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Leonardo Bruni
1369–1444
A leading voice of early Renaissance humanism, he helped bring Greek learning into Latin and reshaped how history was written. His lively civic ideals and elegant prose made him one of Florence’s most influential scholars and public servants.
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La Seconda e Terza Guerra Punica Tratto da un codice dell'Ambrosiana
by Leonardo Bruni
About the author
Born in Arezzo around 1370, Leonardo Bruni became one of the standout humanists of the early Italian Renaissance. He studied in Florence and built a reputation as a scholar of classical Latin and Greek at a time when recovering ancient learning felt newly urgent.
Bruni served as secretary in the papal chancery and later as chancellor of Florence, a role he held from 1427 until his death in 1444. He was known not only as a statesman but also as a translator and historian, helping make Greek authors more widely available to Latin readers.
He is especially remembered for his history of the Florentine people and for writing about the ancient and medieval past in a fresh way. Modern readers often see him as an important bridge between classical scholarship, public life, and the new historical self-confidence of Renaissance Florence.