De viris illustribus
De viris illustribus (Latin for "On famous men " ) is the title of various collections of short biographies of various authors:
- Suetonius - fragmentarily preserved; contained short biographies of famous Roman literature
- Cornelius Nepos - partially preserved; Biographies not Roman generals and Latin historians
- Jerome - 135 Biographies
- Gennadius of Marseilles - expansion of the collection of Jerome
- Francesco Petrarch - 36 Biographies
Similar denominated works:
- Giovanni Boccaccio - De casibus virorum Illustrium and De claris mulieribus (a collection of 106 biographies of famous women)
- Literary work
- Literature ( Latin)
- Biographical reference book