WORLD HISTORY THROUGH BIOGRAPHY
Ancient and Classical Rome: 753 BC - 476 AD
ROMULUS & REMUS |
783-743 Founders of Rome |
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TARQUINUS SUPERBUS |
550-500 Ruler of Rome |
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LUCIOUS BRUTUS |
540-480 Founder of Roman Republic |
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CINCINNATUS |
519-448 Roman Farmer |
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QUINTUS FLAVIUS MAXIMUS |
260-203 Roman General |
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HANNIBAL |
247-182 Carthaginian General |
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SCIPIO AFRICANUS |
236-183 Roman General |
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CATO |
234-149 Roman Senator |
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SCIPIO AEMILIANUS |
185-129 Roman General |
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TIBERIUS AND GAIUS GRACCHUS |
168-133 Roman Tribune |
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MARIUS |
157-86 Roman Tribune |
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SULLA |
138-78 Roman General |
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MITHRIATES |
135-63 Ruler of Hellenistic Greece |
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MARCUS LICINIUS CRASSUS |
115-53 Roman Banker |
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SPARTACUS |
110-71 Roman Slave |
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GAIUS POMPEY |
106-48 Roman General |
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CICERO Marcus Tullius Cicero was the greatest orator and political philosopher of later republican Rome. He taught the chief schools of Greek philosophy to the Romans (constructing Latin vocabulary in the process), and his great stance against empire stands as inspriation to patriots throughout the West today. |
106-43 Roman Orator |
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JULIUS CAESAR |
101-44 Emperor of Rome |
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LUCRETIUS |
94-55 Roman Writer |
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VERCINGETORIX |
90-46 Celtic Leader |
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MARCUS BRUTUS |
85-42 Roman Senator |
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MARC ANTONY |
83-30 Roman Ruler of Egypt |
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HEROD |
73-4 King of the Jews |
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VIRGIL |
70-19 Roman Writer |
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CLEOPATRA |
69-30 Queen of Egypt |
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HORATIUS |
65-8 Roman Writer |
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STRABO |
63-19 Greek Geographer |
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MARCUS AGRIPPA |
63-12 Roman General |
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AUGUSTUS CAESAR |
63-14 AD Emperor of Rome |
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LIVY |
59-17 AD Roman Writer |
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OVID |
43-17 AD Roman Writer |
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TIBERIUS |
42-37 AD Emperor of Rome |
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PHILO |
20-40 AD Jewish Hellenistic Philosopher |
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MARY |
20 BC - 63 AD Mother of God |
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HERMANN |
18 BC - 21 AD Germanic Warrior Chief |
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SENECA |
5-65 AD Roman Writer |
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JOHN THE BAPTIST |
5-33 AD Israelite Baptist |
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Anno Domini* |
JESUS CHRIST |
4-30 AD Messiah |
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ST. PETER |
5-64 Evangelist of Christ |
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ST. PAUL |
5-67 Evangelist of Christ |
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VESPASIAN |
9-79 Emperor of Rome |
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CLAUDIUS |
10-54 Emperor of Rome |
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CALIGULA |
12-41 Emperor of Rome |
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NERVA |
32-98 Emperor of Rome |
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NERO |
37-68 Emperor of Rome |
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JOSEPHUS |
37-100 Jewish General |
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TITUS |
39-81 Emperor of Rome |
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PLUTARCH |
46-120 Roman Writer |
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AKIBA BEN JOSEPH |
50-135 Jewish Rabbi MANTHEO 250 BC-- |
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TRAJAN |
53-117 Emperor of Rome |
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TACITUS |
55-120 Roman Historian |
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JUVENAL |
55-130 Roman Writer |
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SIMON BAR KOKHBA |
65-135 Jewish Rabbi |
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HADRIAN |
76-138 Emperor of Rome |
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PTOLEMY Greek by biology, Egyptian by geography and Roman by sociology, Ptolemy used perfect argumentation to prove the geocentric hypothesis, that the Earth was at the center of the cosmos and all revolved around it. He was beautifully wrong, of course, but his writ was taken as holy for 1,500 years. As a side note, he codified longitude and latitude, too. (BC) |
80-145 Greek Scientist |
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ANTONINUS PIUS |
86-161 Emperor of Rome |
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MARCUS AURELIUS |
121-180 Emperor of Rome |
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GALEN |
130-201 Roman Scientist |
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SEPTIMUS SEVERUS |
146-211 Emperor of Rome |
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COMMODUS |
161-192 Emperor of Rome |
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ST. VALENTINE |
239-269 Catholic Priest |
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DIOCLETIAN |
245-316 Emperor of Rome |
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ARIUS |
250-336 Christian Reformer |
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CONSTANTINE |
274-337 Emperor of Rome |
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ST. BASIL |
329-379 Founder of Eastern Monasticism |
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ST. AMBROSE |
339-397 Writer of Catholic Liturgy |
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THEODOSIUS I |
346-395 Emperor of Rome |
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ST. JOHN CHRYSOSTOM |
347-407 Writer of Orthodox Liturgy |
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HYPATIA |
351-370 Greek Scientist |
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ST. AUGUSTINE |
354-430 Apostle of the English |
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ALARIC |
370-410 Leader of the Visigoths |
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ST. PATRICK |
385-461 Apostle of the Irish |
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ST. SIMEON STYLITES |
387-459 Esthetic |
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POPE LEO I |
390-461 Pope |
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ATILLA THE HUN |
406-453 Leader of the Huns |
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ODOACER |
440-493 Leader of the Ostragoths |
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ROMULUS AUGUSTUS |
456-486 Last Emperor of Rome |
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