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Flourished	c.50 BCE - c.1 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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Marcus Porcius Cato

Roman statesman [234-149 BCE]

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Gaius Asinius Pollio

Roman historian and orator

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Quintus Aurelius Memmius Eusebius Symmachus

Roman statesman [circa 345–402]

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Publius Sulpicius Rufus

Roman orator

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Quintus Hortensius Hortalus

Roman orator

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Lucius Licinius Crassus

Roman lawyer

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Gaius Laelius Sapiens, the Younger

Roman politician

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Gaius Scribonius Curio

Roman statesman [died 53 BCE]

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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