Old Latin-language writers

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).

Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a playwright during the Roman Republic. He was the author of six comedies based on Greek originals by Menander or Apollodorus of Carystus. All six of Terence's plays survive complete and were originally produced between 166 and 160 BC.

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

Roman statesman and writer (fl. c. 312–279 BC)

ancient Roman dramatist

2nd-century BC Roman satirist

2nd century BC Roman noblewoman, mother of the Gracchi

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

Roman politician and general (149–87 BC)

1st century BC Roman historian and writer

1st-century BC Roman historian

2nd-century BC Roman comic playwright

Roman historian

Laevius (died c. 80 BC?) was a Latin poet, of whom practically nothing is known.

translator of Mago

2nd century BC Roman playwright

Roman poet