Alexander Severus

Alexander Severus, Marcus Aurelius (208-235), a Roman emperor, ruled 222-235. Alexander was the cousin and adopted son of Emperor Heliogabalus, whom he succeeded.

Androcles

Androcles, a Roman slave of the first century a.d. According to Aulus Gellius, a Latin writer of that period, Androcles ran away from his cruel master in Africa and hid in a cave.

Antoninus Pius

Antoninus Pius(86-161 A.D.), Roman emperor, 138-61. He had a notable public career and in 138 was adopted by Emperor Hadrian as his successor.

Arcadius

Arcadius, (377?-408 A.D.), the first emperor of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

Augustus

Augustus(63 B.C.-14 A.D.), the first Roman emperor. He was originally named Gaius Octavius and was later called Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus (or, in English, Octavian).

Aurelian

Aurelian , (or Aurelianus), Lucius Domitius (212?–275 A.D.), a Roman emperor, reigned 270–75.

Belisarius

Belisarius, a military commander of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire during the reign of Justinian I.

Caligula

Caligula, the third emperor of Rome. His real name was Gaius Caesar Germanicus. Caligula (Little Boots) was the nickname given him as a boy by soldiers because of the army boots he wore about his father's camp.

Caracalla

Caracalla (in full: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus Caracalla) (188–217 A.D.), a Roman emperor.

Cassius

Cassius the name of a prominent Roman gens, or clan. It was of patrician (noble) origin, but became identified with the plebeians (common people).

Catiline

Catiline or Lucius Sergius Catilina (about 108–62 B.C.), a Roman politician. Almost all that is known of his life comes from the hostile accounts written by the orator Cicero (a political enemy) and Sallust (a Roman historian of the first century B.C.).

Claudius I

Claudius I, (10 B.C.-54 A.D.), the fourth emperor of Rome. His full name was Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus.

Constantine the Great

Constantine (I) the Great (280?–337 A.D.), Roman emperor from 308 to 337. Constantine's reign was marked by two major events—a tremendous growth of Christianity and the moving of the capital of the empire from Rome to Constantinople.

Diocletian

Diocletian (245–313 A.D.), a Roman emperor. His full name was Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus.

Domitian

Domitian (51–96 A.D.), a Roman emperor. His full name was Titus Flavius Domitianus.