Herodotus

Herodotus (Greek: Ἡρόδοτος, Hērodotos) is one of Greece's first historians. His major work was the Histories, which chronicled the rise of the Persian Empire and its subsequent clash with Greece…

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Old Latin

For this site, Old Latin is the name given to Latin from its first literary production with Livius Andronicus in c. 240 until the career of Cicero begins in 80 BCE.…

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Grattius

Life Very little is known of Grattius. Ovid mentions him as a contemporary, but he is otherwise not mentioned in any extant sources. One scholar reportedly saw the name Faliscus attached…

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Celsus

Life Nothing for certain is known about the life of Aulus Cornelius Celsus. Pliny the Elder’s reference to his works in the Historia Naturalis (written 77 CE) provides the terminus ante quem for his life,…

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Persius

Life Thanks to a biography of him by Valerius Probus, we are fortunate to know a good amount about Aulus Persius Flaccus. He was born 6 December 34 CE in Volterra,…

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Suetonius

Life For a man who chronicled much of Roman history, the life of Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus is actually for the most part shrouded in mystery. His date of birth and…

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