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Born c.115 BCE
Died 43 BCE
Marble bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero, shown with short hair and draped clothing, displayed against a black background.
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
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Gaius Flaminius
Roman politician
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Quintus Hortensius Hortalus
Roman orator
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Lucius Julius Caesar
Roman consul
Statue of Julius Caesar in Roman military attire stands in front of a domed building in Rome, Italy, with a clear blue sky in the background.
Julius Caesar
Roman ruler
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
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Scipio Africanus the Younger
Roman general
Silver coin from Carthago Nova, believed to be a portrait of Scipio Africanus the Elder; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen.
Scipio Africanus
Roman general
Bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius with his right arm raised, seated on a horse, at Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, Italy.
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
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Gaius Gracchus
Roman tribune
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius
Roman general
Mark Antony marble bust
Mark Antony
Roman triumvir
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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus
Roman tribune
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Sallust
Roman historian
Sulla
Sulla
Roman dictator