Ancient Romans from unknown gentes

last emperor of the Western Roman Empire (475–476)

2nd century CE Christian apologist and martyr

Glycerius (died after 474) was Roman emperor of the West from 473 to 474. He served as (commander of the palace guard) during the reign of Olybrius (), until Olybrius died in November 472. After a four-month interregnum, Glycerius was proclaimed as emperor in March 473 by Gundobad, the (master of soldiers) and power behind the throne. Very few of the events of his reign are known other than that an attempted invasion of Italy by the Visigoths was repelled by local commanders, diverting them to Gaul. Glycerius also prevented an invasion by the Ostrogoths through diplomacy, including a gift of 2

Joannes or Johannes (; died 425) was Western Roman emperor from 423 to 425.

thumb|Illustration from the Rabbula Gospels, AD 586: Longinus is labelled "". Longinus (Greek: Λογγίνος) is the name of a Roman soldier who supposedly pierced the side of Jesus with a lance, who in apostolic and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. The lance is called in Catholic Christianity the "Holy Lance" (lancea) and the story is related in the Gospel of John during the Crucifixion. This act is said to have created the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ.

Eugenius (died 6 September 394) was a Western Roman emperor from 392 to 394, unrecognized by the Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius I. While Christian himself, Eugenius capitalized on the discontent in the West caused by Theodosius' religious policies targeting pagans. He renovated the pagan Temple of Venus and Roma and restored the Altar of Victory after continued petitions from the Roman Senate. Eugenius replaced Theodosius' administrators with men loyal to him. This included pagans, reviving the pagan cause. His army fought the army of Theodosius at the Battle of the Frigidus, where he was ca

Allectus (died 296) was a Roman-Britannic usurper in Britain and northern Gaul from 293 to 296.

4th-century Roman usurper

Roman imperial usurper in c.271

1st-century BC Roman magistrate, notorious for his misgovernment of Sicily

Ingenuus was a Roman military commander, the imperial legate in Pannonia, who became a usurper to the throne of the emperor Gallienus when he led a brief and unsuccessful revolt in the year 260. Appointed by Gallienus himself, Ingenuus served him well by repulsing a Sarmatian invasion and securing the Pannonian border, at least temporarily. Ingenuus had also been charged with the military education of Caesar Cornelius Licinius Valerianus, the young son of Emperor Gallienus, but after the boy's death in 258, his position became perilous.

Gundobad (; ; 452 – 516) was King of the Burgundians (473–516), succeeding his father Gundioc of Burgundy. Previous to this, he had been a patrician of the moribund Western Roman Empire in 472–473, three years before its collapse, succeeding his uncle Ricimer. He is perhaps best known today as the probable issuer of the Lex Burgundionum legal codes, which synthesized Roman law with ancient Germanic customs. He was the husband of Caretene.

Eutropia (Greek: Εύτροπία; died after 325) was a Roman empress of Syrian origin, the wife of Emperor Maximian.

thumb|300px|Coin of Bonifatius Comes Africae (422-431 AD).

Silbannacus was an obscure Roman emperor or usurper during the Crisis of the Third Century. Silbannacus is not mentioned in any contemporary documents and his existence was forgotten until the 20th century, when two coins bearing his name were discovered, the first in the 1930s and the second in the 1980s. His unusual name suggests that he might have been of Gallic descent.

thumbnail|''Locusta testing in Nero's presence the poison prepared for Britannicus'', painting by Joseph-Noël Sylvestre, 1876

Usurper of the Roman Empire (died 280)

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niece of Roman emperor Theodosius I

4th-century Roman general and usurper

Roman empress as the wife of Valentinian I

Roman empress, third wife of Constantius II

4th-century Roman usurper

Proculus (died c. 281) was a Roman usurper, one of the "minor pretenders" according to Historia Augusta, who would have taken the purple against Emperor Probus in 280. This is now disputed.

Balista or Ballista (died ), also known in the sources with the name of "Callistus", was one of the Thirty Tyrants of the controversial Historia Augusta, and supported the rebellion of the Macriani against Emperor Gallienus.

Roman usurper

Calocaerus (Greek: Καλόκαιρος; died 334 AD) was a Roman usurper against Emperor Constantine I, who, in 334, staged a revolt in Cyprus. The revolt was quickly put down, and he was executed along with his commanders, by being burned alive.

late 3rd century leader of the Gallic Empire

Titius Quartinus (died 235 AD) was a Roman usurper.

Roman usurper for the imperial throne (died 219)

Charito (flourished mid-4th century AD) was a Roman Empress, consort of Jovian, Roman Emperor. Some historians doubt whether Charito was granted the title of Augusta as no archaeological evidence as yet confirms it.

4th-century Roman general

3rd century Roman imperial usurper

Roman army master

Roman consul 400 AD

Roman officer and usurper (4th c.)

Roman imperial usurper (died 235)

ancient astrologer

Remistus (died 17 September 456) was a general of the Western Roman Empire and commander-in-chief of the army under Emperor Avitus.

Taurinius (also called Taurinus) was a Roman usurper who revolted against Severus Alexander in 232AD. He was declared emperor by the legions stationed in Roman Mesopotamia when they rebelled, due to the invasion of the Sassanids in 229AD. His revolt was swiftly crushed by Alexander, in late summer of 232AD, and he drowned in the Euphrates while attempting to flee to Sassanid territory.

Roman freedwoman and member of the Pisonian conspiracy against emperor Nero

Possible Roman imperial usurper in 271 or 272

Roman general, magister peditum

Ancient Roman notary

general of the Western Roman Empire, son-in-law of Bonifacius

father of Roman empress Charito

early 3rd-century Roman tribunus and usurper from Antioch

Christian martyr

Possible Roman usurper in Roman Britain between the years 354 and 358

thumb|Stephaton, to the right of Jesus, in the earliest crucifixion in an illuminated manuscript, from the Syriac [[Rabbula Gospels, 586. Unlike Longinus, he is not named here]] thumb|James Tissot's depiction. Here, the hyssop stick is used as a kind of straw, and "Stephaton" squeezes the sponge. (, [[gouache over graphite on grey wove paper)]] Stephaton, or Steven, is the name given in medieval Christian traditions to the Roman soldier or bystander, unnamed in the Bible, who offered Jesus a sponge soaked in vinegar wine at the Crucifixion. In later depictions of the Crucifixion, Stephaton is

4th-century Roman usurper

centurions of the Roman Legion under Julius Caesar

1st century BC Roman noblewoman and wife of Marcus Licinius Crassus

Albucilla (1st-century) was a Roman noblewoman, the wife of Satrius Secundus, and was known for having had many lovers.