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Philosophers from Ancient Rome

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

Arulenus RusticusAuthor · BooksQuintus Junius Arulenus Rusticus (c. 35 – 93 AD) was a Roman Senator and a friend and follower of Thrasea Paetus, and like him an ardent admirer of Stoic philosophy.
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,…
CiceroAuthor · BooksMarcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold optimate principles during the…
CyprianAuthor · BooksCyprian (Thascius Caecilius Cyprianus; c. 210 to 14 September 258 AD) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant.
Dio ChrysostomAuthor · BooksIllustration — Orations of Dio Chrysostom edited by Johann Jakob Reiske, 1784. Oration 1, ΠΕΡΙ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΙΑΣ (On Kingship)
FavorinusAuthor · BooksFavorinus of Arelate (c. 80 – c.
Gaius Marius VictorinusAuthor · BooksGaius Marius Victorinus (also known as Victorinus Afer) was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician and Neoplatonic philosopher.
HoraceAuthor · BooksQuintus Horatius Flaccus (8 December 65 BC – 27 November 8 BC), commonly known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading Roman lyric poet during the time of Augustus (also…
JulianAuthor · Books
Lucius Annaeus CornutusAuthor · BooksLucius Annaeus Cornutus was a Stoic philosopher who flourished in the reign of Nero, when his house in Rome was a school of philosophy.
LucretiusAuthor · BooksTitus Lucretius Carus (lang; c. 99 – October 15, 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher.
Marcus AureliusAuthor · BooksMarcus Aurelius (name)
Marcus Cornelius FrontoAuthor · BooksMarcus Cornelius Fronto (c. 100late 160s AD), best known as Fronto, was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician, and advocate.
PersiusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Persius as depicted in the 1630 Italian translation of his works by Francesco Stelluti
PetroniusAuthor · BooksGaius Petronius Arbiter (c. 66 AD; sometimes Titus Petronius Niger) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero.
PhilostratusAuthor · BooksPhilostratus or Lucius Flavius Philostratus (Philostratos; c. 170s – 240s AD), called "the Athenian", was a Greek sophist of the Roman imperial period.
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…
PlotinusAuthor · BooksPlotinus (Plōtînos; c. 204/5 – 270 AD) was an ancient Greek philosopher, born and raised in Roman Egypt.
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.
PorphyryAuthor · Books234 – c. 305) was a Phoenician Neoplatonic philosopher born in Tyre, Roman Phoenicia during Roman rule.
PtolemyAuthor · BooksClaudius Ptolemy (Πτολεμαῖος, Ptolemaios; Claudius Ptolemaeus; c. 100 – 160s/170s AD), better known mononymously as Ptolemy, was a Greco-Roman mathematician, astronomer, astrologer,…
Publilius SyrusAuthor · BooksPublilius Syrus (85–43 BC) was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Roman Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy.
Publius Clodius Thrasea PaetusAuthor · BooksPublius Clodius Thrasea Paetus (AD 42–66; died 66) was a Roman senator who lived in the 1st century AD.
ThemistiusAuthor · BooksThemistius (Themistios; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades (Εὐφραδής, "eloquent"), was a statesman, rhetorician and philosopher.

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