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- Constantine II (emperor)A young boy named Constantine arrived in the city of Arles during the year 316. He was the second son born to Emperor Constantine I and his wife Fausta.
- HostilianGaius Valens Hostilianus Messius Quintus entered the world at an unknown date, born to Decius and Herennia Etruscilla. His full name included Perpenna or…
- LiciniusValerius Licinianus Licinius emerged from a Dacian peasant family in Moesia Superior around the year 265. His early life remained obscure until he joined his…
- 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.
- AkhenatenThe future Akhenaten was born Amenhotep, a younger son of pharaoh Amenhotep III and his principal wife Tiye. He had an elder brother named Thutmose who…
- Clodius AlbinusDecimus Clodius Albinus arrived in the world around 150 CE within Hadrumetum, a city in Africa Province. Modern historians now know this place as Sousse…
- NeroLucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was born on the 15th of December AD 37 in Antium. His father died when he was three years old, leaving him an orphan at a young…
- 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.
- CaligulaGaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was born on the 31st of August in AD 12 at Antium. He was only four or five years old when he accompanied his father…
- 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…
- John WycliffeJohn Wycliffe was born in the village of Hipswell, near Richmond in the North Riding of Yorkshire, England. Records suggest he was born in the mid-1320s…
- CommodusOn the 31st of August AD 161, Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus drew his first breath in Lanuvium, a town nestled near Rome.
- 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…
- MacrinusMarcus Opellius Macrinus was born in Caesarea, now known as Cherchell, within the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
- MaxentiusMarcus Aurelius Valerius Maxentius entered the world in 283 as the son of Emperor Maximian and his Syrian wife Eutropia.
- Severus AlexanderOn the 13th of March 222, the Roman army hailed a thirteen-year-old boy as emperor. This young man was Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander, grandson of Julia…