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Golden Age of Latin literature

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1. Catullus

Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. 84 BC – ca. 54 BC) - lyric poet and elegist

2. Horace

Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (Venosa, December 8, 65 BC - Rome, November 27, 8 BC) - lyric poet and satirist

3. Lucretius

Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 99 BC- ca. 55 BC) - poet and philosopher.

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4. Ovid

Publius Ovidius Naso (20 March 43 BC – AD 17 or 18) - elegist, didactic poet and mythological poet

5. Propertius

Sextus Aurelius Propertius born around 50–45 BC - elegiac poet

6. Tibullus

Albius Tibullus (ca. 54-19 BC) - elegiac poet

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7. Virgil

Publius Vergilius Maro (October 15, 70 BC – September 21, 19 BC) - epic, didactic and pastoral poet

8. Cicero

Marcus Tullius Cicero (January 3, 106 BC – December 7, 43 BC) - orator, philosopher and correspondent

9. Publilius Syrus

Publilius Syrus (1st century BC) - writer of maxims

10. Vitruvius

Marcus Vitruvius Pollio (born c. 80–70 BC, died after c. 15 BC) - writer, architect and engineer

11. Livy

Titus Livius (traditionally 59 BC – AD 17) - Historian

12. Sallust

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, (86-34 BC) - historian

13. Julius Caesar

Gaius Julius Caesar, July 13, 100 BC – March 15, 44 BC - Wrote commentaries on his military campaign

14. Cornelius Nepos

Cornelius Nepos (c. 100-24 BC) - biographer

15. Augustus

Augustus (Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus ) born Gaius Octavius Thurinus - (September 23, 63 BC – August 19, AD 14) - First Emperor of the Rome, Poet, and Autobiographer

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The Golden Age of Latin literature based on this list on Wikipedia. See Classical Latin for overview of this period.

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Golden Age of Greek Literature


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