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Aëtius
Roman general and statesman ( c. 390 – 454)
Ulpian
Ulpian (; ; 223 or 228) was a Roman jurist born in Tyre in Roman Syria (modern Lebanon). He moved to Rome and rose to become considered one of the great legal authorities of his time. He was one of the five jurists upon whom decisions were to be based according to the Law of Citations of Valentinian III, and supplied the Justinian Digest about a third of its contents.
Philippus II
consul of the Roman Empire (237-249)
Publius Clodius Pulcher
Roman politician and street agitator (93–52 BC)
Hannibalianus
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Julius Constantius
son of Roman Emperor Constantius Chlorus (died 337)
Helvius Cinna
Roman poet
Julia Drusilla
daughter of emperor Caligula
Flavius Dalmatius
brother of Constantine the Great
Quintus Mucius Scaevola Pontifex
Ancient Roman jurist, politician and writer (consul in 95 BC)
Paul I of Constantinople
Bishop of Constantinople
Marcus Junius Brutus the Elder
tribune of the Roman Republic in 83 BC
Lucius Afranius
Roman consul 60 BC
Aulus Postumius Albinus
Roman consul 99 BC
Lucius Cassius Longinus
husband of Julia Drusilla and Consul of 30 CE
Licinius Valerianus Minor
brother of Roman emperor Gallienus (died 268)
Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
Roman consul 94 BC
Lucius Calpurnius Piso Frugi Licinianus
adoptive son and heir of Roman emperor Galba
Marcellinus
Roman general (5th c.)
Nymphidius Sabinus
Prefect of the Praetorian Guard during the rule of Emperor Nero (c.35-68 AD)
Hypatius of Gangra
Flavius Felix
Roman consul 428
Marcus Junius Silanus
Roman consul in 46 (14-54)
Gaius Sallustius Crispus Passienus
Roman consul 44 AD
Hairan I
co-king of Palmyra from 263 to 267
Spurius Maelius
wealthy Roman plebeian (died 439 BC)
Lucius Valerius Flaccus
Roman suffect consul 86 BC
Promotus
Flavius Promotus was a Roman general who served under Theodosius I until his death in 391 AD. In 386 he had a command in Africa, and was magister peditum for Thrace. In 388 he was made magister equitum, and the following year was consul. He was killed in an ambush organised by Rufinus, a rival for Theodosius' favour.
Lucius Pedanius Secundus
Roman consul 43
Publius Sittius
Roman knight and mercenary
Flavius Optatus
politician
Gaius Calpurnius Piso Crassus Frugi Licinianus
conspirator against Roman emperors Nerva and Trajan
Publius Postumius Albus Regillensis
5th-century BC Roman military consular tribune
Appia Annia Regilla
Roman noblewoman (125-160)
George of Cappadocia
Arian bishop of Alexandria
Butheric
Butheric (; ; died 390) was a Roman general of Gothic descent. Under the reign of emperor Theodosius I, Butheric was stationed in Thessalonica as a magister militum. According to Sozomen, in June of the year 390 he had a famous circus charioteer arrested in Thessalonica, who openly practiced pederasty. This was based on the emperor's law which punished "sin against nature" with death. The population reacted violently against the arrest, both for the popularity of the charioteer and for prejudices against Goths. Butheric was lynched by the mob in the circus. In retaliation, Theodosius authorize
Gnaeus Afranius Dexter
late 1st century Roman senator
Titus Petronius Secundus
Roman praetorian prefect from 94 to 96 AD
Cornelius Laco
Praetorian prefect
Lucius Minucius Basilus
Roman praetor in 45 BC
Jonathan ben Ananus
high priest of Israel during the Roman Period of Jerusalem