SettingsLate Antique Latin-language writers
Aelius Donatus
Aelius Donatus was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric.
Aelius Donatus was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric.
Aelius Festus Aphthonius
Aelius Festus Aphthonius was a Latin grammarian of the 3rd or 4th century, possibly of African origin, and considered to be one of the most important classical rhetoricians.
Aelius Festus Aphthonius was a Latin grammarian of the 3rd or 4th century, possibly of African origin, and considered to be one of the most important classical rhetoricians.
Alcestis Barcinonensis
The so-called Alcestis Barcinonensis is a mythological poem of at least 124 Latin hexameters on the story of Alcestis dying for the sake of her husband Admetus, following by and large the play b...
The so-called Alcestis Barcinonensis is a mythological poem of at least 124 Latin hexameters on the story of Alcestis dying for the sake of her husband Admetus, following by and large the play b...
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius was a Roman grammarian and Neoplatonist philosopher who flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395–423 AD).
Ambrosius Theodosius Macrobius was a Roman grammarian and Neoplatonist philosopher who flourished during the reigns of Honorius and Arcadius (395–423 AD).
Anthimus (physician)
Anthimus (; fl. 511-534) was a Byzantine physician at the court of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great and author of De observatione ciborum ("On the Observance of Foods"), which is a...
Anthimus (; fl. 511-534) was a Byzantine physician at the court of the Ostrogoth king Theodoric the Great and author of De observatione ciborum ("On the Observance of Foods"), which is a...
Apringius
Apringius of Beja was a sixth century Latin Church Father who wrote a commentary on the Book of Revelation.
Apringius of Beja was a sixth century Latin Church Father who wrote a commentary on the Book of Revelation.
Arator
Arator was a sixth century Christian poet from Liguria in northwestern Italy.
Arator was a sixth century Christian poet from Liguria in northwestern Italy.
Arnobius the Younger
Arnobius, Christian priest or bishop in Gaul, flourished about 460.
Arnobius, Christian priest or bishop in Gaul, flourished about 460.
Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo ( or ; Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; November 13, 354 – August 28, 430), also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, St. Austin, St. Augoustinos, Ble...
Augustine of Hippo ( or ; Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis; November 13, 354 – August 28, 430), also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, St. Austin, St. Augoustinos, Ble...
Avianus
Avianus, a Latin writer of fables, generally placed in the 5th century, and identified as a pagan.
Avianus, a Latin writer of fables, generally placed in the 5th century, and identified as a pagan.
Avienus
Avienus was a Latin writer of the 4th century AD. According to an inscription from Bulla Regia, his full name was Postumius Rufius Festus (qui et) Avienius.
Avienus was a Latin writer of the 4th century AD. According to an inscription from Bulla Regia, his full name was Postumius Rufius Festus (qui et) Avienius.
Blossius Aemilius Dracontius
Blossius Aemilius Dracontius (c. 455 – c. 505) of Carthage (according to the early tradition, of Spanish origin), Christian poet, flourished in the latter part of the 5th century.
Blossius Aemilius Dracontius (c. 455 – c. 505) of Carthage (according to the early tradition, of Spanish origin), Christian poet, flourished in the latter part of the 5th century.
Caesarius of Arles
Saint Caesarius of Arles, sometimes called "of Chalon" from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône but more usually known as Caesarius of Arles from the see that he occupied for forty years, was the f...
Saint Caesarius of Arles, sometimes called "of Chalon" from his birthplace Chalon-sur-Saône but more usually known as Caesarius of Arles from the see that he occupied for forty years, was the f...
Cassiodorus
Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator, commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman and writer, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.
Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator, commonly known as Cassiodorus, was a Roman statesman and writer, serving in the administration of Theodoric the Great, king of the Ostrogoths.
Cassius Felix
Cassius Felix is a Roman African medical writer probaby native of Constantina.
Cassius Felix is a Roman African medical writer probaby native of Constantina.
Charisius
Flavius Sosipater Charisius (fl. 4th century) was a Latin grammarian.
Flavius Sosipater Charisius (fl. 4th century) was a Latin grammarian.
Coelius Sedulius
Coelius (or Caelius, both styles of praenomen of doubtful authenticity) Sedulius, was a Christian poet of the first half of the 5th century.
Coelius (or Caelius, both styles of praenomen of doubtful authenticity) Sedulius, was a Christian poet of the first half of the 5th century.
Constantius of Lyon
Constantius of Lyon (fl. c. AD 480) was a priest from what is Auvergne in modern-day France, who wrote a hagiography of Saint Germanus of Auxerre.
Constantius of Lyon (fl. c. AD 480) was a priest from what is Auvergne in modern-day France, who wrote a hagiography of Saint Germanus of Auxerre.
Corippus
Flavius Cresconius Corippus was a late Roman epic poet of the 6th century, who flourished under East Roman Emperors Justinian I and Justin II. His major works are the epic poem Johannis and ...
Flavius Cresconius Corippus was a late Roman epic poet of the 6th century, who flourished under East Roman Emperors Justinian I and Justin II. His major works are the epic poem Johannis and ...
Cyprianus Gallus
Cyprianus Gallus (fl. c. 397–430) was a fifth-century poet who wrote a Late Latin epic versification of the historical books of the Vetus Latina, though only the Heptateuch (Heptateuchos...
Cyprianus Gallus (fl. c. 397–430) was a fifth-century poet who wrote a Late Latin epic versification of the historical books of the Vetus Latina, though only the Heptateuch (Heptateuchos...
Dracontius
Blossius Aemilius Dracontius (c. 455 – c. 505) of Carthage (according to the early tradition, of Spanish origin), Christian poet, flourished in the latter part of the 5th century.
Blossius Aemilius Dracontius (c. 455 – c. 505) of Carthage (according to the early tradition, of Spanish origin), Christian poet, flourished in the latter part of the 5th century.
Egeria (pilgrim)
Egeria or Aetheria was a Gallaeci or Gallic woman who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381–384.
Egeria or Aetheria was a Gallaeci or Gallic woman who made a pilgrimage to the Holy Land about 381–384.
Eucherius of Lyon
Saint Eucherius, bishop of Lyon, was a high-born and high-ranking ecclesiastic in the Christian Church of Gaul.
Saint Eucherius, bishop of Lyon, was a high-born and high-ranking ecclesiastic in the Christian Church of Gaul.
Eutropius (historian)
Flavius Eutropius was an Ancient Roman historian who flourished in the latter half of the 4th century.
Flavius Eutropius was an Ancient Roman historian who flourished in the latter half of the 4th century.
Fabius Planciades Fulgentius
Fabius Planciades Fulgentius (fl. late 5th – early 6th century) was a late-antique period writer.
Fabius Planciades Fulgentius (fl. late 5th – early 6th century) was a late-antique period writer.
Faltonia Betitia Proba
Faltonia Betitia Proba was a Latin Roman Christian poetess, possibly the most influential Latin poetess of Late Antiquity.
Faltonia Betitia Proba was a Latin Roman Christian poetess, possibly the most influential Latin poetess of Late Antiquity.
Festus (historian)
Festus was a Late Roman historian (and proconsul of Africa) whose breviary (summary of the history of Rome, one source was the Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte) was commissioned by the emperor Va...
Festus was a Late Roman historian (and proconsul of Africa) whose breviary (summary of the history of Rome, one source was the Enmannsche Kaisergeschichte) was commissioned by the emperor Va...
Flavius Cresconius Corippus
Flavius Cresconius Corippus was a late Roman epic poet of the 6th century, who flourished under East Roman Emperors Justinian I and Justin II. His major works are the epic poem Johannis and ...
Flavius Cresconius Corippus was a late Roman epic poet of the 6th century, who flourished under East Roman Emperors Justinian I and Justin II. His major works are the epic poem Johannis and ...
Fulgentius Ferrandus
Fulgentius Ferrandus was a canonist and theologian of the African Church in the first half of the 6th century.
Fulgentius Ferrandus was a canonist and theologian of the African Church in the first half of the 6th century.
Fulgentius of Ruspe
Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe was bishop of the city of Ruspe, North Africa, in the 5th and 6th century who was canonized as a Christian saint.
Saint Fulgentius of Ruspe was bishop of the city of Ruspe, North Africa, in the 5th and 6th century who was canonized as a Christian saint.
Gaius Julius Victor
Gaius Julius Victor (4th century) was a Roman writer of rhetoric, possibly of Gaulish origin.
Gaius Julius Victor (4th century) was a Roman writer of rhetoric, possibly of Gaulish origin.
Gaius Marius Victorinus
Gaius Marius Victorinus (also known as Victorinus Afer, fourth century) was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician and Neoplatonic philosopher.
Gaius Marius Victorinus (also known as Victorinus Afer, fourth century) was a Roman grammarian, rhetorician and Neoplatonic philosopher.
Helenius Acron
Helenius Acron (or Acro) was a Roman commentator and grammarian, probably of the 5th century, but whose precise date is not known.
Helenius Acron (or Acro) was a Roman commentator and grammarian, probably of the 5th century, but whose precise date is not known.
Hydatius
Hydatius or Idacius, bishop of Aquae Flaviae in the Roman province of Gallaecia was the author of a chronicle of his own times that provides us with our best evidence for the history of Hi...
Hydatius or Idacius, bishop of Aquae Flaviae in the Roman province of Gallaecia was the author of a chronicle of his own times that provides us with our best evidence for the history of Hi...
Jerome
Saint Jerome (c.â¯347 – 30 September 420; (also Hierom or Jerom) (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; ) was a Roman Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a ...
Saint Jerome (c.â¯347 – 30 September 420; (also Hierom or Jerom) (Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; ) was a Roman Christian priest, confessor, theologian and historian, and who became a ...
Julianus Pomerius
Julianus Pomerius was a Christian priest in fifth century Gaul.
Julianus Pomerius was a Christian priest in fifth century Gaul.
Julius Firmicus Maternus
Julius Firmicus Maternus was an aristocrat of the senatorial class; a Latin writer and notable astrologer, he eventually converted to Christianity, he lived in the reign of Constantine I and his...
Julius Firmicus Maternus was an aristocrat of the senatorial class; a Latin writer and notable astrologer, he eventually converted to Christianity, he lived in the reign of Constantine I and his...
Julius Obsequens
Julius Obsequens was a Roman writer who is believed to have lived in the middle of the fourth century AD. The only work associated with his name is the Liber de prodigiis (Book of Prodigies)...
Julius Obsequens was a Roman writer who is believed to have lived in the middle of the fourth century AD. The only work associated with his name is the Liber de prodigiis (Book of Prodigies)...
Junillus
Junillus Africanus (fl. 541–549) was Quaestor of the Sacred Palace (quaestor sacri palatii) in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and most known from his work on biblical exe...
Junillus Africanus (fl. 541–549) was Quaestor of the Sacred Palace (quaestor sacri palatii) in the court of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and most known from his work on biblical exe...
Junius Philargyrius
Junius Philargyrius was an early commentator on the Bucolica and Georgica of Vergil, dedicated to a certain Valentinianus.
Junius Philargyrius was an early commentator on the Bucolica and Georgica of Vergil, dedicated to a certain Valentinianus.
Juvencus
Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus (Juvenco), known as Juvencus or Juvenk, was a Spanish Christian and composer of Latin poetry in the 4th century.
Gaius Vettius Aquilinus Juvencus (Juvenco), known as Juvencus or Juvenk, was a Spanish Christian and composer of Latin poetry in the 4th century.
Liberatus of Carthage
Liberatus of Carthage (6th century) was an archdeacon and the author of an important history of the Nestorian and Monophysite controversies in the 5th- and 6th-century Christian Church.
Liberatus of Carthage (6th century) was an archdeacon and the author of an important history of the Nestorian and Monophysite controversies in the 5th- and 6th-century Christian Church.
Luxorius
Luxorius was an Ancient Roman poet and writer of epigrams who lived in Carthage, Africa during the last years of the Vandal occupation in the 6th century, under the reign of the Vandal Kings Thr...
Luxorius was an Ancient Roman poet and writer of epigrams who lived in Carthage, Africa during the last years of the Vandal occupation in the 6th century, under the reign of the Vandal Kings Thr...
Magnus Felix Ennodius
Magnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.
Magnus Felix Ennodius was Bishop of Pavia in 514, and a Latin rhetorician and poet.
Mallius Theodorus
Flavius Mallius Theodorus (floruit 376 circa-409) was consul of the Roman Empire in 399, and author of an extant treatise on metres, De metris, one of the best of its kind (H. Keil, Gr...
Flavius Mallius Theodorus (floruit 376 circa-409) was consul of the Roman Empire in 399, and author of an extant treatise on metres, De metris, one of the best of its kind (H. Keil, Gr...
Marcellinus Comes
Marcellinus Comes (fl. 6th century) was a Byzantine chronicler.
Marcellinus Comes (fl. 6th century) was a Byzantine chronicler.
Marcellus Empiricus
Marcellus Empiricus, also known as Marcellus Burdigalensis, was a Latin medical writer from Gaul at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries.
Marcellus Empiricus, also known as Marcellus Burdigalensis, was a Latin medical writer from Gaul at the turn of the 4th and 5th centuries.
Marius Mercator
Marius Mercator (born probably in Northern Africa about 390; died shortly after 451) was a Catholic ecclesiastical writer.
Marius Mercator (born probably in Northern Africa about 390; died shortly after 451) was a Catholic ecclesiastical writer.
Martianus Capella
Martianus Minneus Felix Capella was a pagan writer of Late Antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval education.
Martianus Minneus Felix Capella was a pagan writer of Late Antiquity, one of the earliest developers of the system of the seven liberal arts that structured early medieval education.
Martin of Braga
Saint Martin of Dumio was an archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Hispania, a monastic founder, and an ecclesiastical author.
Saint Martin of Dumio was an archbishop of Bracara Augusta in Hispania, a monastic founder, and an ecclesiastical author.
Maurus Servius Honoratus
Maurus Servius Honoratus was a late 4th-century grammarian, with the contemporary reputation of being the most learned man of his generation in Italy; he was the author of a set of commentaries ...
Maurus Servius Honoratus was a late 4th-century grammarian, with the contemporary reputation of being the most learned man of his generation in Italy; he was the author of a set of commentaries ...
Maximianus (poet)
Maximianus or Maximian was a Latin elegiac poet of the 6th century who has been called "in some sort, the last of the Roman poets".
Maximianus or Maximian was a Latin elegiac poet of the 6th century who has been called "in some sort, the last of the Roman poets".
Merobaudes (poet)
Flavius Merobaudes, Latin rhetorician and poet, probably a native of Baetica in Spain.
Flavius Merobaudes, Latin rhetorician and poet, probably a native of Baetica in Spain.
Paulinus the Deacon
Paulinus the Deacon was the notary of Ambrose of Milan, and his biographer.
Paulinus the Deacon was the notary of Ambrose of Milan, and his biographer.
Pelagonius
Pelagonius (4th century) was an influential Latin writer on veterinary medicine, especially on horses.
Pelagonius (4th century) was an influential Latin writer on veterinary medicine, especially on horses.
Primasius of Hadrumetum
Primasius (d. about 560) was bishop of Hadrumetum and primate of Byzacena, in Africa.
Primasius (d. about 560) was bishop of Hadrumetum and primate of Byzacena, in Africa.
Priscillian
Priscillian was bishop of Ávila and a theologian from Roman Gallaecia, the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy.
Priscillian was bishop of Ávila and a theologian from Roman Gallaecia, the first person in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy.
Prosper of Aquitaine
Saint Prosper of Aquitaine, a Christian writer and disciple of Saint Augustine of Hippo, was the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle.
Saint Prosper of Aquitaine, a Christian writer and disciple of Saint Augustine of Hippo, was the first continuator of Jerome's Universal Chronicle.
Prudentius
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis (now Northern Spain) in 348.
Aurelius Prudentius Clemens was a Roman Christian poet, born in the Roman province of Tarraconensis (now Northern Spain) in 348.
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, commonly referred to simply as Vegetius, was a writer of the Later Roman Empire.
Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus, commonly referred to simply as Vegetius, was a writer of the Later Roman Empire.
Ruricius
Ruricius I (ca.440 to approx.
Ruricius I (ca.440 to approx.
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus was a Roman Imperial poet, notable as the author of a Latin poem, De Reditu Suo, in elegiac metre, describing a coastal voyage from Rome to Gaul in 416.
Rutilius Claudius Namatianus was a Roman Imperial poet, notable as the author of a Latin poem, De Reditu Suo, in elegiac metre, describing a coastal voyage from Rome to Gaul in 416.
Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius
Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, also known as Palladius Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus or just Palladius, was a Roman writer of the 4th century AD.
Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus Palladius, also known as Palladius Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus or just Palladius, was a Roman writer of the 4th century AD.
Severus Sanctus Endelechius
Severus Sanctus Endelechius (or Endelechus) was the writer of De Mortibus Boum (or Bovum), i.e. On the Deaths of Cattle.
Severus Sanctus Endelechius (or Endelechus) was the writer of De Mortibus Boum (or Bovum), i.e. On the Deaths of Cattle.
Sidonius Apollinaris
Gaius Sollius (Modestus) Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris (November 5 of an unknown year, perhaps 430 – August, 489) was a poet, diplomat, and bishop.
Gaius Sollius (Modestus) Apollinaris Sidonius or Saint Sidonius Apollinaris (November 5 of an unknown year, perhaps 430 – August, 489) was a poet, diplomat, and bishop.
Sulpicius Severus
Sulpicius Severus was a Christian writer and native of Aquitania.
Sulpicius Severus was a Christian writer and native of Aquitania.
Symphosius
Symphosius (sometimes, in older scholarship and less properly, Symposius) was the author of the Aenigmata, a collection of 100 Latin riddles of uncertain date.
Symphosius (sometimes, in older scholarship and less properly, Symposius) was the author of the Aenigmata, a collection of 100 Latin riddles of uncertain date.
Tiberius Claudius Donatus
Tiberius Claudius Donatus is a Roman Latin grammarian who has left us a single work, the Interpretationes Vergilianae, a commentary to Virgil.
Tiberius Claudius Donatus is a Roman Latin grammarian who has left us a single work, the Interpretationes Vergilianae, a commentary to Virgil.
Vibius Sequester
Vibius Sequester, is the author of an alphabetical list of geographical names occurring in the Roman poets, with special reference to Virgil, Ovid and Lucan.
Vibius Sequester, is the author of an alphabetical list of geographical names occurring in the Roman poets, with special reference to Virgil, Ovid and Lucan.
Victor of Tunnuna
Victor of Tunnuna (Latin:Victor Tonnensis) (d.
Victor of Tunnuna (Latin:Victor Tonnensis) (d.
Victor Vitensis
Victor Vitensis (b. circa 430) was an African bishop of the Province of Byzacena (called Vitensis from his See of Vita).
Victor Vitensis (b. circa 430) was an African bishop of the Province of Byzacena (called Vitensis from his See of Vita).
Victorius of Aquitaine
Victorius of Aquitaine, a countryman of Prosper of Aquitaine and also working in Rome, produced in 457 an Easter Cycle, which was based on the consular list provided by Prosper's Chronicle.
Victorius of Aquitaine, a countryman of Prosper of Aquitaine and also working in Rome, produced in 457 an Easter Cycle, which was based on the consular list provided by Prosper's Chronicle.