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author: marco
categories:
- Alphabet Lists
date: "2013-10-29T00:00:38Z"
title: Ancient Roman Celebrities (No K, W, X, Y, Z)
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| **Letter** | **Main Candidate** | **Secondary** | **Comments** |
|---|---|---|---|
| **A** | Augustus |  | First official emperor |
| **B** | Brutus |  | Killer of Caesar |
| **C** | Caesar |  | First unofficial emperor |
| **D** | Diocletian |  | Ruled over the Empire at its largest extent |
| **E** | Eusebius |  | First chronicler of the Christian Church |
| **F** | Flavius | Fabius | Both are names of gentes, the aristocratic families of Rome |
| **G** | Germanicus |  | Father of crazy Caligula |
| **H** | Hadrianus |  | Roman emperor, usually spelled Hadrian in English |
| **I** | Irenaeus |  | Church theologian |
| **J** | Julius |  | Name of the gens to which Caesar belonged |
| **K** | – |  |  |
| **L** | Livius |  | Name of a gens, made famous by the historian that goes by its name |
| **M** | Marcus |  | Common name (see Marcus Aurelius and Marcus Antonius) derived from Mars |
| **N** | Nero |  | Emperor famous for burning down Rome |
| **O** | Octavius |  | Common name, for the eight-born |
| **P** | Pompeius |  | Another gens, made famous by several Romans (Pompey) |
| **Q** | Quintus |  | Common name, for the fifth-born |
| **R** | Romulus |  | The founder of Rome |
| **S** | Scipio | Sextus, Septimus | A gens made famous by the winner against Carthage |
| **T** | Titus | Traianus | Early Roman emperor |
| **U** | Ulpius |  | Gens to which the emperor Trajan belonged |
| **V** | Valens |  | Late emperor, captured by the Persians |
| **W** | – |  |  |
| **X** | – |  |  |
| **Y** | – |  |  |
| **Z** | – |  |  |