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She was the daughter of Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II.
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She is the mother of Julius Caesar and she saved his life.
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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.
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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.
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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
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She married Octavian after he made Nero divorce her.
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Servillia is known to have had an affair with Julius Caesar while married to Brutus's father.
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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.
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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. -
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The son of Flavius Sabinus and Vespasia Polla. He captured more than twenty towns as a general.
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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.
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His nickname was little boots. It was believed that when he was a teen he had commited incest with his sister, Drusillia.
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He was governor of Syria and Asia. He was a strict ruler and had Trajan’s column constructed.
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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.
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He is the adopted son and successor of Emperor Hadrian and became one of the most peaceful rulers in history.
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He renamed Rome “ Colonia Commodiana." He also thought that he was Hercules and everyone thought he was insane.
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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.
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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.
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He was the first Christian Roman emperor. He also created the capitol Constantinople and was the founder of Byzantium.
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Was called “The Last Roman” in modern history. He was known for making the “ Justinian Code” which was based or already used Roman laws.
