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Famous People of Ancient Rome

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

A

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
  • Sorosius,
  • 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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