An accomplished poet, philosopher, rhetorician, and humorist, Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) was also the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced.
Ancient Chinese philosopher and author of the Tao Te Ching, the foundational text of Taoism along with the Zhuangzi
Was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy.