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Ancient Rome was filled with drama, both real and fictional. See how Roman writers influenced and responded to their culture through their work.

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Terence,(195?–;159 B.C.), a Roman playwright. His full Latin name was Publius Terentius Afer. See more »

Gaius Valerius Catullus

Catullus Gaius Valerius (84?–54 B.C.), a Roman poet most famous for his elegiac and lyric poetry.

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Horace

Horace (65 B.C.-8 B.C.), a Roman poet. His full name was Quintus Horatius Flaccus.

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Juvenal

Juvenal, (60?–140? A.D.), a Roman satirist. His full name in Latin was Decimus Junius Juvenalis.

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Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Seneca, Lucius Annaeus , a Roman philosopher and dramatist. Seneca's philosophical works are concerned with the wise conduct of life in the spirit of Stoicism.

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Lucius Apuleius

ApuleiusLucius , a Roman writer and philosopher of the second century A.D. His principal work is Metamorphoses , better known by its subtitle, The Golden Ass.

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Lucretius

Lucretius (97?–55? B.C.),a Roman poet and philosopher. His full name was Titus Lucretius Carus.

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Marcus Terentius Varro

Varro, Marcus Terentius (116–27 B.C.), a Roman scholar. He was called “the most learned of the Romans” because of his encyclopedic knowledge.

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Ovid

Ovid (43 B.C.–17 A.D.?), a Roman poet. His full name was Publius Ovidius Naso. Metamorphoses (15 books), written in hexameter, describes miraculous changes from one form to another.

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Plautus

Plautus (254?–184 B.C.), a Roman playwright. His full name was Titus Maccius Plautus.

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Pliny

Pliny the family name of two Roman writers, uncle and nephew.

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Quintilian

Quintilian, a Roman teacher of the first century A.D. His Latin name was Marcus Fabius Quintilianus.

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Terence

Terence,(195?–;159 B.C.), a Roman playwright. His full Latin name was Publius Terentius Afer.

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Virgil

Virgil , or Vergil, (70–19 B.C.), a Roman poet. His full name was Publius Vergilius Maro.

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