🏳️Famous People from Ancient Rome
A comprehensive directory of 234 historically significant figures from Ancient Rome.
Total Figures
234
Categories
15
Time Span
600BC–500
Top Field
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Notable Figures Overview
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AncientANC(230)
MedievalMED(3)
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Boudica
military leader
Queen of the British Iceni tribe
Valentinian III
monarch
Emperor of the Western Roman Empire (419-455)
Cyril of Alexandria
cleric
Patriarchate of Alexandria from 412 to 444
Cornelia Salonina
empress consort
Roman empress as the consort of Roman Emperor Gallienus (died 268)
Piso
monarch
3rd century Roman imperial usurper
Diocletian
monarch
Augustus of the Eastern Roman Empire (244-311)
Caracalla
monarch
Roman emperor from 198 to 217
Septimius Severus
emperor
Roman emperor from 193 to 211
Marcus Aurelius
monarch
16th Roman Emperor from 161 to 180 and Stoic philosopher
Nicomachus
mathematician
Greco-Syrian mathematician (c. 60 – c. 120 AD)
Frontinus
architect
Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator (c. 30 – 103 AD)
Vitruvius
architect
Roman architect and engineer
Pliny the Elder
art historian
1st-century Roman military commander and writer
Marinus of Tyre
cartographer
Greek cartographer and mathematician (c.70–130)
Dionysius Exiguus
canon law jurist
Byzantine saint
Theon of Smyrna
astronomer
2nd century Greek mathematician and philosopher
Apollodorus of Damascus
architect
2nd century Syrian Roman architect and engineer
Galen
biologist
1st-century Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher
Lucius Tarquinius Superbus
monarch
King of Rome from 535 to 509 BC
Uranius
monarch
Two possible 3rd century Roman imperial usurpers
Charito
empress consort
Roman empress, wife of Jovian
Cyriades
monarch
Roman rebel who tried to overthrow emperor Gallienus
Sebastianus
monarch
5th-century Roman usurper
Mussius Aemilianus
monarch
Usurper during the reign of Roman emperor Gallienus
Macrianus Minor
monarch
Usurper of throne of Roman Empire (died 261)
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