Ancient Roman Literature

Below is a list of literary writings from Ancient Rome!

• Virgil

  • Eclogues (c. 42 - 39 BCE)

  • Georgics (c. 37 - 30 BCE)

  • Appendix Vergiliana (c. 30 - 19 BCE)

  • Aeneid (c. 29 - 19 BCE)

• Horace

  • Satires (c. 35 - 20 BCE)

  • Epodes (c. 30 BCE)

  • Odes (c. 23 - 13 BCE)

  • Epistulae (c. 20 - 8 BCE)

  • Ars Poetica (c. 19 BCE)

  • Carmen Saeculare (c. 17 BCE)

• Propertius

  • Elegies (c. 30 - 16 BCE)

• Ovid

  • Amores (c. 30 - 16 BCE)

  • Heroides (c. 25 - 15 BCE)

  • The Art of Love (c. 17 BCE)

  • Metamorphoses (c. 8 CE)

  • Fasti (c. 8 CE)

  • Tristia (c. 9 - 12 CE)

• Lucan

  • Pharsalia or On the Civil War (c. 61 - 65 CE)

• Statius

  • Thebaid (c. 80 - 92 CE)

  • Silvae (c. 89 - 96 CE)

  • Achilleid (c. 95 - 96 CE)

• Florus (Early Roman Empire)

  • Virgilius Orator An Poeta (c. 100 - 130 CE)

• Lucian of Samosata

  • The Dream, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • The Hall, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • The Tyrannicide, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • Zeus Catechized, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • Zeus Rants, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • Prometheus, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • Dialogues of the Gods, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • Dialogues of the Sea Gods, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • Dialogues of the Dead, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • Menippus, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • Icaromenippus, (c. 160 – 165 CE) 

  • The Death of Peregrinus, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • The Sale of Lives, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • The Fisherman, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • The Double Indictment, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • Anacharsis, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • Toxaris, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • A True Story, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • Alexander the False Prophet, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • The Lover of Lies, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • Demonax, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • The Dead Come to Life / Resurrection, (c. 165 – 175 CE) 

  • How to Write History, (c. 175 – 180 CE) 

  • Herodotus or Aetion, (c. 175 – 180 CE) 

  • On Salaried Posts in Great Houses, (c. 175 – 180 CE) 

• Anonymous

  • Alexander Romance (c. 250 - 300 CE)

• Claudian

  • The Complete Works of Claudian (c. 395 - 404 CE)