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Famous People of Ancient Rome

By N.S. Gill, About.com

A glance at some of the famous men from Ancient Rome and the Roman Empire.

A

Bust of Marcus Aurelius. Glyptothek, Munich, GermanyPD Bibi Saint-Pol. Courtesy of Wikipedia.
Includes Aemilius Paullus, Aetius, Agrippa, Agrippina the Elder, Agrippina the Younger, Ambrose, Ancus Martius, Antoninus Pius, Antony, and Arius.

B

Includes Belisarius, Brutus and Boethius.

C

Bust of Julius CaesarReleased into the Public Domain by Andreas Wahra im März.
Includes Caesar, Caligula, Camillus, Caracalla, Carinus, Cassius Dio, Cato the Elder, Catullus, Cicero, and Cincinnatus.

D

Includes Decius, Drusus, and Dio.

E

Includes Elagabalus, Epictetus, and Eutropius.

F

Includes Fabius Maximus, Flaccus, and Flaminius.

G

Includes Galerius, Galla Placidia, Gallienus, Geta, Gordianus, Gracchi, and Gratian.

H

Includes Hadrian, Honorius, Horace, and Horatius.

I

Includes Irenaeus and Isidore.

J

Includes Julian, Julianus, Julius Caesar, and Juvenal.

L

Includes Laelius, Livia, Livy, Lucius Verus, Lucretius, and Lucullus.

M

Includes Maecenas, Magnus Maximus, Marcellus, Marcus Aurelius, Marius, Mark Antony, Martial, Maximinius Daia, and Maximinius Thrax.

N

Includes Nero, Nerva, Numa Pompilius, and Numerian.

O

Includes Orosius, Otho, and Ovid.

P

Includes Paul, Pelagius, Pertinax, Petronius, Philip the Arab, Plautus, Pliny, Pompey, Poppaea Sabina, and Propertius.

Q

Includes Quintus Sertorius, and Quintilian.

R

Includes Romulus, and Rufinus.

S

Includes Sallust, Scaevola, Scipio Africanus, Sejanus, Seneca, Septimius Severus, Sertorius, Spartacus, Stilicho, and Sulla.

T

Includes Tacitus, Tarquin, Tarquin the Proud, Theodosius, Tibullus, Titus Quinctius Flaminius, Trajan Decius, and Tullus Hostilius.

V

Includes Valens, Valentinian I, Valentinian III, Valerian, and Varro.

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