusAuthor · BooksTiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (lang; c. 26 – c.
Sulpicius SeverusAuthor · BooksSulpicius Severus (c. 363 – c.
TacitusAuthor · BooksPublius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (lang; c. AD 56 – c.
Titus LiviusAuthor · BooksTitus Livius (lang; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian.

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