Roman author
Ancient Italian scribe
A Roman author is a writer from ancient Rome, typically composing works in Latin during the Roman Republic or Empire.
The term appears in historical and literary contexts: Virgil is the most celebrated Roman author, She specializes in Roman authors of the imperial period.
Distinguished from Greek authors, though many Roman authors wrote in both languages.
- Augustan agePeriod of literary refinement
- silver ageNotable but inferior epoch
- epicureanismPursuit of refined pleasures
- stoicismUncomplaining acceptance of difficulty
- Latin languageClassical Mediterranean language
epic · in medias res · epistle · satire · elegy · carpe diem · Seneca · golden age · Ovid · Virgil · rhetoric · Cicero · tragedy · comedy · political theory · pastoral · Pax Romana · eternal city
Roman authorGreek author
Writer from Greece
Greek poet · Greek philosopher · Homer · Sophocles · Plato
Roman, Rome, Romans, romance, Romance, romances, romantic, romantically, romanticism