Romans Beginning With the Letter C

The Conspiracy of Catiline consisted of men unhappy with the current state of affairs who were willing to take arms against the Roman Republic.

Celsus was a 1st century A.D. Roman encyclopedist who wrote on the topic of medicine.

Clodius Pulcher was a colorful pivotal figure in the waning years of the Roman Republic.

Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149 B.C.) was an austere leader of the Roman Republic known for coming into conflict with his contemporary, the more flamboyant Scipio Africanus, winner of the Second Punic War.

Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was called Caligula 'little boots' because he wore small army boots when with his father, Germanicus, and the army.

Born in Lugdunum (Lyons), the Roman emperor known as Caracalla (April 4, 188 - April 8, 217), was made Caesar in 196 and Augustus in 198.

Carinus, son of the Roman Emperor Carus was succeeded by Emperor Diocletian.

Cassius Dio wrote a history of Rome.

Cassius was one of Caesar's legates and then one of his assassins.

Article by Bingley on M. Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder or Cato the Censor), who was a 2nd Century B.C. Roman politician, general, and writer.

Plutarch's life of Cato the Younger.

Cincinnatus was a model of Roman virtue.

Emperor Claudius was the adoptive father of the last of the Julio-Claudians, Nero.

Clodia was the notorious sister of Clodius Pulcher. She is thought to have been the Lesbia of Catullus.

Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.

Constantine III was a Roman Emperor in the early fifth century.

Biography, by Plutarch, of the third member of the first Triumvirate, Crassus.

Crassus along with Pompey and Caesar formed the first triumvirate.

Famous ancient Romans whose names begin with the letter C.