QUINTILIAN (35-95), was also a native of Spain. He was a teacher of
eloquence for many years in Rome. His work _On the Training of an
Orator_, is preserved.

JUVENAL(47-130), of Aquínum, was a great satirist, who described and
attacked bitterly the vices of Roman society. Sixteen of his satires
are still in existence.

TACITUS (54-119). CORNELIUS TACITUS was the great historian of his
age. His birthplace is unknown. His writings are interesting and of a
high tone, but often tinged with prejudice, and hence unfair. He
wrote,--

1. A dialogue on orators.
2. A biography of his father-in-law,
Agricola.
3. A description of the habits of the people of Germany.
4. A history of the reigns of Galba, Otho, Vespasian, Titus, and
Domitian (_Historiae_).
5. _Annales_, a narrative of the events of the reigns of Tiberius,
Caligula, Claudius, and Nero.


PLINY THE YOUNGER (62-113). Pliny the Younger was the adopted son of
Pliny the Elder. He was a voluminous correspondent. We have nine books
of his letters, relating to a large number of subjects, and presenting
vivid pictures of the times in which he lived. Their diction is fluent
and smooth.