PERSIUS (34-62).

PERSIUS, a poet of the reign of Nero, was a native of Volaterrae. He
wrote six satires, which are obscure and hard to understand.


LUCAN (39-65).

LUCAN, a nephew of Seneca, wrote an epic poem (not finished) called
_Pharsalia_, upon the civil war between Caesar and Pompey.


PLINY THE ELDER (23-79).

GAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS, of Northern Italy, was a great scholar in
history, grammar, rhetoric, and natural science. His work on
_Natural History_ has come down to us.


STATIUS, MARTIAL, QUINTILIAN, JUVENAL.

STATIUS (45-96), a native of Naples, had considerable poetical talent.
He wrote the _Thebaid_, the _Achilleis_ (unfinished), and the
_Silvae_.

MARTIAL (42-102), wrote sharp and witty epigrams, of which fifteen
books are extant. He was a native of Spain.