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1st-century BC Roman augurs
- CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero was born on the 3rd of January 106 BC in the hill town of Arpinum. His family belonged to the wealthy equestrian order, yet his name…
- Julius CaesarGaius Julius Caesar entered the world on 12 or the 13th of July 100 BC into a family claiming ancient divine lineage. His clan traced its roots to Julus, son…
- Mark AntonyMarcus Antonius was born in Rome on the 14th of January 83 BC. His father, Marcus Antonius Creticus, held a reputation for incompetence and corruption among…
- PompeyGnaeus Pompeius Magnus was born on the 29th of September in 106 BC within the region of Picenum. He entered a military career while still young, serving…
- AugustusOn the 23rd of September in 63 BC, a boy named Gaius Octavius drew his first breath inside a family estate on Rome's Palatine Hill.
- Gaius MariusGaius Marius was born in Cereatae, a small village near the town of Arpinum in south-east Latium. The town had been conquered by the Romans in the late 4th…
- SullaLucius Cornelius Sulla Felix was born in Rome around 138 BC into a branch of the patrician gens Cornelia that had fallen to poverty.