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181 BCE
Lucilla
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Period: 149 BCE to 181 BCE
Lucilla
She was the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II.
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120 BCE
Aurelia Cotta
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Period: 120 BCE to 54 BCE
Aurelia Cotta
She is the mother of Julius Caesar and she saved his life.
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83 BCE
Fulvia
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Period: 83 BCE to 40 BCE
Fulvia
She was one of the most politically involved women of the Roman Republic. She even drug her dead husband through the streets of Rome to start a riot against Milo who had murdered him. -
70 BCE
Porcia Catonis
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Period: 70 BCE to 42 BCE
Porcia Catonis
She is the daughter of Cato the younger. She also stabbed herself in the leg to prove her devotion to her husband Brutus and that she could with stand torture. -
63 BCE
Augustus
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Period: 63 BCE to 14
Augustus
Caesar had adopted Giaus in his will and made him his chief personal heir. Atia was Giaus’s mother who was the daughter of Julia, the sister of Julius Caesar -
58 BCE
Livia Drusilla
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Period: 58 BCE to 29
Livia Drusilla
She married Octavian after he made Nero divorce her.
It was rumored that she killed whomever got in the way of her children getting the throne. -
42 BCE
Servilia Caepionis
Servillia is known to have had an affair with Julius Caesar while married to Brutus's father.
There was a rumor that Servilia let Caesar sleep with his daughter that they supposedly had during the affair. -
42 BCE
Hortensia
She was the daughter of Quintus Hortensia.
She made a speech before the Second Triumvirate in 42 BC when a heavy tax was put on 1,400 of Rome’s most wealthy women.
The tax was brought down after her speech and the uprising of women that followed.
She went down in history as a fearless Roman. -
42 BCE
Tiberius Claudius Nero
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Period: 42 BCE to 37
Tiberius Claudius Nero
His mom married Augustus making Nero his step-son and heir.
He was one of Rome’s greatest generals. He left the imperial treasury with three billion sesterces upon his death. -
9
Vespasian
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Period: 9 to 79
Vespasian
The son of Flavius Sabinus and Vespasia Polla. He captured more than twenty towns as a general. -
20
Valeria Messalina
Married Claudius even though he was at least thirty years older than her. She ordered her husband to kill or exile whomever displeased her. She had a competition with a prostitute for who could sleep with more men in one night and she won with twenty-five. -
Period: 37 to 41
Caligula
His nickname was little boots. It was believed that when he was a teen he had commited incest with his sister, Drusillia. -
53
Trajan
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Period: 53 to 173
Trajan
He was governor of Syria and Asia. He was a strict ruler and had Trajan’s column constructed. -
76
Caligula
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76
Hadrian
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Period: 76 to 138
Hadrian
He is a known admirer of Greece. He also spent a lot of time with the military so much so that he would eat with them. -
86
Antoninus Pius
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Period: 86 to 161
Antoninus Pius
He is the adopted son and successor of Emperor Hadrian and became one of the most peaceful rulers in history.
His first act was to give honors to his adoptive father Hadrian. -
161
Commodus
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Period: 161 to 192
Commodus
He renamed Rome “ Colonia Commodiana." He also thought that he was Hercules and everyone thought he was insane. -
170
Julia Domna
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Period: 170 to 271
Julia Domna
She traveled with her husband on military campaigns. Her son killed her other son which made their relationship strained but the n he was killed too so she committed suicide. -
250
Helena
Constantius decided to marry her since they had the same bracelet. She was the mother of Constantine the great. She was also known for her kindness. -
272
Constantine
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Period: 272 to 337
Constantine
He was the first Christian Roman emperor. He also created the capitol Constantinople and was the founder of Byzantium. -
482
Justinian
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Period: 482 to 565
Justinian
Was called “The Last Roman” in modern history. He was known for making the “ Justinian Code” which was based or already used Roman laws.
