latin authors

gaius iulius caesar

-born and raised in rome

-wrote history

marcus tullius cicero

-born in arpinum

-essayist and orator

cutullus

-born in verona

-poet

horace

-born in venusia

-poet

vergil

-born in mantua

-poet

-wrote the aeneid

ovid

-born in sulmo

-wrote the metamorphoses

tibullus

-known for elegiac poetry

-born in pedum

propertius

-known for elegiac poetry

-born in umbria

juvenal

-known for stinging satire

-born in aquinum

martial

-known for stinging satire

-born in bilbilis

plautus

-wrote comedy

-born in sarsina

terrence

-wrote comedy

-born in carthago

sallust

-historian

-born in amiternum

livy

-historian

-born in patavium

suetonius

-historian

-born in hippo regius

tacitus

-historian

-born in vasio

cornelius nepos

-biographer

-born near verona

pliny the elder

-wrote about scientist

-born in comum

pliny the younger

-wrote letters

-born in comum

venerable bede

-wrote history

-lived and wrote near newcastle

einhard

-wrote a biography about charlemagne

-served in court of charlemagne in aachen

peter abelard

-born in brittany

-wrote an autobiography about his love with heloise

william of tyre

-historian

-born in jerusalem

petrarch

-born near florence

-wrote a series of biographies

lorenzo valla

-wrote about latin grammar

-lived in naples

erasmus

-born in rotterdam

-translated the new testament into latin

thomas more

-wrote utopia, a treatise in latin that describes an ideal state

petrus martyr

-born in italy

-wrote about the new world

juan sepulveda

-theologian who translated aristotle's works into latin

petreus maffeius

-lived in lisbon

-wrote about the history of india

nicolaus copernicus

-astronomer who originally wrote that the sun was the center of the universe

-educated at the university of krakow

galileo galilei

-promoted copernicus's theory

-taught at the university of pisa and padua

johannes kepler

-astronomer

-taught in graz, and later moved to prague

antonius de leeuwenhoek

-born in delft

-microbiologist

ludvig holberg

-born in copenhagen

-wrote iter subterraneum