1st-century writers

Early Christian apostle and missionary (c. AD 5 – c. 64/65)

4th Pope of the Catholic Church

Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)

credited author of the Gospel of Mark and Christian saint; traditionally identified with John Mark (20-68)

one of the four evangelists

Flavius Josephus (born Yosef ben Mattityahu; ) was a Roman–Jewish historian and military leader. Best known for writing The Jewish War, he was born in Jerusalem—then part of the Roman province of Judea—to a father of priestly descent and a mother who claimed Hasmonean royal ancestry.

late 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch

Barnabas (; ; ), born Joseph () or Joses (), was a prominent Christian disciple, identified as an apostle in Acts 14:14. According to Acts 4:36, he was a Cypriot Levite. He undertook missionary journeys as a companion of Paul the Apostle, evangelizing among the "God-fearing" Gentiles who attended synagogues in some of the Hellenized cities of Anatolia. He participated in the Council of Jerusalem ( AD).

author of the Gospel of John; traditionally identified with John the Apostle of Jesus, John of Patmos (author of Revelation), and John the Presbyter

Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful general under Domitian, commanding forces in Roman Britain, and on the Rhine and Danube frontiers. A novus homo, he was consul three times. Frontinus ably discharged several important administrative duties for Nerva and Trajan. However, he is best known to the post-Classical world as an author of technical treatises, especially De aquaeductu, dealing with the aqueducts of Rome.

Christian saint and author of the Book of Revelation

a Roman client prince and the last king of Cappadocia

Roman physician and writer

one of the brothers/cousins of Jesus according to the New Testament

Roman noble woman and poet

1st century Roman politician, poet and writer

Greek critic and rhetorician during the reign of Augustus

1st century Roman senator and consul

1st century Roman Stoic, quaestor and writer