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2nd-century Romans
- IrenaeusIrenaeus was born in the city of Smyrna, now known as İzmir, Turkey, during the first half of the second century. His birth likely occurred between 120 and…
- TertullianIn the year 197, a man named Tertullian stood before the magistrates of Carthage and declared that Christians were not born but made.
- Cassius DioCassius Dio spent ten years collecting every Roman achievement from the city's founding through the death of Septimius Severus in 211 AD, then spent twelve…
- JuvenalThe name Decimus Junius Juvenalis appears in a single inscription found at Aquinum, yet the life of this Roman poet remains shrouded in speculation.
- Clement of AlexandriaTitus Flavius Clemens, known as Clement of Alexandria, lived from approximately 150 AD to 215 AD. His birthplace remains a subject of historical debate, with…
- PtolemyClaudius Ptolemy lived in the city of Alexandria during the second century AD. His exact birth date and place remain unknown to modern historians.
- MartialMarcus Valerius Martialis was born in the town of Augusta Bilbilis, now known as Calatayud, during March between 38 and 41 AD.
- SuetoniusGaius Suetonius Tranquillus likely entered the world around AD 69. Scholars deduce this date from his own description of himself as a young man twenty years…
- Gaius (jurist)Gaius flourished between the years 130 and 180 during the reigns of four Roman emperors. His personal life remains a mystery to modern historians, with…
- Maximinus ThraxGaius Julius Verus Maximinus Thrax emerged from the provinces of Moesia, a region along the Danube River. Ancient sources offer conflicting accounts of his…
- Pliny the YoungerGaius Caecilius Cilo was born in Novum Comum around 61 AD. His father Lucius died when the boy was still young. Pliny lived with his mother after that loss.
- PlutarchPlutarch was born to a prominent family in the small town of Chaeronea, located about 30 kilometers east of Delphi. His father bore the name Autobulus and…
- LucianLucian of Samosata was born in the town of Samosata on the banks of the Euphrates around 125 AD. This city sat on the far eastern outskirts of the Roman…
- HerodianHerodian or Herodianus lived between the years 170 and 240. He wrote a history in Greek titled History of the Empire from Marcus onwards.
- MacrinusMarcus Opellius Macrinus was born in Caesarea, now known as Cherchell, within the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
- PudentianaThe year 1969 marked a shift in how the Catholic Church remembered Saint Pudentiana. Her feast day moved from May 19th to a different date on the General…
- ApuleiusApuleius was born in Madauros, a colonia on the North African coast bordering Gaetulia. He described himself as half-Numidian and half-Gaetulian.
- PapinianAemilius Papinianus arrived in the world during 142 CE within Emesa, a city in Syria. He was not born into Roman soil but rather Syrian earth.
- FrontinusSextus Julius Frontinus emerged from a background that left few traces in the historical record. No titulus honorarius or sepulcralis outlines his life…
- Apollodorus of DamascusApollodorus of Damascus was born in the city of Damascus within Roman Syria during the early 2nd century AD. His name appears as a Hellenized version of the…