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1st-century BC Roman praetors

  • 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…
  • Marcus Terentius VarroMarcus Terentius Varro was born in or near Reate, now known as Rieti in the Lazio region of Italy. He entered a family thought to be of equestrian rank…
  • SullaLucius Cornelius Sulla Felix was born in Rome around 138 BC into a branch of the patrician gens Cornelia that had fallen to poverty.
  • CatilineLucius Sergius Catiline emerged from the gens Sergia, an ancient patrician family claiming descent from Sergestus, a Trojan companion of Aeneas.