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Ancient Roman equites
- 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…
- OvidPublius Ovidius Naso was born on the 20th of March in 43 BC within the Paelignian town of Sulmo. This Apennine valley settlement lies east of Rome and served…
- 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 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…
- SejanusLucius Aelius Sejanus entered the world around 20 BC in the Etrurian town of Volsinii. He belonged to the Seia gens, a family of the Equites class or knights.
- Ammianus MarcellinusAmmianus Marcellinus was born around 330 in the East Mediterranean, possibly Syria or Phoenicia. He belonged to a noble family of Greek origin and called…
- Naevius Sutorius MacroQuintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro entered the world in 21 BC at Alba Fucens. This Roman town sat at the foot of Monte Velino on a hill north of the Via…