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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (son of Pompey)Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus entered the world around 75 BC, born into a family that dominated Roman politics. He was the elder son of Pompey the Great and his…
Marcus Junius BrutusMarcus Junius Brutus was born in late 85 BC into the illustrious plebeian gens Junia. His father, also named Marcus Junius Brutus, served as tribune of the…
Gnaeus Octavius (consul 87 BC)Gnaeus Octavius entered the Roman political arena as a member of the Plebeian gens Octavia. His father held the consulship in 128 BC, establishing a family…
Gaius Cassius LonginusGaius Cassius Longinus emerged from the gens Cassia, a family that had held prominence in Rome since the 6th century BC.
TitusTitus Flavius Vespasianus entered the world on the 30th of December 39 AD in Rome. His family name was Flavia, a gens that rose from obscurity to imperial…
Lucius Antonius (brother of Mark Antony)Lucius Antonius spent his early years roaming through Rome in bad company. Plutarch describes the untamed life of him and his friends.
TrajanMarcus Ulpius Traianus arrived in the world on the 18th of September AD53 within the Roman province of Hispania Baetica.
Nero Claudius DrususNero Claudius Drusus entered the world between mid-March and mid-April 38 BC, three months after his mother Livia married Augustus on the 17th of January.
Lucius Junius BrutusIn 509 BC, the Roman people voted to banish King Tarquinius Superbus and establish a new system of government. Lucius Junius Brutus stood at the center of…
Lucius Cornelius CinnaLucius Cornelius Cinna entered the world before 130 BC into a patrician family that lacked recent distinction. The historian Theodor Mommsen once argued the…
Marcus Vipsanius AgrippaMarcus Vipsanius Agrippa entered the world in 63 BC, the same year Octavian was born. His family originated in the Italian countryside and held plebeian…