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Flourished 116 BCE - 96 BCE
Title / Office king (116BC-96BC), Cyrenaica
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Attalus III Philometor Euergetes
king of Pergamum
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Marble statue of Polybius seated with one arm raised, draped in classical robes, against a blue sky in Vienna, Austria. The base is inscribed with the name Polybius.
Polybius
Greek historian
Ancient rock relief at Naqsh-e Rustam, Iran, depicting the surrender of Roman emperor Valerian to Persian king Shapur, with Shapur on horseback and Valerian kneeling before him.
Shāpūr I
king of Persia
Stone relief carving of Queen Cleopatra in profile holding a scepter and ankh, with hieroglyphic inscriptions, on the wall of the Temple of Horus at Edfu, Egypt.
Cleopatra
queen of Egypt
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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
Marble bust of Marcus Tullius Cicero, shown with short hair and draped clothing, displayed against a black background.
Cicero
Roman statesman, scholar, and writer
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
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Gaius Gracchus
Roman tribune
Theodor Mommsen.
Theodor Mommsen
German historian, philologist, and legal scholar
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius
Roman general
Mark Antony marble bust
Mark Antony
Roman triumvir

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