dramatists & poets library

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 »

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Gaius Valerius Catullus

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

Horace

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

Juvenal

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

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.

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.

Lucretius

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

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.

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.