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Writers from Ancient Rome

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

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Severus Sanctus EndelechiusAuthor · BooksSeverus Sanctus Endelechius (or Endelechus) was a 4th century poet and rhetorician, and the writer of De Mortibus Boum (or Bovum), i.e. On the Deaths of Cattle.
Sextus PlacitusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Sextus Placitus depicted in a manuscript of his book Medicinae ex animalibus. Lombardy, circa 1400.
Sidonius ApollinarisAuthor · BooksGaius Sollius Modestus Apollinaris Sidonius, better known as Sidonius Apollinaris (5 November, c. 430 – 481/490 AD), was a poet, diplomat, and bishop.
Silius ItalicusAuthor · BooksTiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus (lang; c. 26 – c.
Soranus of EphesusAuthor · BooksIllustration — Soranus of Ephesus, Gynaecology, in a Latin version of late antiquity: positions of the embryo in the uterus. The illustrations in this manuscript of c.
SulpiciaAuthor · BooksSulpicia is believed to be the author, in the first century BCE, of six short poems (some 40 lines in all) written in Latin which were published as part of the corpus of Albius Tibullus's…
Sulpicius SeverusAuthor · BooksSulpicius Severus (c. 363 – c.
TacitusAuthor · BooksPublius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus (lang; c. AD 56 – c.
TerenceAuthor · BooksPublius Terentius Afer (c. 195/185 – c.
ThemistiusAuthor · BooksThemistius (Themistios; 317 – c. 388 AD), nicknamed Euphrades (Εὐφραδής, "eloquent"), was a statesman, rhetorician and philosopher.
Theodorus PriscianusAuthor · BooksTheodorus Priscianus was a physician in Constantinople during the fourth century, and the author of the Latin work Rerum Medicarum in four books.
Titus LiviusAuthor · BooksTitus Livius (lang; 59 BC – AD 17), known in English as Livy, was a Roman historian.
UlpianAuthor · BooksUlpian (Gnaeus Domitius Annius Ulpianus; c. 170223 or 228) was a Roman jurist, born in Tyre in Roman Syria (modern Lebanon).
Varro AtacinusAuthor · BooksPublius Terentius Varro Atacinus (82 – c. 35 BC) was a Roman poet, more polished in his style than the more famous and learned Varro Reatinus, his contemporary, and therefore more widely…
Vibius SequesterAuthor · BooksVibius Sequester (active in the 4th or 5th century AD) is the Latin author of lists of geographical names.
VirgilAuthor · BooksPublius Vergilius Maro (15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period.
VitruviusDesigner · DesignVitruvius (lang; c. 80–70 BC – after c.

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