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Tigidius Perennis
Praetorian prefect to Roman emperor Commodus (died 185)
Candidianus
son of the Roman Emperor Galerius
Judah ben Bava
2nd century rabbi
Marciana of Mauretania
martyr and saint
Romanus
senator in the West Roman Empire
Faenius Rufus
Roman Praetorian prefect from AD 55 to 62
Paulus Catena
Ancient Roman notary
Hanina ben Hakinai
2nd century rabbi and tanna
Olympius
Olympius (died 410/411) was a minister of the Western Roman Empire, in the court of the emperor Honorius (reigned 393–423). Olympius orchestrated the fall and execution of the capable general Stilicho, who had effectively been ruling the Western Roman Empire as regent of Honorius for over twelve years.
Marcus Munatius Sulla Cerialis
politician (0200-0219)
Publius Egnatius Celer
1st century AD Roman philosopher and informer
Luxorius
3rd century Sardinian official
Latronianus
thumb|Entry for Latronius in a manuscript of Jerome's De viris illustribus Latronianus (or Latronian; died AD 385) was a poet and scholar of Hispania (Roman Spain) who was associated with Priscillianism. He was executed, along with Priscillian and several others, at Trier in 385. As such, he is considered among the first to be executed as heretics in the history of Christianity.
Rufrius Crispinus
first husband of later Roman empress Poppaea Sabina
Felix of Thibiuca
4th-century martyr
Eucherius
ancient Roman politician, son of Stilicho
Valentinus
Roman usurper against Emperor Valentinian I
Hutzpit the Interpreter
Sallustius Lucullus
governor of Roman Britain during the late 1st century AD
Gaius Vettulenus Civica Cerialis
1st century Roman senator and governor
Triccianus
Aelius Decius Triccianus was a reputed Roman usurper, who revolted against Emperor Elagabalus. He revolted against Elagabalus using troops still loyal to Macrinus, the previous emperor who Elagabalus had overthrown, and who Triccianus had served under. The revolt was put down, and he was executed. A damnatio memoriae was issued against him, making it impossible to establish the date of his rebellion or death.
Apodemius
Apodemius (died 361) was an officer of the Roman Empire, a courtier of Emperor Constantius II, involved in the deaths of Constantius Gallus and Claudius Silvanus.
Vitrasia Faustina
ancient Roman noble
Theopemptus of Nicomedia
Eastern Orthodox bishop and saint