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Born 114 BCE
Died 50 BCE
Notable Works “Annales” • Lex Hortensia
Cicero
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
Gaius Maecenas, marble bust; in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Gaius Maecenas
Roman diplomat and patron
Marcus Porcius Cato
Roman statesman [234-149 BCE]
Gaius Verres
Roman magistrate
Gaius Asinius Pollio
Roman historian and orator
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Eusebius Symmachus
Roman statesman [circa 345–402]
Publius Sulpicius Rufus
Roman orator
Lucius Licinius Crassus
Roman lawyer
Gaius Laelius Sapiens, the Younger
Roman politician
Gaius Scribonius Curio
Roman statesman [died 53 BCE]
Hortensia
Roman heroine
Lucius Julius Caesar
Roman consul
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Roman ruler
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
mosaic of Virgil with Clio and Melpomene
Virgil
Roman poet
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Tacitus
Tacitus
Roman historian
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
Scipio Africanus the Younger
Roman general