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Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus Vespasian Bust

Emperor Vespasian

Life: AD 9 – 79 Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus was born in AD 9 at Reate, north of Rome. His father Flavius Sabinus was a tax collector and held equestrian …

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Bust of Aulus Vitellius

Emperor Vitellius

Life: AD 15 – 69 Vitellius was born in AD 15. Vittelius’ father, Lucius Vitellius, three times held the office of consul as well as once being the emperor’s fellow …

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Bust of Marcus Salvius Otho

Emperor Otho

Life: AD 32 – 69 Emperor Otho, or, Marcus Salvius Otho was born at Ferentium in southern Etruria on 28 April AD 32. His family did not belong to the …

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Servius Sulpicius Galba Bust

Emperor Galba

Life: 3 BC – AD 69 Early Life Servius Sulpicius Galba was born on 24 December 3 BC, in a country villa near Tarracina, the son of patrician parents, Gaius …

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Emperor Nero

Life: AD 15 – 68 Nero Early Life Nero was born at Antium (Anzio) on 15 December AD 37 and was first named Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus. He was the son …

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Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus Claudius Bust

Emperor Claudius

Life: 10 BC-AD 54 Early Life of Claudius Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus was born in Lugdunum (Lyon) in 10 BC as the youngest son of Nero Drusus (Tiberius’ brother) …

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Emperor Caligula

Emperor Caligula

Life: AD 12 – 41 Introduction: The Enigmatic Emperor Caligula Gaius Julius Caesar Germanicus was the third son of Germanicus (nephew of Tiberius) and Agrippina the elder and was born …

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Tiberius Claudius Nero Bust

Emperor Tiberius

Life: 42 BC-AD 37 Tiberius’s Early Life Tiberius was born in 42 BC, the son of the aristocratic Tiberius Claudius Nero and Livia Drusilla. When he was two, his father …

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Emperor Augustus

Life: 63 BC – 14 AD Augustus’s Character and Appearance The future emperor Augustus was born into an equestrian family as Gaius Octavius in Rome on 23 September 63 BC. …

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Gaius Julius Caesar

Life: 100 – 44 BC Caesar was tall, fair-haired, well built and of sound health. though he did suffer from the occasional epileptic fit. The historian Suetonius writes about Julius …

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Pompey

Life: 106 – 48 BC Name: Gnaeus Pompeius MagnusAlso called: Pompey the Great Despite his family’s connections to Cinna (an ally of Sulla’s enemy Marius), Pompey raised an army and …

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Marcus Licinius Crassus Bust

Marcus Licinius Crassus

Life: 115 – 53 BC Crassus grew up as the son of a consul and distinguished general. His career to fame and phenomenal wealth began as he started purchasing the …

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Lucius Cornelius Sulla Bust

Sulla

Life: 138-78 BC Name: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Early Life Lucius Cornelius Sulla stemmed from a good, though not very wealthy Roman family. Despite the prestige associated with his patrician lineage, …

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