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Galen
Galen was an attendant of Asclepius and then served as physician in Rome in the time of Emperor Marcus Aurelius and his successors.
Gallienus
Gallienus (Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus), born c. A.D. 218, was a Roman emperor from 253, when he was named Caesar -- following the senate appointment of his father Valerian to Augustus -- until his murder by his own generals in 268 during the siege of Milan.
Geta
Geta was a Roman emperor who lived in the shadow of his older brother Caracalla.
Gordian III
Gordian III, the grandson of Gordian I, was also a Roman emperor.
Gordian I & II
Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus -- the Roman Emperor Gordian I -- was proclaimed emperor in A.D. 238 and given the cognomen Africanus while he was serving as Proconsul of Africa and living in Thysdrus (Tunisia).
Edward Gibbon
Glossary entry on the British historian Edward Gibbon.
Galba
Plutarch's life of Galba.
Gregory of Nazianzus
Gregory of Nazianus was one of the major theologians of the early church.
Gracchus
Plutarch's life of Gaius Gracchus.
Trebonianus Gallus
Roman Emperor, Trebonianus Gallus, proclaimed emperor by his troops, ruled from 251 to 253 A.D. when he was assassinated by his troops.

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