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Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero ( , ; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, orator, and writer who tried to uphold principles during the political crises of the Roman Republic that led to the establishment of the Roman Empire. The extensive writings of Cicero include treatises on rhetoric, philosophy, and politics. He is considered one of Rome's greatest orators and prose stylists and the innovator of what became known as "Ciceronian rhetoric". Cicero was educated in Rome and in Greece. He came from a wealthy municipal () family of the Roman
Ovid
Publius Ovidius Naso (; 20 March 43 BC – AD 17/18), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a younger contemporary of Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. The Imperial scholar Quintilian considered him the last of the Latin love elegists. Although Ovid enjoyed enormous popularity during his lifetime, the emperor Augustus exiled him to Tomis, the capital of the newly organised province of Moesia, on the Black Sea, where he remained for the last nine or ten years of his life.
John Chrysostom
Church Father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)
Cornelius
pope Saint (251 to 253)
Marcellus I
pope
Eusebius
Catholic pope and saint
Valentinian I
Roman emperor from 364 to 375
Gaius Marius
Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
Lepidus
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (; 89 BC – late 13 or early 12 BC) was a Roman general and statesman who formed the Second Triumvirate alongside Octavian and Mark Antony during the final years of the Roman Republic. Lepidus had previously been a close ally of Julius Caesar. He was also the last pontifex maximus before the Roman Empire, and (presumably) the last interrex and magister equitum to hold military command.
Gnaeus Naevius
ancient Roman dramatist
Apollodorus of Damascus
2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer
Julia the Elder
daughter of Emperor Augustus (39 BC – AD 14)
Quintus Sertorius
Roman rebel leader (Sertorian War)
Priscus Attalus
prefect of Rome and usurper 409-411 CE
Fulvia
Fulvia (; ) was an aristocratic Roman woman who lived during the late Roman Republic. Fulvia's birth into an important political dynasty facilitated her relationships and, later on, marriages to Publius Clodius Pulcher, Gaius Scribonius Curio, and Mark Antony. All of these men would go on to lead increasingly promising political careers as populares, tribunes, and supporters of Julius Caesar.
Julia the Younger
daughter of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder (19 BC-c. 29 AD)
Quintus Caecilius Metellus Numidicus
Ancient Roman statesman and general
Scribonia
Roman noblewoman, second wife of Augustus and mother of Julia the Elder
Agrippa Postumus
Youngest son of Marcus Agrippa and Julia the Elder (12 BC – AD 14)
Aulus Gabinius
Roman statesman and general
Nigidius Figulus
Roman philosopher and writer (0098-0045)
Nero Caesar
adopted grandson and heir of the Roman Emperor Tiberius (c. AD 6 - AD 31)
Drusus Caesar
adopted grandson and heir of the Roman emperor Tiberius (c. 8 AD-33 AD) (7-33)
Tigellinus
Roman praetorian prefect (AD c.10-69)
Quintus Servilius Caepio
Roman consul in 106 BCE
Titus Annius Milo
ancient Roman politician
Lucius Aelius Stilo Praeconinus
Roman philologist (c. 154 – 74 BC)
Gnaeus Mallius Maximus
Roman consul
Lucius Opimius
politician
Gaius Cassius Longinus
Roman consul 30 AD
Lucius Calpurnius Bestia
Roman consul 111 BC
Gaius Servilius Ahala
5th-century BC Roman senator
Gaius Porcius Cato
Roman consul in 114 BC
Marcus Aemilius Scaurus
propraetor in 55 BC
Quintus Fabius Maximus Eburnus
2nd-century BC Roman statesman and consul
Publius Popillius Laenas
Roman consul 132 BC
Junia Calvina
first wife of Lucius Vitellius the younger
Pontius of Carthage
3rd century Carthaginian Latin author and Christian saint
Publius Autronius Paetus
Roman senator
Eutolmius Tatianus
politician
Bessas
Byzantine general
Gaius Calpurnius Piso Crassus Frugi Licinianus
conspirator against Roman emperors Nerva and Trajan
Gaius Junius Silanus
Roman consul in 10 AD
Lucius Cornelius Cinna
1st century BC Roman politician
Aulus Caecina
Roman writer and critic of Julius Caesar
Titus Antonius Merenda
5th-century BC Roman politician and decemvir
Anaxilaus
Anaxilaus or Anaxilas of Larissa (; century BC) was a physician and Pythagorean philosopher. According to Eusebius, he was banished from Rome in 28 BC by Augustus on the charge of practicing magic. Anaxilaus wrote about the "magical" properties of minerals, herbs, and other substances and derived drugs, and is cited by Pliny in this regard. His exceptional knowledge of natural science allowed him to produce tricks that were mistaken for magic.
Publius Suillius Rufus
1st century AD Roman senator, consul and provincial governor
Lucius Licinius Lucullus
praetor in 104 BC
Titus Albucius
politician and philosopher
Cornelius Laco
Praetorian prefect
Lucius Hirtuleius
Sertorian rebel (Sertorius's second-in-command)
Gaius Salvius Liberalis Nonius Bassus
1st century Roman senator, general and consul
Rufrius Crispinus
first husband of later Roman empress Poppaea Sabina
Antistius Sosianus
Roman magistrate
Arria Minor
wife of Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus
Valentinus
Roman usurper against Emperor Valentinian I
Quintus Pleminius
military Legate
Appuleia Varilla
granddaughter of Octavia Major
Marcus Marius
first century BC Roman quaestor and general