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Also Known As Tiberius Catius Asconius Silius Italicus
Born c.26 • Padua • Italy
Died 102
Notable Works “Punica”
mosaic of Virgil with Clio and Melpomene
Virgil
Roman poet
Quintus Ennius
Roman author
Lucan
Roman author
Statius
Roman poet
Lucius Livius Andronicus
Roman author
Gaius Valerius Flaccus
Roman poet
Claudian
Roman author
Gnaeus Naevius
Roman writer
Gaius Helvius Cinna
Roman poet
Flavius Cresconius Corippus
Latin poet
Albinovanus Pedo
Roman poet
Horace, bronze medal, 4th century; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Horace
Roman poet
Cicero
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
Catullus, bust in Sirmione, Italy.
Catullus
Roman poet
Sextus Propertius
Roman poet
Lucretius
Lucretius
Latin poet and philosopher
Martial
Roman poet
Juvenal
Juvenal
Roman poet
St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose
bishop of Milan
Albius Tibullus
Roman poet

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