In the Vinony graph
Within Vinony's link graph, Maternus connects to Roman expeditions to lake Chad and western Africa, Tacitus and Commodus.
It is catalogued under the topic Human name disambiguation pages.
Its subject is documented across 8 Wikipedia language editions.
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Encyclopedic overview
Maternus or Matiernus may refer to: Marcus Cornelius Nigrinus Curiatius Maternus (c. 40–c. 97), Roman senator and suffect consul of AD 83 Curiatius Maternus, who appears in Tacitus's Dialogus de oratoribus; he may be the same person as the consul of 83 Julius Maternus or Matiernus (fl. 87–90), Roman explorer of western Africa Maternus (rebel) (fl. 187), rebel leader during the reign of Commodus Maternus of Cologne (285–315; in legend, fl. 1st century), bishop of Trier and Cologne and Catholic saint Maternus (bishop of Milan) (fl. 316–328), Archbishop of Milan and Catholic saint Julius Firmicus Maternus (fl. 334–346), Latin writer, astrologer, and Christian apologist Maternus Cynegius (fl. 381–388), praetorian prefect and consul
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