COLUMELLA, native of Spain, resided at Rome in the reign of Claudius, B.C. 41–54.
COMMODUS, Roman Emperor, son of Marcus Aurelius, born B.C. 161, died 192.
CTESIPHON. In his defence Demosthenes delivered his famous oration “On the Crown” in B.C. 330.
DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS, Greek orator and statesman, born B.C. 345, died circa 283.
DEMOSTHENES, Greek orator, B.C. 385–322, whose speeches against the encroachments of Philip of Macedon have given the general term “philippics” to powerful invective.
DION CASSIUS, circa 200–250, wrote history of Rome in Greek.
DIONYSIUS HALICARNASSÆUS, Greek rhetorician and historian, born B.C. 29, died B.C. 7. Chief work, Roman Archæology.
DIONYSIUS, the elder, tyrant of Syracuse, B.C. 430–367; besides being a warrior, was a patron of literary men and artists. Built Lautumiæ, the famous prison, called also the “Ear of Dionysius.”
DIODORUS SICULUS, wrote a universal history, flourished circa B.C. 50.
DRUSUS, Roman consul, born B.C. 38.