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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
Boethius
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius, commonly known simply as Boethius (; Latin: Boetius; 480–524 AD), was a Roman senator, consul, magister officiorum, polymath, historian, and philosopher of the Early Middle Ages. He was a central figure in the translation of the Greek classics into Latin, a precursor to the Scholastic movement, and, along with Cassiodorus, one of the two leading Christian scholars of the 6th century. The local cult of Boethius in the Diocese of Pavia was sanctioned by the Sacred Congregation of Rites in 1883, confirming the diocese's custom of honouring him on the 23 October
Justin Martyr
2nd century CE Christian apologist and martyr
Saint Sebastian
Christian saint and martyr (256–288)
Cyprian
Cyprian (; ; to 14 September 258 AD) was a bishop of Carthage and an early Christian writer of Berber descent, many of whose Latin works are extant. He is recognized as a saint in the Western and Eastern churches.
Stilicho
Stilicho (; – 22 August 408) was a military commander in the Roman army who, for a time, became the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire. He was partly of Vandal origins and married to Serena, the niece of emperor Theodosius I. He became guardian for the underage Honorius. After years of struggle against barbarian and Roman enemies, political and military disasters finally allowed his enemies in the court of Honorius to remove him from power. His fall culminated in his arrest and execution in 408.
Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
Roman general, politician, and assassin of Julius Caesar (81–43 BC)
Crispus
Flavius Julius Crispus (; 300 – 326) was the eldest son of the Roman emperor Constantine I, as well as his junior colleague (caesar) from March 317 until his execution by his father in 326. The grandson of the augustus Constantius I, Crispus was the elder half-brother of the future augustus Constantine II and became co-caesar with him and with his cousin Licinius II at Serdica, part of the settlement ending the Cibalensean War between Constantine and his father's rival Licinius I. Crispus ruled from Augusta Treverorum (Trier) in Roman Gaul between 318 and 323 and defeated the navy of Licinius
Sextus Pompey
Roman politician and general (c. 67–35 BC)
Quintus Tullius Cicero
brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero
Constantius Gallus
Junior Roman emperor from 351 to 354
Procopius
4th-century Roman usurper
Tiberius Gemellus
Julio-Claudian prince, grandson of Emperor Tiberius (19 AD - 37/38 AD) (19-38)
Cassius Chaerea
assassin of emperor Caligula
Eutropios
chamberlain at the Eastern Roman imperial court and consul in 399 AD
Marcus Antonius
Roman orator and grandfather of Mark Antony the triumvir
Licinius II
Roman caesar from 317 to 324
Drusus Caesar
adopted grandson and heir of the Roman emperor Tiberius (c. 8 AD-33 AD) (7-33)
Marcus Antonius Antyllus
Son of Roman Triumvir Marc Antony (47–30 BC)
Lucius Antonius Saturninus
1st-century Roman governor, general and usurper
Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura
step-father of Mark Antony
Gaius Antonius
brother of the triumvir Mark Antony
Serena
niece of Roman emperor Theodosius I
Lusius Quietus
2nd century Roman general and governor of Judaea
Gaius Trebonius
suffect consul in 45 BC
Titus Flavius Clemens
cousin once removed of emperors Titus and Domitian
Manius Aquillius
2nd and 1st-century BC Roman consul
Marcus Fulvius Flaccus
Roman consul 125 BC
Proculus
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.
Lucius Aemilius Paullus
Roman consul in 1 AD
Arulenus Rusticus
Roman philosopher and politician (35-93)
Ablabius
high official of the Roman Empire
Gnaeus Papirius Carbo
Ancient Roman consul
Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus
ancient Roman politician, consul in 49 BCE
Aulus Caecina Alienus
1st century AD Roman general
Lucius Julius Ursus Servianus
Iberian Roman politician and consul (45 – 136)
Publius Petronius Turpilianus
politician (25-68)
Lucius Antistius Burrus
2nd century Roman senator and consul
Calocaerus
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.
Gaius Silius
Roman senator executed by the emperor Claudius for his affair with Valeria Messalina
Quintus Aurelius Memmius Symmachus
6th century Roman historian and politician
Gaius Avidius Nigrinus
Roman senator and consul (died 118 AD)
Aulus Cornelius Palma Frontonianus
late 1st/early 2nd century Roman statesman, soldier, consul and governor
Publius Canidius Crassus
1st century BC Roman general and consul
Marcus Aurelius Scaurus
Roman general and senator
Lucius Vitellius
Roman consul 48 AD and brother of emperor Vitellius
Titus Flavius Sabinus
son-in-law of Roman emperor Titus
Gellius Maximus
Roman usurper of the imperial throne (died 219)
Appius Junius Silanus
1st century Roman senator, consul (28 CE) and provincial governor
Achilleus
rebel against the Roman emperor Diocletian in Egypt in 297 AD
Marcus Perperna Veiento
Roman general
Gnaeus Cornelius Lentulus Gaetulicus
Roman senator, general and governor (died AD 39)
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Roman politician and husband of emperor Caligula's younger sister, Julia Drusilla (6 AD-39 AD) (14-39)
Julius Sabinus
1st century aristocratic Gaul of the Lingones tribe
Barbatio
Barbatio (died AD 359) was a Roman general of the infantry (Magister Peditum = Master of Foot) under the command of Constantius II. Previously he was a commander of the household troops (protectores domestici) under Gallus Caesar, but he arrested Gallus under the instruction of Constantius, thereby ensuring his promotion on the death of Claudius Silvanus. In 359, both he and his wife Assyria were arrested and beheaded for treason against Constantius, possibly as part of a plot by Arbitio, a senior cavalry commander (Magister Equitum = Master of Horse), and another exponent of the forms of sche
Manius Acilius Glabrio
1st century Roman senator and consul in 91 CE
Lepidus the Younger
son of the triumvir Lepidus
Fabius Valens
1st century AD Roman military commander
Aulus Avilius Flaccus
eques of Imperial Rome
Bassianus
one time potential Caesar of the Roman Empire