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Jerome
Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian priest, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome.
Mesrop Mashtots
Armenian theologian and linguist (362–440)
Ulfilas
Ulfilas (; – 383), known also as Wulfila(s) or Urphilas, was a 4th-century Gothic preacher of Cappadocian Greek descent. He was the apostle to the Gothic people.
Tyrannius Rufinus
monk, historian, and theologian
Avienius
Postumius Rufius Festus Avienius (or Avienus) was a Latin writer of the 4th century AD. He was a native of Volsinii in Etruria, from the distinguished family of the Rufii Festi.
Isaac of Armenia
Armenian saint
Calcidius
right|thumb|Tenth-century manuscript of Calcidius' Timaeus translation and commentary now in the Vatican Library. Calcidius (or Chalcidius) was a 4th-century philosopher who translated the first part (to 53c) of Plato's Timaeus from Greek into Latin around the year 321 and provided with it an extensive commentary. This was likely done for Bishop Hosius of Córdoba. Very little is otherwise known of him.
Gaius Marius Victorinus
Roman philosopher, theologian and writer
Dharmarakṣa
'''''' (; J. Jiku Hōgo; K. Ch'uk Pŏpho; c. 233–310) was one of the most important early translators of Mahayana sutras into Chinese. Several of his translations had profound effects on East Asian Buddhism. He is described in scriptural catalogues as Yuezhi in origin.
Dao'an
'''Dao'an''' (; 312–385) was a Buddhist monk, author and bibliographer, during the Eastern Jin dynasty. He was from what is now Hebei. His main importance was that of overseer of translation of Buddhist texts into Chinese, organizer of the Chinese sangha, author of exegetical works and compiler of the most important early catalogue of Chinese Buddhist translation in 374. Although this catalogue is itself lost, Sengyou reproduces much of it in his catalogue (T2145) completed in 515.
Julius Valerius Alexander Polemius
ancient Roman writer, translator, soldier and politician from the 4th century
Pseudo-Hegesippus
Pseudo-Hegesippus is the conventional name of the anonymous author of De excidio Hierosolymitano ("On the Destruction of Jerusalem"), a fourth-century Christian Latin adaptation of The Jewish War of Flavius Josephus. The text itself may also be referred to as "Pseudo-Hegesippus".