1. Columella- Agricultre
2. Varro- Agriculture
3. Cicero- Roman philosopher, lawyer and politician.
4. Seneca the younger- philosophy (stoic philosophy)
5. Boethius- Stoic philosopher (more of a medieval one but could be classified as a Roman)
6. Tacitus- history
7. Vitruvius- Roman architect who was "rediscovered" in western Europe around 1414.
8. Pliny the Elder- Natural historian, wrote an Encyclopedia; perhaps the first to remain intact until modern times.
9. Pliny the Younger
10. Horace- Roman lyric poet.
Carpe Diem!
HONORARY MENTIONS:
Sallust- Roman historian
Vegetius- who wrote on warfare and veterenary science. Not sure whether to classify him as a Roman or a byzantine or whomever.
Juvenal- Roman Poet
Lucretius-Another Roman poet
Plautus- Roman playwright
Ovid
Livy- Roman historian
Virgil- Roman poet
Martial
Suetonius
Terrence-
Aelian- Roman teacher or rhetoric, who spoke Greek fluently, and wrote a beastiary and some history.
Martianus Capella- From Roman Carthage.
2. Varro- Agriculture
3. Cicero- Roman philosopher, lawyer and politician.
4. Seneca the younger- philosophy (stoic philosophy)
5. Boethius- Stoic philosopher (more of a medieval one but could be classified as a Roman)
6. Tacitus- history
7. Vitruvius- Roman architect who was "rediscovered" in western Europe around 1414.
8. Pliny the Elder- Natural historian, wrote an Encyclopedia; perhaps the first to remain intact until modern times.
9. Pliny the Younger
10. Horace- Roman lyric poet.
Carpe Diem!
HONORARY MENTIONS:
Sallust- Roman historian
Vegetius- who wrote on warfare and veterenary science. Not sure whether to classify him as a Roman or a byzantine or whomever.
Juvenal- Roman Poet
Lucretius-Another Roman poet
Plautus- Roman playwright
Ovid
Livy- Roman historian
Virgil- Roman poet
Martial
Suetonius
Terrence-
Aelian- Roman teacher or rhetoric, who spoke Greek fluently, and wrote a beastiary and some history.
Martianus Capella- From Roman Carthage.
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