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Julius Caesar
Born into an impoverished but prestigious patrician family, he was early on associated with the ...
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
An early general, Gnaeus Pompeius made his name raising a private army for Sulla during ...
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Octavian / Augustus
Born Gaius Octavius, he was adopted by will by his great-uncle Julius Caesar and took ...
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Mark Antony
A lieutenant of Julius Caesar during the conquest of Gaul and the civil war that ...
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Cleopatra VII
The last active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty, Cleopatra VII came to power in 51 ...
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Cato the Younger
Great-grandson of Cato the Elder, whose moral legacy he claimed as his own, Marcus Porcius ...
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Marcus Junius Brutus
Born around 85 BC, Marcus Junius Brutus lost his father at the age of eight, ...
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Fulvia
Fulvia belonged to a wealthy plebeian family and married three times into major figures of ...
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Gaius Cassius Longinus
Born around 86 BC into a plebeian family of senatorial rank, Gaius Cassius Longinus first ...
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Octavia Minor
The full sister of Octavian, born to Gaius Octavius and Atia, she first married Gaius ...
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Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
Son of Ptolemy XII Auletes, he inherited the throne of Egypt in 51 BC at ...
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Cornelia
Daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cinna, leader of the popular faction, she was married in 84 ...
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Gaius Claudius Marcellus
A member of the prestigious Claudii Marcelli, Gaius Claudius Marcellus married Octavia, sister of the ...
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Julia
The only child of Caesar and his first wife Cornelia, she lost her mother while ...
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Lucius Cornelius Cinna
A patrician by birth, he emerged as one of the leaders of the popular faction ...
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Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
Born into a prestigious patrician family, Marcus Aemilius Lepidus owed his rise to his steady ...
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Marcus Licinius Crassus
Born into a consular family, he had to rebuild his fortune after Marius’s proscriptions cost ...
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Marcus Tullius Cicero
Born into an equestrian family from Arpinum with no consular ancestors, Marcus Tullius Cicero rose ...
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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Of modest origin, Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa met the future Augustus while studying together at Apollonia ...
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Porcia
Born around 73 BC, Porcia was the daughter of Cato the Younger, from whom she ...
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Publius Clodius Pulcher
Born into the illustrious patrician Claudii family, he altered the spelling of his name to ...
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Servilia
Born around 100 BC, Servilia belonged to a prestigious senatorial family and was the half-sister ...
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Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus
Born around 81 BC, Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus, not to be confused with his distant ...
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Gaius Asinius Pollio
Born into an equestrian family from the land of the Marsi, he joined Caesar as ...
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Gaius Marius
Born into an equestrian family near Arpinum, he was very much a “new man” in ...
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Gaius Scribonius Curio
Son of an orator and statesman of the same name, he first made his name ...
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Gaius Trebonius
Born around 92 BC into an equestrian family, Gaius Trebonius owed his political rise to ...
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla
Born into an impoverished branch of the patrician Cornelii, Lucius Cornelius Sulla first made his ...
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Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus
A fierce opponent of Caesar from the 60s BC onward, Ahenobarbus made repeated attempts to ...
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Lucius Tillius Cimber
Little is known of Lucius Tillius Cimber’s background before he entered Caesar’s circle, whom he ...
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Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus
Aedile and then praetor, Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus reached the consulship in 59 BC alongside Caesar, ...
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Metellus Scipio
Born Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica, he was adopted as an adult by Quintus Caecilius Metellus ...
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Publius Cornelius Dolabella
A member of a patrician branch of the Cornelia gens, he led a dissolute, debt-ridden ...
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Sextus Pompey
The younger son of Pompey the Great, Sextus Pompey carried on his father’s and brother’s ...
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Titus Annius Milo
Titus Annius Milo made his name through the systematic use of armed gangs of gladiators ...
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Titus Labienus
A native of Picenum like Pompey, whose family his own may have been clients of, ...
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Calpurnia
Daughter of Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, the future consul of 58 BC, she married Caesar ...
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Gaius Cilnius Maecenas
Born into the equestrian order, Gaius Maecenas deliberately chose never to seek public office, preferring ...
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Livia Drusilla
Born into the prestigious gens Claudia, Livia Drusilla was first married to Tiberius Claudius Nero, ...
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Publius Servilius Casca
Casca’s exact identity remains debated among ancient sources, which disagree between the praenomina Publius and ...
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Quintus Tullius Cicero
The younger brother of the orator Marcus Tullius Cicero, Quintus Tullius Cicero pursued a quieter ...
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Vercingetorix
Son of Celtillus, an Arverni chieftain executed for aspiring to kingship over all of Gaul, ...