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Imperial Roman consuls

  • TiberiusTiberius Claudius Nero stood before the rostra in Rome on 32 BC. He was nine years old when he delivered the eulogy for his biological father.
  • 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…
  • 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.
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • 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…
  • GalbaServius Sulpicius Galba arrived in the world near Terracina on the 24th of December 3 BC. He emerged from a wealthy family that held no blood ties to the…
  • OthoMarcus Salvius Otho entered the world on the 28th of April AD 32. His grandfather Marcus had served as a senator before him.
  • TrajanMarcus Ulpius Traianus arrived in the world on the 18th of September AD53 within the Roman province of Hispania Baetica.
  • GermanicusGermanicus Julius Caesar entered the world on the 24th of May 15 BC in Rome. He was born to Nero Claudius Drusus and Antonia Minor, placing him at the heart…
  • 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.
  • MacrinusMarcus Opellius Macrinus was born in Caesarea, now known as Cherchell, within the Roman province of Mauretania Caesariensis.
  • 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…
  • FrontinusSextus Julius Frontinus emerged from a background that left few traces in the historical record. No titulus honorarius or sepulcralis outlines his life…