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HostilianGaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus entered the world at an unknown date, born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla. His full name included Perpenna or…
Constantius ChlorusFlavius Valerius Constantius entered the world on the 31st of March, though historians cannot name his birth year. His career and the age of his eldest son…
Gordian IMarcus Antonius Gordianus lived from 158 to April 238. His name suggests paternal ancestors received Roman citizenship under Mark Antony during the late…
CaracallaLucius Septimius Bassianus entered the world on the 4th of April 188 in the city of Lugdunum, Gaul. This location is now known as Lyon, France.
GallienusPublius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus entered the world around 218 AD, born into a wealthy senatorial family in Falerii, an ancient city in Etruria.
Septimius SeverusOn the 11th of April in 145, Lucius Septimius Severus drew his first breath within the walls of Leptis Magna. This city sat in the Roman province of Africa…
BalbinusDecimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus emerged from the Roman aristocracy around 178 AD. His lineage remains a subject of historical conjecture rather than…
Claudius GothicusMarcus Aurelius Claudius was born on the 10th of May in 214. Some researchers suggest a later date of 219 or 220, yet most historians adhere to the first…
Gordian IIMarcus Antonius Gordianus was born in 192 to a family with deep roots in the Roman Republic. His praenomen and nomen suggest his ancestors received…
DiocletianIn the year 284, an army gathered on a hill outside Nicomedia to choose their new leader. The soldiers had just discovered that Emperor Numerian was dead…
GaleriusGalerius Valerius Maximianus arrived in the world between 258 and 260 within the Danube provinces. Ancient texts place his birth either near Serdica or at a…
MaximianMaximian was born around the year 250 near Sirmium in the province of Pannonia. His family owned a shop, and he grew up along the war-torn Danube frontier.
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…
AurelianAurelian entered the Roman army in 235, a year that marked the beginning of his ascent from modest circumstances. Most historians agree he was born on the…
ElagabalusMarcus Aurelius Antoninus arrived in the world between 203 and 204 as Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus. His parents were Sextus Varius Marcellus and Julia…