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Died 54
Agrippina the Younger, bust by an unknown artist; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Julia Agrippina
Roman patrician
Gaius Maecenas, marble bust; in the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Rome
Gaius Maecenas
Roman diplomat and patron
Livia Drusilla, marble bust; in the Vatican Museum
Livia Drusilla
Roman patrician
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Sextus Afranius Burrus
Roman prefect
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Ofonius Tigellinus
Roman official
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Athenodorus Cananites
Greek philosopher
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Constantine I
Constantine I
Roman emperor
Marble bust of Roman emperor Tiberius showing a youthful male face with short, wavy hair and a neutral expression.
Tiberius
Roman emperor
Hadrian
Hadrian
Roman emperor
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Tacitus
Tacitus
Roman historian
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
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
Nero
Nero
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Claudius I
Claudius
Roman emperor
Julian the Apostate
Julian
Roman emperor
Caracalla
Caracalla
Roman emperor