Romans Beginning With the Letter P

Identification of Lucius Munatius Plancus.

Procopius was a Byzantine official and historian best known for his unofficial secret history of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian and his wife Theodora. Prodopius also wrote a history of the decades of wars waged under Justinian.

Paul of Tarsus was a Jew who had Roman citizenship and tried to stamp out Christianity until he had a vision on the Road to Damascus.

Glossary entry on Pacuvius.

Pelagius was the British monk after whom the Pelagian heresy was named.

Pertinax was a Roman emperor.

Petronius was the author of the Satyricon.

Philip the Arab was a Roman emperor.

 

Pliny the Elder died in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius.

Poppaea Sabina was the mistress of Nero.

Praetorian Guard was a group of soldiers that served as a body guard.

Picus was a legendary early king in the Italic peninsula.