There are unfortunately only fragments left of his Annals, tragedies, and from his prose work Euhemerus. Ennius has been considered the father of Roman poetry. Septem Locutiones Latinae ex Aulularia, Fabula PlautiĮnnius was a writer and poet, as well as a Roman soldier from Rudiae in southern Italy. Suggested reading in Latin: The Life And Works Of Plautus (video in Latin) These plays are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived history in their entirety. He wrote about 130 plays, out of which 20 have survived. Plautus was a playwright from Sarsina in northern Italy. He is famous for angering the Metellus family with his satire and was ultimately exiled from Rome. Naevius was an epic poet and playwriter/dramatist. He has been considered to be the father of Latin literature. He translated Greek literature to Latin but also wrote tragedies and comedies. Lucius Livius Andronicus, c.284‑c.205 B.C.Īndronicus was an epic poet originally from Greece who came to Rome as a slave.
The list contains Roman authors who wrote works in Latin those only writing in Greek have been excluded. At the end of the list, after the last century, you will also find a category called “Unknown date.” If no exact years are known, but known contemporaries are, the author has been sorted in close vicinity of said contemporary. If only a vague century for the author’s active years is known, he/she has been sorted under that century. If no birth year is known, but a year of death is, the author has been sorted after that in relation to other authors.
The authors are, as far as possible, arranged after their birth year. The list is divided into centuries to make it easier to navigate.
We’ve included a few short sentences about each author to give you a quick overview of who they were and what they wrote. Here we have gathered a list, a chronology, of Roman authors who wrote in Latin from the 3rd century B.C.
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