Famous Romans

This is the first page of an alphabetical index of ancient Romans.

A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | WXYZ

Mestrius Plutarchus (aka Plutarch) wrote biographies of famous men.

Founding legends leading to the first king of Rome, Romulus, through the final one Tarquin the Proud.

Profiles of Roman military leaders Agrippa, Brutus, Camillus, Cincinnatus, Horatius, Marius, Stilicho, and Sulla.

Basic Information on the parts of a Roman name.

Dates of major ancient Roman authors.

Ancient Greek posts wrote in a variety of styles that evolved over time. Here is a list of ancient Greek poets timeline during the archaic period divided according to genre of ancient Greek poetry.

Here is a list of important ancient Roman men whose importance lies elsewhere but who are also worthy of note as fathers.

There are many limitations to what is actually available about ancient history. Unfortunately, this means that if you want to know how people actually lived, you should not expect very complete details.

An index of occupations of famous people in ancient history. Occupation should be thought of loosely as what the individuals, human, legendary, or divine, spent their time on.

Not all the most important people in the ancient world were Romans, but since this list in from my perspective you can expect a significant number are.