Chronological List of Latin Writers & Works (with dates)

Archaic & Republican Rome (3rd–1st c. BC)

• Naevius (c. 270–201 BC)
• Plautus (c. 254–184 BC)
• Cato the Elder (234–149 BC)
• Ennius (239–169 BC)
• Terence (c. 195–159 BC)
• Lucretius (c. 99–55 BC)
• Catullus (c. 84–54 BC)
• Cicero (106–43 BC)
• Varro (116–27 BC)
• Sallust (86–35 BC)
• Nepos (c. 110–25 BC)
• Virgil (70–19 BC)
• Horace (65–8 BC)
• Tibullus (c. 55–19 BC)
• Propertius (c. 50–15 BC)
• Livy (59 BC–AD 17)
• Ovid (43 BC–AD 17)

Early Imperial Rome (1st–2nd c. AD)

• Velleius Paterculus (c. 19 BC–AD 31)
• Manilius (fl. c. AD 10)
• Valerius Maximus (fl. c. AD 30)
• Phaedrus (c. 15 BC–AD 50)
• Seneca (c. 4 BC–AD 65)
• Lucan (AD 39–65)
• Petronius (d. AD 66)
• Persius (AD 34–62)
• Pliny the Elder (AD 23–79)
• Pliny the Younger (AD 61–113)
• Quintilian (c. AD 35–100)
• Martial (c. AD 40–104)
• Juvenal (late 1st–early 2nd c.)
• Tacitus (c. AD 56–120)
• Suetonius (c. AD 69–122)
• Gaius (Jurist) (fl. c. AD 160)
• Frontinus (c. AD 40–103)
• Hyginus (fl. 1st c.)
• Silius Italicus (c. AD 26–101)
• Statius (c. AD 45–96)
• Valerius Flaccus (fl. AD 70–90)
• Sulpicia (late 1st c.)

Late Roman & Early Christian (2nd–5th c.)

• Apuleius (c. AD 124–170)
• Gellius (c. AD 125–180)
• Tertullian (c. AD 155–220)
• Minucius Felix (late 2nd–early 3rd c.)
• Arnobius (c. AD 250–330)
• Lactantius (c. AD 250–325)
• Ammianus Marcellinus (c. AD 330–395)
• Ausonius (c. AD 310–395)
• Ambrosius (Ambrose) (c. AD 340–397)
• Augustine (AD 354–430)
• Claudian (c. AD 370–404)
• Prudentius (c. AD 348–413)
• Orosius (c. AD 375–418)
• Rutilius Namatianus (fl. c. AD 415)
• Theodosian Code (AD 438)
• Avianus (fl. 4th–5th c.)

Early Medieval Latin (6th–9th c.)

• Jordanes (6th c.)
• Cassiodorus (c. AD 485–585)
• Gregory of Tours (c. AD 538–594)
• Gregory the Great (c. AD 540–604)
• Isidore of Seville (c. AD 560–636) (implicit influence)
• Paulus Diaconus (c. AD 720–799)
• Bede (contextual)
• Alcuin (c. AD 735–804)
• Einhard (c. AD 770–840)
• Theganus (fl. 9th c.)
• Nithardus (c. AD 795–844)

High Medieval Latin (10th–13th c.)

• Asserius (c. AD 900)
• Adso of Dervensis (c. AD 910–992)
• Hugo of St. Victor (c. AD 1096–1141)
• Peter Abelard (1079–1142)
• Godfrey of Winchester (fl. 12th c.)
• Ricardus de Bury (1287–1345)
• Iacobus de Voragine (c. 1230–1298)
• Albertano of Brescia (c. 1195–1251)
• Aquinas (Thomas Aquinas) (1225–1274)
• Bonaventure (1221–1274)
• Legenda Regis Stephani (12th c.)
• Gesta Romanorum (late 13th c.)

Renaissance & Neo-Latin (14th–17th c.)

• Dante (1265–1321)
• Petrarch (1304–1374)
• Boccaccio (context)
• Poggio Bracciolini (1380–1459)
• Piccolomini (Pius II) (1405–1464)
• Marsilio Ficino (1433–1499)
• Sannazaro (1458–1530)
• Pontano (1429–1503)
• Conradus Celtis (1459–1508)
• Erasmus (1466–1536)
• Luther (1483–1546)
• Melanchthon (1497–1560)
• Scaliger (1540–1609)
• Campion (1540–1581)
• Girolamo Vida (1485–1566)
• Navagero (1483–1529)
• Janus Secundus (1511–1536)

Early Modern to Modern Latin

• Galileo (1564–1642)
• Descartes (1596–1650)
• Milton (1608–1674)
• Newton (1643–1727)
• Vico (1668–1744)
• Landor (1775–1864)
• Rimbaud (1854–1891)
• Pascoli (1855–1912)

Documents, Genres, and Collective Works

• Biblia Sacra (Vulgate) (late 4th c.)
• Christian Creeds (4th–5th c.)
• Roman Epitaphs (1st c. BC–4th c. AD)
• Ius Romanum (1st–6th c.)
• Disticha Catonis (3rd–4th c.)
• Septem Sapientum (late antique compilation)
• Magna Carta (1215)
• Declaratio Arbroathis (1320)
• Foedus Aeternum (1585)
• Medieval Latin (c. 500–1500)
• Neo-Latin (c. 1400–1800)