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De viris illustribus meaning "On Illustrious / Famous Men" are various works of exemplary literature with the same title:
- De Viris Illustribus (Petrarch) - A collection of 36 short biographies On Famous Men
- De Viris Illustribus (Jerome) - A collection of 135 short biographies On Illustrious Men
- De Viris Illustribus (Gennadius of Massilia) - a continuation of Jerome's work
- Cornelius Nepos De Viris Illustribus from which Aulus Gellius draws an anecdote of Cato
De hominibus illustribus meaning "On Illustribus / Famous People" are various other literature works with similar titles:
- Boccacio - De cCasibus Virorum Illustrium - A collection of 56 biographies On the Fates of Famous Men
- Boccacio - De mulieribus claris - A collection of 106 biographies On Famous Women
- Cornelius Nepos - Liber De Excellentibus Ducibus Gentium - Lives of Eminent Commanders
- Suetonius - fragmentary Lives including grammarians, rhetoricians, historians, and poets
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