Famous people from Roman

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Author Profession Quotes Year
Augustus, Tiny Augustus Royalty 3 63 BC - 14
Aulus Gellius Author 3
Ausonius, Tiny Ausonius Poet 5 310 - 395
Boethius Philosopher 6
Caecilius Statius Poet 4
Cato the Younger, Tiny Cato the Younger Politician 4 95 BC - 46 BC
Cicero, Tiny Cicero Philosopher 130 106 BC - 43 BC
Claudius, Tiny Claudius Leader 6 10 BC - 54
Flavius Josephus Historian 4
Germanicus Soldier 1 15 BC - 19
Horace, Tiny Horace Poet 84 65 BC - 8 BC
Julius Caesar, Tiny Julius Caesar Leader 23 100 BC - 44 BC
Juvenal, Tiny Juvenal Poet 17 55 - 135
Lucan Poet 6
Lucretius Poet 21 94 BC - 55 BC
Marcus Aurelius, Tiny Marcus Aurelius Soldier 69 121 - 180
Marcus Terentius Varro, Tiny Marcus Terentius Varro Author 6 116 BC - 27 BC
Marcus V. Pollio Architect 28 80 BC - 15 BC
Marcus Valerius Martial, Tiny Marcus Valerius Martial Poet 9 41 - 104
Ovid, Tiny Ovid Poet 88 43 BC - 18
Phaedrus Poet 20 15 BC - 50
Plautus, Tiny Plautus Playwright 43 254 BC - 184 BC
Pliny the Elder Author 16
Pontius Pilate Politician 10
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, Tiny Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus Writer 7
Quintilian Educator 38
Quintus Ennius, Tiny Quintus Ennius Poet 8 239 BC - 169 BC
Quintus Tullius Cicero Soldier 2
Saint Augustine Saint 56 354 - 430
Sallust, Tiny Sallust Historian 34 86 BC - 34 BC
Seneca, Tiny Seneca Philosopher 9 4 BC - 65
Seneca the Younger, Tiny Seneca the Younger Statesman 126 5 BC - 65
Sextus Propertius Poet 16 50 BC - 15 BC
Tacitus, Tiny Tacitus Historian 30 56 - 117
Terence, Tiny Terence Playwright 34 185 BC - 159 BC
Tertullian Author 28
Tiberius, Tiny Tiberius Statesman 5 42 BC - 37
Titus Statesman 1
Titus Livius Historian 31 59 BC - 17
Virgil, Tiny Virgil Writer 64 70 BC - 19 BC