When
in Rome … . Historical Figure Handout
history of ancient Rome. You may use any of these figures in your
project,
however, you may have to do some extra
research to find information.
Famous Roman Individuals
Agrippa I, king of Judea,
politics Domitian,
emperor
Agrippa II, king of Judea,
politics Elagabalus,
emperor
Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius,
politics Ennuis,
Quintus, poet
Agripppina the Elder,
Caligula’s mother* Faustina,
wife/empress*
Agrippina the Younger,
wife/empress* Felix,
Marcus Antoninus, St. Paul’s judge
Alaric, king of the Goths,
politics Festus,
Porcius, St. Paul’s judge
Antoninus Pius, emperor Frontinus,
Sextus Julius, solder and engineer
Apuleius, Lucius, writer Fronto,
Marcus Cornelius, orator
Asinius, Gaius Pollio, general Fulvia,
Antony’s wife*
Atticus, Titus Pomponius,
businessman Galba,
emperor
Attila the Hun, military
leader Galen,
medicine
Augustus, emperor Gallus,
Gauis Cornelius, politics/poet
Berenice, queen of Egypt* Gellius,
Aulus, lawyer
Boadicea, rebel queen* Gracchus,
Gaius, politics
Brutus, Lucius Junius,
politics Gracchus,
Tiberius, politics
Brutus, Marcus Junius,
Caesar’s assassin Hadrian,
politics
Caligula, emperor Hannibal,
Carthagenian general
Calpurnia, Caesar’s wife* Herod
the Great, king of Judaea, politics
Camillus, Marcus Furius, hero Horace, poet
Caracalla, emperor Horati
Brothers, heroes
Cassius, Gaius Longinus,
Caesar’s assassin Horatius
Cocles, hero
Catiline, politics Josephus,
historian
Cato the Censor,
politics/orator Jugurtha,
Numidian king
Cato the Younger,
orator/politics Julian,
emperor
Catullus, Gaius Valerius, poet Julius
Caesar, politics
Cestius, Gaius, public
official/builder Juvenal,
poet
Cicero, Marcus Tullius,
politics/orator Latinus,
king of the Latins, politics
Cincinnatus, Lucius Quinctius,
dictator Lepidus,
Marcus Aemilius, politics
Cleopatra, rebel queen* Livia,
Augustus’ wife*
Clodius, Publius, politics Livy,
historian
Constantine the Great, emperor Lucan, writer
Coriolanus, Gauis Marcius,
politics Luctretia,
heroine*
Cornelia, mother of the
Gracchi* Lucretius,
philosopher/poet
Crassus, Marcus Licinius.
politics
Curtius, Marcus, hero
Macrobius, Ambrosius,
writer/philosopher Plutarch, writer
Maecenas, Gauis, diplomat Pompeius,
Sextus, general
Manilius Capitolinus, Marcus,
hero Pompey the Great,
general/politics
Manilius Torquatus, Titus,
hero Pontius
Pilate, politics
Manilius, Marcus, hero Poppaea
Sabina, Nero’s queen*
Marcellus, Marcus Claudius,
royal family Portia, Brutus’
wife*
Marcus Aurelius,
emperor/philosopher Propertius,
Sextus, poet
Marius, Gaius, politics Prudentius,
poet
Mark Antony, politics Ptolemy
the Geographer
Messalina the Elder, Claudius’
wife* Q. Fabius
Cunctator, military leader
Messalina the Younger,
wife/empress* Quintilian,
teacher/writer
Mithridates, king of Pontus,
rebel kiing Regulus,
Marcus Atilius, consul/general
Mummius Achaicus, Lucius,
general Romulus and
Remus, Rome’s founders
Nero, emperor Romulus
Augustulus, last emperor of Rome
Nerva, emperor Roscius
Gallus, Quintus, actor
Numa Pompilius, king Sallust,
politician/historian
Octavia, Antony’s wife* Scaevola,
Gaius Mucius, hero
Otho, Marcus Salvius, emperor Scipio
Aemilianus Africanus, general
Ovid, poet Scipio
Africanus Major, general/consul
Persius Flaccus, Aulus,
satirist Sejanus,
Lucius Aelius, politics/military
Petronius Arbiter, satirist Seneca
the Elder, write
Phillip V, king if Macedonia,
rebel king Seneca the
Younger, philosopher/writer
Philon of Alexandrria, Jewish
leader Septimius
Severus, Lucius, emperor
Philopappus, consul/Syrian
prince Sertorius,
Quintus, politics
Plautus, Titus Maccius,
playwright Servius
Tullius, king of Rome
Pliny the Elder, writer Sophonisba,
Carthagenian princess*
Pliny the Younger,
writer/administrator Spartacus,
rebel gladiator
Statius,
Publius Papinius, poet
Stilicho,
barbarian general
Suetonius
Tranquillus, Gaius, historian/writer
Sulla,
Lucius Cornelius, dictator
Symmachus,
Quintus Aurelius, statesman
Tacitus,
Cornelius, historian
Tarpeia,
villainess*
Terence,
playwright
Theodoric
the Great, emperor
Tiberius,
emperor
Tibullus,
Albius, poet
Titus
Flavius Vespasianus, emperor
Trajan,
emperor
Varro,
Marcus Terentius, scholar/writer
Vercingetorix,
rebel Gaullic chieftain
Verres,
Gaius, governor
Vespasian,
emperor
Virgil,
poet