IMPERIUM ROMANUM

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Alphabetical register

Names follow the main dossier headings; alternate names appear within each dossier. Roman family names recur, so use the full identity rather than a surname alone.

Figure Life or traditional period Principal role Dossier
Aegidius Birth unknown; died 464/465 CE Roman commander maintaining power in northern Gaul RF-120
Agrippina the Younger 15–59 CE Imperial consort and mother of Nero RF-053
Alaric I c. 370–410 CE Gothic leader and Roman military negotiator RF-108
Amalasuntha c. 495–535 CE Gothic regent and queen in Italy RF-128
Ambrose of Milan c. 339–397 CE Bishop former governor and ecclesiastical statesman RF-105
Ammianus Marcellinus c. 330–after 390 CE Soldier and historian RF-143
Anastasius I c. 430–518 CE Eastern Roman emperor RF-126
Antoninus Pius 86–161 CE Emperor RF-071
Arminius c. 18/17 BCE–21 CE Cheruscan leader and former Roman auxiliary officer RF-048
Attila Birth unknown; died 453 CE Ruler of a Hunnic confederation RF-116
Augustine of Hippo 354–430 CE Bishop, theologian, and author RF-147
Augustus 63 BCE–14 CE First Roman princeps RF-043
Aulus Vitellius 15–69 CE Emperor proclaimed by the Rhine armies RF-062
Aurelian c. 214–275 CE Emperor and reunifier RF-088
Belisarius c. 500–565 CE Eastern Roman general RF-131
Bonifatius Birth unknown; died 432 CE African commander and rival of Aetius RF-114
Boudica Birth unknown; died c. 60/61 CE Leader of a major revolt in Roman Britain RF-058
Caligula 12–41 CE Emperor RF-051
Caracalla 188–217 CE Emperor RF-077
Cassiodorus c. 485–c. 580 CE Roman administrator, compiler, and monastic founder RF-146
Cassius Dio c. 164–after 229 CE Senator, consul, provincial administrator, and historian RF-142
Claudian c. 370–c. 404 CE Court poet, panegyrist, and political advocate RF-144
Claudius 10 BCE–54 CE Emperor RF-052
Claudius II Gothicus c. 214–270 CE Emperor and commander against the Goths RF-087
Cleopatra VII 69–30 BCE Ptolemaic queen of Egypt RF-041
Commodus 161–192 CE Emperor RF-074
Constantine I c. 272–337 CE Emperor and patron of Christianity RF-094
Constantine III Birth unknown; died 411 CE Rival western emperor RF-110
Constantius I c. 250–306 CE Caesar and emperor RF-092
Constantius II 317–361 CE Emperor RF-097
Count Theodosius Birth unknown; died c. 375/376 CE Senior general and restorer of provincial control RF-103
Panegyric Disguised as History
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Figure Life or traditional period Principal role Dossier
Decebalus Birth unknown; died 106 CE Dacian king and opponent of Rome RF-069
Decius c. 201–251 CE Emperor RF-081
Diocletian c. 244–c. 311/312 CE Emperor and architect of tetrarchic government RF-090
Domitian 51–96 CE Emperor RF-066
Elagabalus c. 203/204–222 CE Emperor and priest of the Emesene solar god RF-079
Eutropius Fourth century CE; dates uncertain Imperial official and epitomator RF-149
Flavius Aetius c. 390–454 CE Senior western general and political broker RF-115
Flavius Josephus 37/38–c. 100 CE Judaean commander, historian, and Flavian client RF-139
Gaiseric c. 389–477 CE Vandal and Alan king RF-117
Gaius Cassius Longinus c. 86–42 BCE Senator commander and conspirator RF-036
Gaius Julius Caesar 100–44 BCE Consul, general, author, and dictator RF-032
Gaius Marius 157–86 BCE General and seven-time consul RF-021
Gaius Sallustius Crispus 86–c. 35 BCE Senator, provincial governor, and historian RF-136
Gaius Sempronius Gracchus 154–121 BCE Tribune and legislative reformer RF-019
Gaius Suetonius Paulinus First century CE; death unknown General governor and civil-war commander RF-057
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus c. 69–after 122 CE Imperial secretary and biographer RF-141
Galba 3 BCE–69 CE Emperor and former provincial governor RF-060
Galerius c. 250–311 CE Tetrarch and eastern emperor RF-093
Galla Placidia c. 388–450 CE Imperial daughter, queen consort, and Augusta RF-109
Gallienus c. 218–268 CE Emperor RF-083
Germanicus 15 BCE–19 CE Imperial prince and commander RF-049
Geta 189–211 CE Co-emperor and murdered Severan heir RF-078
Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo c. 7–67 CE General and eastern commander RF-056
Gnaeus Julius Agricola 40–93 CE Consul, governor, and commander in Britain RF-059
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus 106–48 BCE General, consul, and extraordinary commander RF-028
Gratian 359–383 CE Emperor of the western imperial sphere RF-102
Hadrian 76–138 CE Emperor RF-070
Hannibal Barca 247–c. 183 BCE Carthaginian commander and later suffete RF-010
Honorius 384–423 CE Western emperor RF-106
Jordanes Sixth century CE; dates uncertain Compiler and historian of Roman and Gothic history RF-150
Jovian 331–364 CE Emperor and successor to Julian RF-099
Jugurtha c. 160–104 BCE Numidian king and opponent of Rome RF-020
Julia Domna c. 160–217 CE Imperial consort and dynastic patron RF-076
Julian 331/332–363 CE Emperor, general, and philosophical writer RF-098
Justin I c. 450–527 CE Soldier emperor and founder of Justinian's ruling house RF-127
Justinian I 482–565 CE Eastern Roman emperor RF-129
Khosrow I Birth uncertain; died 579 CE Sasanian king of kings RF-134
Leo I c. 401–474 CE Eastern Roman emperor RF-123
Licinius c. 265–325 CE Emperor and rival of Constantine RF-096
Livia Drusilla 58 BCE–29 CE Imperial consort and dynastic intermediary RF-044
Lucius Aelius Sejanus c. 20 BCE–31 CE Praetorian prefect and imperial favorite RF-050
Lucius Aemilius Paullus c. 229–160 BCE Consul and conqueror of the Macedonian monarchy RF-015
Lucius Annaeus Seneca c. 4 BCE–65 CE Philosopher, dramatist, senator, and imperial adviser RF-054
Lucius Cornelius Sulla 138–78 BCE General, consul, and dictator RF-022
Lucius Junius Brutus Traditional sixth century BCE Leader of the expulsion of the kings and early consul RF-004
Lucius Licinius Lucullus c. 118–57/56 BCE Consul and eastern commander RF-024
Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus Traditional fifth century BCE Consul and dictator in Republican tradition RF-005
Lucius Sergius Catilina c. 108–62 BCE Senator and leader of an armed conspiracy RF-030
Lucius Verus 130–169 CE Co-emperor RF-073
Majorian c. 420–461 CE Western emperor and campaigning ruler RF-118
Marcus Aemilius Lepidus c. 89–13/12 BCE Consul triumvir and pontifex maximus RF-038
Marcus Antonius 83–30 BCE General consul and triumvir RF-037
Marcus Aurelius 121–180 CE Emperor and Stoic writer RF-072
Marcus Aurelius
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Figure Life or traditional period Principal role Dossier
Marcus Claudius Marcellus c. 268–208 BCE Consul and general RF-009
Marcus Furius Camillus Traditional death 365 BCE General and repeated dictator RF-006
Marcus Junius Brutus 85–42 BCE Senator praetor and leader of the Liberators RF-035
Marcus Licinius Crassus c. 115–53 BCE General, financier, consul, and political broker RF-027
Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder 234–149 BCE Consul, censor, soldier, and author RF-013
Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger 95–46 BCE Senator tribune and opponent of Caesar RF-031
Marcus Tullius Cicero 106–43 BCE Consul, advocate, political thinker, and correspondent RF-029
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa c. 63–12 BCE General, admiral, consul, and imperial deputy RF-042
Masinissa c. 238–148 BCE Numidian king and decisive Roman ally RF-012
Maxentius c. 278–312 CE Emperor based at Rome RF-095
Maximian c. 250–310 CE Emperor and western tetrarch RF-091
Mithridates VI Eupator c. 135–63 BCE King and major opponent of Roman expansion RF-025
Narses c. 480–c. 573 CE Court official and general RF-132
Nero 37–68 CE Emperor RF-055
Nero Claudius Drusus 38–9 BCE Imperial prince and frontier commander RF-045
Nerva 30–98 CE Emperor RF-067
Numa Pompilius Traditional eighth to seventh centuries BCE King and religious lawgiver in Roman tradition RF-002
Octavia Minor c. 69–11 BCE Aristocratic patron and dynastic intermediary RF-040
Odaenathus Birth uncertain; died c. 267 CE Palmyrene ruler and Roman eastern commander RF-085
Odoacer c. 433–493 CE Ruler of Italy and military king RF-122
Otho 32–69 CE Emperor RF-061
Pliny the Elder 23/24–79 CE Officer, administrator, fleet commander, and encyclopedist RF-065
Plutarch of Chaeronea c. 46–after 119 CE Greek biographer, philosopher, and priest RF-138
Polybius c. 200–c. 118 BCE Greek statesman, historian, and Roman hostage RF-135
Postumus Birth unknown; died 269 CE Emperor of the Gallic imperial regime RF-086
Priscus of Panium Fifth century CE; dates uncertain Diplomat and historian RF-148
Procopius of Caesarea c. 500–after 554 CE Legal adviser, eyewitness historian, and author RF-145
Publius Cornelius Scipio Aemilianus 185/184–129 BCE Consul and siege commander RF-016
Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus 236–183 BCE General and consul RF-011
Publius Cornelius Tacitus c. 56–c. 120 CE Senator, consul, and historian RF-140
Publius Quinctilius Varus 46 BCE–9 CE Consul governor and army commander RF-047
Pulcheria 399–453 CE Augusta and eastern dynastic power broker RF-112
Pyrrhus of Epirus c. 319–272 BCE King of Epirus and expeditionary commander RF-007
Quintus Fabius Maximus c. 280–203 BCE Consul and dictator RF-008
Quintus Sertorius c. 126–72 BCE Roman commander opposing the Sullan settlement RF-023
Ricimer c. 405–472 CE Western military commander and kingmaker RF-119
Romulus Traditional eighth century BCE Founder king in Roman tradition RF-001
Romulus Augustulus c. 460–after 476 CE Young western emperor installed by Orestes RF-121
Septimius Severus 145–211 CE Emperor and founder of the Severan dynasty RF-075
Severus Alexander 208–235 CE Emperor RF-080
Sextus Pompey c. 67–35 BCE Naval commander and opponent of the triumvirs RF-039
Shapur I Birth uncertain; died c. 270/272 CE Sasanian king of kings RF-084
Spartacus Birth unknown; died 71 BCE Leader in the major Italian slave uprising RF-026
Stilicho c. 359–408 CE Senior western commander and political guardian RF-107
Tarquinius Superbus Traditional sixth century BCE Last king of Rome in the received narrative RF-003
Theodora c. 497–548 CE Empress and influential imperial partner RF-130
Theodoric the Great c. 454–526 CE Gothic king, ruler of Italy, and holder of Roman honors RF-125
Theodosius I 347–395 CE Emperor RF-104
Theodosius II 401–450 CE Eastern Roman emperor RF-111
Tiberius 42 BCE–37 CE Emperor and earlier frontier commander RF-046
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus c. 163–133 BCE Tribune and agrarian reformer RF-018
Titus 39–81 CE Emperor and commander at Jerusalem RF-064
Titus Labienus c. 100–45 BCE Tribune and field commander RF-033
Titus Livius 59 BCE–17 CE by the conventional chronology Historian of Rome RF-137
Titus Quinctius Flamininus c. 229–174 BCE Consul general and diplomatic agent RF-014
Totila Birth unknown; died 552 CE Gothic king and commander in Italy RF-133
Trajan 53–117 CE Emperor and conqueror RF-068
Valens c. 328–378 CE Emperor of the eastern imperial sphere RF-101
Valentinian I 321–375 CE Emperor of the western imperial sphere RF-100
Valentinian III 419–455 CE Western emperor RF-113
Valerian c. 195–after 260 CE Emperor and eastern commander RF-082
Vercingetorix Birth unknown; died 46 BCE Gallic coalition leader RF-034
Vespasian 9–79 CE Emperor and founder of the Flavian dynasty RF-063
Viriathus Birth unknown; died 139 BCE Lusitanian resistance leader RF-017
Zeno c. 425–491 CE Eastern Roman emperor RF-124
Zenobia Third century CE; later fate uncertain Palmyrene ruler and regent for Vaballathus RF-089