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Silver Age Latin writers
- TacitusPublius Cornelius Tacitus was born in 56 or 57 AD into an equestrian family. His birthplace remains unknown, though scholars suggest Gallia Narbonensis or…
- JuvenalThe name Decimus Junius Juvenalis appears in a single inscription found at Aquinum, yet the life of this Roman poet remains shrouded in speculation.
- Pliny the ElderGaius Plinius Secundus arrived in the world at Como during 23 or 24 AD. His father was an equestrian named Gaius Plinius Celer and his mother bore the name…
- PetroniusGaius Petronius Arbiter lived during the reign of Emperor Nero in ancient Rome. He served as suffect consul in 62 AD, a high political office that placed him…
- MartialMarcus Valerius Martialis was born in the town of Augusta Bilbilis, now known as Calatayud, during March between 38 and 41 AD.
- Seneca the YoungerLucius Annaeus Seneca the Younger was born in Colonia Patricia Corduba, now known as Córdoba, within the Roman province of Baetica.
- PersiusAulus Persius Flaccus arrived in the capital at age twelve. He came from Volterra, a small Etruscan city near Pisa. His family held equestrian rank and good…
- SuetoniusGaius Suetonius Tranquillus likely entered the world around AD 69. Scholars deduce this date from his own description of himself as a young man twenty years…
- StatiusPublius Papinius Statius grew up in the Bay of Naples during the early years of the first century. His father, a native of Velia, moved to Rome and taught…
- Gaius (jurist)Gaius flourished between the years 130 and 180 during the reigns of four Roman emperors. His personal life remains a mystery to modern historians, with…
- QuintilianMarcus Fabius Quintilianus arrived in the world around 35 AD within the town of Calagurris, now known as Calahorra in La Rioja.
- Pliny the YoungerGaius Caecilius Cilo was born in Novum Comum around 61 AD. His father Lucius died when the boy was still young. Pliny lived with his mother after that loss.
- LucanMarcus Annaeus Lucanus arrived in the Roman colony of Corduba on the 3rd of November AD 39. He entered a wealthy family with central Italic origins that…
- ApuleiusApuleius was born in Madauros, a colonia on the North African coast bordering Gaetulia. He described himself as half-Numidian and half-Gaetulian.
- FrontinusSextus Julius Frontinus emerged from a background that left few traces in the historical record. No titulus honorarius or sepulcralis outlines his life…