Suicides in ancient Rome

Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman and dramatist (c. 4 BCE–65 CE)

fifth Prefect of the Roman province of Judaea, from AD 26–36

Roman politician and general (83 BC – 30 BC)

Gaius Petronius Arbiter (; ; ; sometimes Titus Petronius Niger) was a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero (). He is generally believed to be the author of the Satyricon, a satirical novel believed to have been written during the Neronian era.

Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (3 November AD 39 – 30 April AD 65), better known in English as Lucan (), was a Roman poet, born in Corduba, Hispania Baetica (present-day Córdoba, Spain). He is regarded as one of the outstanding figures of the Imperial Latin period, known in particular for his epic Pharsalia. His youth and speed of composition set him apart from other poets.

Marcus Aurelius Claudius Quintillus (died 270) was a short-lived Roman emperor. He took power after the death of his brother, Emperor Claudius Gothicus, in 270. After reigning for a few weeks Quintillus was overthrown by Aurelian, who had been proclaimed rival emperor by the legions he commanded. The ancient sources variously report him to have killed himself, to have fallen in battle against Aurelian, or to have been murdered by his own soldiers.

According to Roman tradition, Lucretia (/luːˈkriːʃə/ loo-KREE-shə, Classical Latin: [ɫʊˈkreːtia]; died ), anglicized as Lucrece, was a noblewoman in ancient Rome. Sextus Tarquinius (Tarquin), the king's son, raped Lucretia, and her subsequent suicide precipitated a rebellion that overthrew the Roman monarchy and led to the transition of Roman government from a kingdom to a republic. After Tarquin raped Lucretia, flames of dissatisfaction were kindled over the tyrannical methods of Tarquin's father, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the last king of Rome. As a result, the prominent families institute

ancient Roman empress

Magnus Magnentius ( 303 – 10 August 353) was a Roman general and usurper against Constantius II. Of Germanic descent, Magnentius served with distinction in Gaul, where the army chose him as a replacement for the unpopular emperor Constans. Acclaimed Augustus on 18 January 350, Magnentius quickly killed Constans and gained control over most of the Western Empire. The Eastern emperor Constantius II, brother of Constans, refused to acknowledge Magnentius's legitimacy, leading to three years of civil war. Decisively defeated at the Battle of Mons Seleucus, Magnentius killed himself on 10 August 35

Roman general, father of empress Domitia Longina

youngest daughter of Octavia Minor and Mark Antony

Roman banker, writer and philosopher (c.110 BC – 32 BC)

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.

Julio-Claudian prince, grandson of Emperor Tiberius (19 AD - 37/38 AD) (19-38)

Roman senator, brother of Seneca

Roman empress as the second consort of Caligula

Roman praetorian prefect (AD c.10-69)

Prefect of the Praetorian Guard (21 BC - 38 AD)

Usurper of the Roman Empire (died 280)

Roman senator and conspirator against Nero (died 65 AD)

Sporus (died 69 AD) was a young slave boy whom the Roman emperor Nero castrated and married during his tour of Greece in 66–67 AD, allegedly in order for him to play the role of his wife, Poppaea Sabina, who had died under uncertain circumstances the previous year, possibly during childbirth or after being assaulted by Nero.

4th-century Roman usurper

Roman Republic consul

Roman politician convicted of killing the imperial heir apparent Germanicus

father of Roman empress Livia

2nd century Greek Cynic philosopher

Roman senator and general

Roman consul in 87 BCE

Roman consul 21 BC, grandfather of empress Lollia Paulina

Roman politician and praetor (died 100 BC)

philosopher

Roman politician and orator (c.163–119 BC)

Roman consul 6 AD

1st-century Roman usurper

Ancient Roman consul in 179 BCE

1st century Roman senator, consul AD 53

Roman consul 36 BC

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Roman consul 13 AD

1st century AD Roman senator, consul and provincial governor

Roman commander and proconsul during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius, maternal uncle of Sejanus

1st century AD Roman rhetorician, poet and senator

Roman consul 14 BC

1st century AD Roman senator and consul

Roman consul 22 CE, brother of Roman emperor Galba

1st century AD Roman jurist

Roman consul 55 AD

1st century AD Roman senator, consul and governor of Pannonia

1st century AD Roman noblewoman

Roman senator and twice consul during the reign of Vespasian

Roman noblewoman who lived during the reigns of Augustus and Tiberius

Roman jurist and assassin of Julius Caesar

Roman sentenced to death for murdering his wife Apronia

Roman freedwoman and member of the Pisonian conspiracy against emperor Nero

1st century AD Roman senator and ally of the empress Livia, the mother of Tiberius

1st century BC Samnite leader of an anti-Rome rebellion

Roman senator accused of conspiring against the Roman Emperor Tiberius

Roman consul 59 AD

Roman Stoic philosopher (c.35 – c.118)

Roman suffect consul 71 AD