Ancient Rome

Profiles Index

Equites
Equites

Trajan - Roman Emperor Marcus Ulpius Traianus or Trajan
Profile of the Roman Emperor Trajan.

Lares, Larvae, Lemures, and Manes - Roman Ghosts
Spirits of the Dead - Lares, Larvae, Lemures, and Manes. The Romans believed the spirits of the dead became lares, manes or lemures (larvae).

Roman Military Leaders
Descriptions of nine Roman military leaders listed in alphabetical order.

Roman Republican Government Bodies
The Roman Republican form of government had three branches, the consul, the senate, and the assembly, and these three branches of Republican Rome meant that there were elements of monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy in the Roman Republican form of government.