| B. C. | |
| 280. | Appius Claudius CÆcus (orator). |
| Before270-about204. | Livius Andronicus. |
| About 269-199. | GnÆus NÆvius. |
| About 254-184. | Titus Maccius Plautus. |
| 239-169. | Quintus Ennius. |
| 234-149. | Marcus Porcius Cato. |
| About 230. | Quintus Fabius Maximus Cunctator (orator). |
| 220-about 130. | Marcus Pacuvius. |
| 216. | Quintus Fabius Pictor. |
| 211. | FabulÆ AtellanÆ introduced. |
| 210. | Lucius Cincius Alimentus. |
| 206. | Quintus CÆcilius Metellus (orator). |
| Before 200-about 165. | Statius CÆcilius (comic poet). |
| 198. | Sextus Ælius (jurist). |
| (?)-196. | Marcus Cornelius Cethegus (orator). |
| About 192-152. | Cato’s son (jurist). |
| 191. | Scipio Nasica (jurist). |
| About 190-159. | Publius Terentius Afer (Terence). |
| 185-129. | Scipio Africanus the younger. |
| 183. | Quintus Fabius Labeo (jurist). |
| (?)-183. | Publius Licinius Crassus (orator), Scipio Africanus the elder. |
| About 180. | Lucius Acilius (jurist). |
| 180 (?)-126. | Gaius Lucilius. |
| (?)-174. | Publius Ælius (jurist). |
| 170-at least 100. | Lucius Accius. |
| 163-133. | Tiberius Gracchus (orator). |
| About 158-about 75. | Publius Rutilius Rufus. |
| 154-121. | Gaius Gracchus (orator). |
| About 154-after 100. | Lucius Ælius PrÆconinus Stilo. |
| About 152-87. | Quintus Lutatius Catulus. |
| About 150. | Lucius Afranius, Titinius (comic poets), Publius Cornelius Scipio, Aulus Postumius Albinus, Gaius Acilius. |
| 143-87. | Marcus Antonius (orator). |
| About 140. | Lucius Cassius Hemina, Gaius LÆlius. |
| 140-91. | Lucius Licinius Crassus (orator). |
| 136. | Lucius Furius Philus (orator and jurist). |
| 133. | Publius Mucius ScÆvola, Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi. |
| 131. | Publius Licinius Crassus Mucianus (jurist). |
| About 130. | Gaius Titius. |
| 122. | Gaius Fannius (orator and historian). |
| 119-67. | Lucius Cornelius Sisenna. |
| 116-27. | Marcus Terentius Varro. |
| 114-50. | Hortensius (orator). |
| 109-32. | Titus Pomponius Atticus. |
| 106-43. | Marcus Tullius Cicero. |
| 105-43. | Decimus Laberius. |
| (?)-103. | Turpilius (comic poet). |
| 102 (?)-44. | Gaius Julius CÆsar. |
| 102-43. | Quintus Cicero. |
| Latter part of the second century. | GnÆus Matius, LÆvius Melissus, Hostius, Aulus Furius, Coelius Antipater, Quintus Valerius Soranus. |
| Before 100-after 30. | Cornelius Nepos. |
| About 99-55 (?). | Titus Lucretius Carus. |
| (?)-at least 91. | Sempronius Asellio (historian). |
| 95. | Quintus Mucius ScÆvola (jurist). |
| About 90. | Lucius Pomponius, Novius (writers of FabulÆ AtellanÆ), Volcacius Sedigitus. |
| (?)-87 | Gaius Julius CÆsar Strabo (tragedian). |
| 87-47. | Gaius Licinius Calvus. |
| 86-35. | Gaius Sallustius Crispus. |
| Early in the first century. | Valerius Antias, Quintus Cornificius. |
| First half of the first century. | Sueius, Gaius Helvius Cinna, Publius Valerius Cato, Gaius Memmius, Ticidas, Aurelius Opilius, Antonius Gnipho, Marcus Pompilius Andronicus, Santra, Servius Sulpicius Rufus. |
| About 84-about 54. | Gaius Valerius Catullus. |
| (?)-at least 82. | Quintus Claudius Quadrigarius (historian). |
| 82-after 37. | Varro Atacinus. |
| 78(?)-42. | Marcus Junius Brutus. |
| (?)-77 | Titus Quinctius Atta. |
| 70-27. | Cornelius Gallus. |
| 70 (?)-8. | Gaius MÆcenas. |
| 70-19. | Publius Vergilius Maro (Virgil). |
| About 70-after 16. | Vitruvius Pollio. |
| 67-5 A. D. | Gaius Asinius Pollio. |
| 65-8. | Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace). |
| About 64-about 17 A. D. | Gaius Julius Hyginus. |
| 64-8 A. D. | Marcus Valerius Messalla. |
| 63-14 A. D. | Gaius Octavius (CÆsar Octavianus Augustus). |
| 63-12 A. D. | Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa. |
| 59-17 A. D. | Titus Livius (Livy). |
| About 55-about 40 A. D. | Seneca (the father). |
| About 54-about 19. | Albius Tibullus. |
| About 54-about 4. | Domitius Marsus. |
| 52-19 A. D. | Decimus Fenestella. |
| About 50. | Publilius Syrus (writer of mimes). |
| About 50-about 15. | Sextus Propertius. |
| (?)-47. | Marcus Calidius. |
| 47-about 30 A. D. | Decimus Valerius Maximus. |
| (?)-45. | Nigidius Figulus. |
| (?)-after 44. | Gaius Oppius. |
| (?)-43. | Aulus Hirtius. |
| (?)-after 43. | Marcus Tullius Tiro. |
| 43-(?). | Lygdamus. |
| 43-17 A. D. | Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid). |
| 40-33 A. D. | Asinius Gallus. |
| About 20. | Pompeius Trogus. |
| 15-19 A. D. | Claudius CÆsar Germanicus. |
| 14-59 A. D. | Domitius Afer. |
| 12. | Gaius Valgius Rufus. |
| Second half of the first century. | Sulpicia, Albinovanus Pedo, Ponticus, Macer, Grattius, Rabirius, Cornelius the Consolatio ad Liviam, Titus Labienus, Marcus Porcius Latro, Gaius Albucius Silus, Quintus Haterius, Lucius Junius Gallio, Arellius Fuscus, Lucius Cestius Pius, Marcus Antistius Labeo, Gaius Ateius Capito. |
| A. D. | |
| First half of the first century. | Manilius, the Ætna Aufidius Bassus, Quintus Remmius PalÆmon, CÆpio, Antonius Castor, Julius Atticus, Lucius Gracchinus, Marcus Apicius, Lucius AnnÆus Cornutus, the Sextii, Gaius Musonius Rufus. |
| About 1. | Verrius Flaccus. |
| About 1-65. | Lucius AnnÆus Seneca (the son). |
| About 3-88. | Asconius Pedianus. |
| 14-37. | Tiberius. |
| About 15-80. | The father of Statius. |
| 16-59. | Agrippina. |
| 23-79. | Gaius Plinius Secundus (Pliny the elder). |
| (?)-25. | Cremutius Cordus. |
| 25-101. | Silius Italicus. |
| (?)-27. | Votienus Montanus. |
| 30. | Velleius Paterculus. |
| (?)-31. | Publius Vitellius. |
| (?)-32. | Cassius Severus. |
| (?)-34. | Mamercus Scaurus. |
| 34-62. | Aulus Persius Flaccus (Persius). |
| About 35-about 100. | Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian). |
| About 35. | Aulus Cornelius Celsus. |
| 37-41. | Caligula. |
| 39-65. | Marcus AnnÆus Lucanus (Lucan). |
| About 40. | PhÆdrus, Columella, Pomponius Mela. |
| About 40-about 95. | Publius Papinius Statius. |
| About 40-about 104. | Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial). |
| 41-54. | Claudius. |
| About 45. | Gaius Cassius Longinus, Proculus. |
| About 50. | Pomponius Secundus, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Suetonius Paulinus. |
| 54-68. | Nero. |
| About 55-about 118. | Cornelius Tacitus. |
| 55(?)-about 135. | Decimus Junius Juvenalis (Juvenal). |
| 56 | Marcus Valerius Probus. |
| About 60. | Titus Calpurnius Siculus. |
| 61 or 62-112 or 113. | Gaius Plinius CÆcilius Secundus (Pliny the younger). |
| (?)-66 | Petronius Arbiter. |
| (?)-67 | GnÆus Domitius Corbulo. |
| 69-79. | Vespasian. |
| About 70. | Saleius Bassus, Curiatius Maternus, Sextus Julius Frontinus. |
| About 70 or 75 to about 150. | Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus. |
| 79-81. | Titus. |
| 81-96. | Domitian. |
| (?)-about 90. | Gaius Valerius Flaccus. |
| 96-98. | Nerva. |
| Time of Nerva and Trajan. | Hyginus, Balbus, Siculus Flaccus, several grammarians, etc. |
| 98-117. | Trajan. |
| About 100-175. | Marcus Cornelius Fronto. |
| About 110-180. | Gaius. |
| 117-138. | Hadrian. |
| Time of Hadrian. | Lucius AnnÆus (?) Florus, Marcus Junianus Justinus (Justin), Salvius Julianus, Quintus Terentius Scaurus. |
| About 125-(?). | Aulus Gellius. |
| About 125-about 200. | Apuleius. |
| 138-161. | Antoninus Pius. |
| Time of Antoninus. | Granius Licinianus, Lucius Ampelius, Sextus Pomponius. |
| Time of Antoninus and M. Aurelius. | Quintus Cervidius ScÆvola. |
| About 160. | Marcus Minucius Felix. |
| About 160-about 230. | Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus (Tertullian). |
| 161-180. | Marcus Aurelius. |
| About 165-230. | Marius Maximus. |
| 180-192. | Commodus. |
| (?)-212. | Æmilius Papinianus. |
| Before 200. | Terentianus Maurus, Juba. |
| 193-211. | Septimius Severus. |
| Second or third century. | The Pervigilium Veneris. |
| About 200. | Helenius Acro, Pomponius Porphyrio, Quintus Sammonicus Serenus. |
| Early in the third century. | Hosidius Geta, Gaius Julius Romanus, Julius Paulus. |
| Third century. | The Disticha Catonis, Cornelius Labeo, Quintus Gargilius Martialis, Aquila Romanus, Gaius Julius Solinus. |
| About 200-258. | St. Cyprian (Thascius CÆcilius Cyprianus). |
| 222-235. | Alexander Severus. |
| (?)-228. | Domitius Ulpianus. |
| 238. | Gordian I. |
| 238. | Censorinus. |
| 249. | Commodianus. |
| About 250. | Ælius Julius Cordus. |
| 260-268. | Gallienus. |
| 270-275. | Aurelian. |
| 275. | Tacitus. |
| 283. | Marcus Aurelius Olympius Nemesianus. |
| 284-305. | Diocletian. |
| Time of Diocletian. | Ælius Spartianus, Julius Capitolinus, Vulcacius Gallicanus, Trebellius Pollio. |
| About 290. | Arnobius. |
| 297. | Eumenius (panegyrist). |
| Latter part of the third century. | Vespa, Marius Plotius Sacerdos. |
| End of the third century. | Ælius Festus Aphthonius. |
| About 300. | Lactantius Firmianus, Reposianus, Gregorianus. |
| Early part of the fourth century. | Ælius Lampridius, Flavius Vopiscus, Nonius, Macrobius, Optatianus, Juvencus. |
| Fourth century. | Itineraries, Peutinger Tablet. |
| About 310-about 395. | Ausonius. |
| About 315-367. | St. Hilary. |
| 321. | Nazarius (panegyrist). |
| About 330. | Hermogenianus. |
| 330-400. | Ammianus Marcellinus. |
| 331-420. | St. Jerome. |
| About 340-397. | St. Ambrose. |
| About 345-405. | Symmachus. |
| 348 to about 410. | Prudentius. |
| About 350. | Marius Victorinus, Ælius Donatus, Charisius, Diomedes, Palladius. |
| 354 (?). | Firmicus Maternus. |
| 354. | The Notitia. |
| 354-430. | St. Augustine. |
| About 360. | Julius Obsequens. |
| 360. | Aurelius Victor. |
| 362. | Mamertinus (panegyrist). |
| 365. | Eutropius. |
| Second half of fourth century. | Dictys Cretensis (L. Septimius). |
| Latter part of the fourth century. | Servius. |
| 369. | Rufius Festus. |
| 370. | (Rufius Festus) Avienus. |
| About 370. | The Querolus. |
| 389. | Drepanius (panegyrist). |
| About 400. | Claudian (Claudius Claudianus), Martianus Capella, Vegetius, Avianus. |
| Early in the fifth century. | Sulpicius Serenus. |
| Fifth century. | Dares. |
| 416. | Namatianus. |
| 417. | Orosius. |
| 438. | Codex Theodosianus. |
| About 450. | Sedulius. |
| End of the fifth century. | Dracontius. |
| About 500. | Priscian. |
| 529. | Code of Justinian. |
| 533. | Pandects and Institutes. |
