Sentence examples for roman author from inspiring English sources

The Roman author Pliny, in his Natural History, called Muziris "the first emporium of India".

The name Sweden was derived from the Svear, or Suiones, a people mentioned as early as 98 ce by the Roman author Tacitus.

No manuscript in the hand of either a Greek or Roman author is extant, and the earliest extant copies of most works date from centuries after the composition.

Finally, providence was personified as a proper goddess in her own right by Macrobius, a Neoplatonic Roman author, who wrote in defense of paganism about 400 ce.

In his Historia Naturalis (Natural History), the Roman author Pliny the Elder wrote that "so uncertain is men's judgment that they cannot determine even death itself".

The use of clays (probably smectite) as soaps and absorbents was reported in Natural History by the Roman author Pliny the Elder (c. 77 ce).

In her Newnham study, Beard observed that Roman authors varied in their treatment of rape.

He prepared the first printed editions of many works by ancient Greek and Roman authors.

Ancient Roman authors suffered the same setbacks and indignities as modern writers.

But it also produced a severe strain, released through cruel religious rites, which were an embarrassment to later Roman authors.

Late in life, he considered himself a classicist and devoted most of his time to translating Greek and Roman authors.