3rd-century BC Romans

Roman politician, soldier and writer (234–149 BC)

Titus Maccius Plautus ( ; 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andronicus, the innovator of Latin literature. The word Plautine () refers to both Plautus's own works and works similar to or influenced by his. He influenced some of the greatest figures in literature, including Shakespeare and Molière (The Miser is partly modeled after Plautus's Aulularia).

Quintus Ennius (; ) was a writer and poet who lived during the Roman Republic. He is often considered the father of Roman poetry. He was born in the small town of Rudiae, located near modern Lecce (ancient Calabria, today Salento), a town founded by the Messapians, and could speak Greek as well as Latin and Oscan (his native language). Although only fragments of his works survive, his influence in Latin literature was significant, particularly in his use of Greek literary models.

3rd-century BC Greco-Roman dramatist and epic poet

ancient Roman dramatist

3rd-century BC Roman historian

Roman comic poet (c. 220 BC – c. 166 BC)

Roman consul

Roman general and statesman (died 295 BC)

Roman consul 196 BC and censor 189 BC

Roman politician, historian and writer

Roman consul 186 BC

Roman consul 195 BC

Roman dictator 287 BC

Roman consul in 199 BC

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politician

Roman consul in 199 BCE

Roman consul in 193 BCE

politician (0400-0300)

Roman consul 236 BC

Eldest son of Scipio Africanus (died 170 BC)

Roman praetor 208 BC

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politician

Roman consul in 310 BC

Roman consul 231 BC

praetor 212 BC

ancient Rome politician

Roman army officer

Roman praetor 210 BC

Roman dictator 249 BC

Roman praetor 212 BC

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Roman preator 211 BC

Roman military leader and hero in the First Punic War

Roman envoy sent to Hannibal at Saguntum in 219 BC, and then to Carthage

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tribune of the plebs in 311 BCE

chief magistrate of Capua during the Second Punic War

military Legate

Ancient Roman politician

Roman politician and soldier

Latin grammarian

Roman Republican praetor and tribune of the plebs