OVIDIUS PUBLIUS NASO (Ovid), Roman poet, B.C. 43–B.C. 18, enjoyed the patronage of Augustus until banished B.C. 8. Chief works—Amores, De Arte Amandi, Fasti.
PATERCULUS, Roman historian, born circa B.C. 19, died B.C. 31.
PAUSANIAS, Greek writer, flourished circa B.C. 120–140.
PERSEUS, or PERSES, last King of Macedonia. Ascended the throne B.C. 178.
PESCENIUS NIGER, became Roman Emperor in 193.
PETRONIUS, died B.C. 66, Roman author, lived at the court of Nero, and acquired celebrity for his licentiousness.
PHILIP of Macedon, born 382, assassinated 336.
PLATO, born B.C. 429, died 347.
PLAUTUS, Roman comedy writer, born circa B.C. 255, died 184.
PLINY. There were two Plinys—one born B.C. 23, the other, nephew of the preceding, B.C. 62. The former was a naturalist; the latter a pleader and soldier, whose chief writings are his account of the Christians and Epistles.