Livius Andronicus

Livius Andronicus

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Lucius Livius Andronicus (280/260 BC?-200 BC?), was a Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet who produced the first Roman dramatic work and translated...
Cato The Elder

Cato The Elder

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Marcus Porcius Cato (Latin: <small>M·PORCIVS·M·F·CATO</small>) (234 BC, Tusculum-149 BC) was a Roman statesman, surnamed the Censor ("Ce...
Plautus

Plautus

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Titus Macchius Plautus, generally referred to simply as Plautus, was a playwright of Ancient Rome. He is believed to have been born in Sarsina (a...
Ennius

Ennius

Quintus Ennius (239 - 169 BC) was a writer during the period of the Roman Republic, and is often considered the father of Roman poetry. He was of...
Appius Claudius Caecus

Appius Claudius Caecus

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Appius Claudius Caecus ("the blind"; ca. 340 BC-273 BC) was a Roman politician from a wealthy patrician family.
Caecilius Statius

Caecilius Statius

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Caecilius Statius, or Statius Caecilius (died 168 (or 166) BC) was a Roman comic poet. A contemporary and intimate friend of Ennius, he was born in...

Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius

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Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius, Roman annalist, living probably in the first century BC, wrote a history, in at least twenty-three books, which...

Titus Quinctius Atta

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Titus Quinctius Atta (d. 77 BC) was a Roman comedy writer, was, like Titinius and Afranius, distinguished as a writer of "fabulae togatae",...

Valerius Antias

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Valerius Antias, Roman annalist living apparently in the first century BC, a younger contemporary of Quadrigarius, wrote the history of Rome from...
Terence

Terence

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Publius Terentius Afer, better known as Terence, was a comic playwright of the Roman Republic. His date of birth is disputed; Aelius Donatus, in...