All names of persons, Romans and non Romans alike, who played a role in
the history of Rome will be listed here and direct you to the
place with information about these persons.
The Roman praenomen are abbreviated as the
Romans did. In the alphabetical order the praenomen are ignored.
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| Names | Remarks |
|---|---|
| -A- | |
| Adherbal 249 bc | Carthaginian general, Battle of Drepanum |
| T. Aebutius Helva | Dictator; lake Regillus |
| Mam. Aemilius Mamertinus | 2xDictator in 2nd Veiian war. Defeated the Veiiantines in a battle. Shortened the office of censor to 18 month |
| L. Aemilius Paullus | Beaten and killed by Hannibal in the battle of Cannae |
| Agathokles (361-289 bc) | Tyrant of Syracusae, dismissed the Mamertines |
| L. Albinus | First plebeian tribune (+4 more) |
| Ancus Marcius | Fourth king of Rome |
| Annius (340 bc) | Leader of a Latin city, pledged for more equality between Rome and Latins, but was thrown out of the senate by T. Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus |
| Antigenes | Slave owner in the 1st slave rebellion |
| Apollonius | (Slave) general in the 2nd slave rebellion |
| G. Aquilius | Roman general defeated Salvius 2nd slave rebellion |
| Archimedes (212bc) | Scientist at Syracuse. Designed the defenses in 2 punic war |
| Athenion of Enna | Leader in the 2nd slave rebellion |
| Attus Navius | Augur in the time of Tarquinius Priscus |
| Attalus (208 bc) | King of Bergamum; helped Romans against Philippus V in 1st Macedonian war |
| -B- | |
| Bomilcar(215bc) | Sent from Carthago to releave Syracuse (2nd punic war) |
| Brennus (391 bc) | Commander of the Gallic tribe the Senons, who occupied Rome |
| -C- | |
| C.Canuleus(445bc) | Proposed the law that would allow intermarriage between patricians and plebeians |
| Cineas (280 bc) | Counselor of king Pyrrhus of Epire. Almost talked the Romans into making peace. |
| Appius Claudius(494bc) | Consul 1st plebeian secession |
| Appius_Claudius(471bc) | Abused his power as consul was tried and committed suicide |
| Appius Claudius(461bc) | Brought to trial by Volero Publilius |
| Appius Claudius (450bc) | Leader of Decemvirate; Desired Verginia |
| Appius Claudius (404bc) | Prevented the 3rd Veiian war to be stopped |
| Appius Claudius (312 bc) | Refused to resign from the office of censor built Via Appia and auqa Appia |
| Appius Claudius (264 bc) | Crossed the straits of Messana and attacked the Syracusan and Carthaginian forces |
| Marcus Claudius Marcellus(214bc) | (pro)Consul 2nd punic war. Conquered Syracuse; in 208 killed against Hannibal |
| Gaius Claudius Nero(207bc) | (pro)consul 2nd Punic war. Deceived by Hasdrubal in Spain; Defeated Hasdrubal (Metaurus); Quarreled childish with Livius Salinator as a censor |
| P. Claudius Pulcher (249 bc) | Ignored the negative auspices and lost the battle of Drepanum |
| Appius Claudius Pulcher(214bc) | Propraetor 2st punic war. Attacked Syracuse together with Marcellus |
| Cleon | Leader in the 1st slave rebellion |
| C. Cluilius | King of Alba Longa |
| Cloelia | Heroine in the war against Porsena |
| Clodius (-73) | Praetor in the war against Spartacus |
| A. Cornelius Arvina (322 bc) | Dictator in second Samnite war. Beat them in the battle of Samnium |
| A. Cornelius Cossus (385 bc) | Had M. Manlius Capitolinus arrested |
| A. Cornelius Cossus (343 bc) | Consul infirst Samnite war; leads his army in a trap can Bareli escape |
| P.Cornelius_Scipio(395bc) | Master of the horse for Camillus; conquest of Veii |
| L.Cornelius Scipio | Interrex who would organize elections so there would be one plebeian consul (again) |
| P. Cornelius Scipio | Was defeated by Hannibal in the batte at the Ticinus Was killed in Spain in 211 |
| Cossinius | Praetor in the war against Spartacus |
| Crassus | Defeated Spartacus, member triumvirate |
| Crixus and Oenumaus | (slave)Leaders in 3rd slave rebellion |
| M' Curius Dentatus(290bc) | Consul in 3rd war against Samnium. Made the final peace |
| P. Cornelius Sulla Felix | Consul /dictator Social war; 1st civil war |
| -D- | |
| P. Decius Mus (340 BC) | Plebeian consul in 2nd Samnite war sacrificed himself in the war against the Latins |
| P. Decius Mus (295 BC) | son of... also sacrificed himself in the 3rd war against the Samnites | -E- |
| Eunus | leader of the 1st slave revolt |
| -F- | |
| Fabius_Ambustus (391 bc) | Three brothers who caused Brennus to attack and occupy Rome |
| Q. Fabius Maximus Cunctator | The delayer; opponent of Hannibal in the 2nd Punic war |
| G. Flaminius | Plebeian censor and consul. Killed in 217bc in the battle of lakeTrasimeno | M. Furius Camillus | M.Furius Camillus was the dictator who, destroyed Veii in 395 BC |
| M. Furius Camillus (368 bc) | It is though not impossible but unlikely this is the same as the one who destroyed Veii. Was dictator for a few days in 368 bc | -G- |
| Gellius and Lentulus | Consuls failed to defeat Spartacus |
| L. Genucius(361) | The first plebeian consul who lost a battle. (and his life) | -H- |
| Hamilcar Barca (244-228 bc) | Supreme commander of Punic forces in Sicily in the 1st Punic war. Hannibal's father |
| Hannibal (264 bc) | Commander of a Punic force in Agrigento in the 1st Punic war |
| Hannibal Barca (247-±185 bc) | Supreme Carthaginian commander in the 2nd Punic war |
| Hasdrubal Barca | Hannibal Barca's brother killed in the battle at the Metaurus in 207 bc |
| Hasdrubal the fair | Hannibal Barca's brother in law. Successor of Hamilcar |
| Hasdrubal | Commander of Hannibal's horse in the battle of Cannae |
| Hasdrubal son of Gisgo | Last Carthaginian commander in Spain |
| Hasdrubal 204-202bc | Carthaginian commander in Africa in the 2nd Punic war. Sophoniba's father |
| Hiero (264 bc) | King of Syracusae in the first Punic war. See also |
| Hieronymus (216 bc) | King of Syracusae in the 2nd Punic war. Ruled for 1 year See also |
| Horatii and Curiatii | 2 triplets in the war against Alba Longa |
| Horatius Cocles | Hero in the war against Porsena |
| M. Horatius Pulvillus | succeeded Iunius Brutus as consul |
| P. Horatius(287) | Plebeian dictator, ended 3rd plebeian secession,Hortensius' law |
| -I or J- | |
| L. Junius Brutus | Leader in the rebellion against Tarquinius Superbus; 1st consul |
| C. Julius Caesar | Victor in 2nd civil war; 1st triumvirate |
| -K- | |
| -L- | |
| Lars Tolumnius | King of Veii; caused the second Veiian war |
| Lentulus Biates | owner of the gladiator school in Capua where Spartacus was trained |
| P. Licinius Calvus(400bc) | Licinius was the first plebeian consular tribune |
| L. Licinius(376 bc) | Proposed together with Sextius laws in favor of the plebeians |
| C. Licinius Calvus(368 bc) | Was the first plebeian master of the horse |
| C. Livius Salinator (219-204bc) | Consul 2nd Illyrian war. Condemned for unfair division of the loot(219bc); consul in 207bc; censor in 204bc |
| L. Lucullus | Defeated Apollonius in the 2nd slave revolt |
| G. Licinius | First plebeian tribune (+4 more) |
| Lucretia | was raped by S. Tarquinius, killed herself |
| Sp. Lucretius | Lucretia's father; present at her suicide |
| -M- | |
| Mago | Hannibal's youngest brother;fought also in Spain |
| Mago | Carthaginian commander in 2nd Punic war; defender of Cartagena in 210bc |
| Geminus Maecius(340 bc) | Challenged P. Manlius in the Latin war and was killed |
| Maharbal (217bc) | One of Hannibal's lieutnants. Destroyed Servilius Gemnius cavalry after the battleat lake Trasimeno |
| M. Manlius Capitolinus | Was woken by the geese on the capitol,in the Gallic occupation of Rome. Later he would revolt and been hurled from the Tarpeian rock. |
| P. Manlius (368 bc) | Was appointed dictator when M. Furius Camillus had resigned as dictator in 368 |
| T. Manlius Torquatus(340 bc) | Manlius defeated the Gallic giant and took his chain (torquatus) Had his son Titus beheaded in the Latin war |
| L. Marcius (212bc) | rebuilt the army in Spain after the death of the Scipio's |
| Gn. Marcius Corolianus | Patrician in exile,came back with Volci army |
| C. Marcius Rutilus | First plebeian dictator (356 bc), first plebeian censor (351 bc) |
| Agrippa Menenius | Envoy persuaded plebeians to return |
| L. Minucius | Unsuccessful overseer foodsupplies during the famine in 439BC |
| M. Minucius Rufus | Master of the horse under Q. Fabius Maximus. Was almost defeated by Hannibal |
| G. Mucius | Hero in the war against Porsena |
| Mummius | 2nd in command to Crassus; defeated by Spartacus |
| -N- | |
| L.Nerva | Governor of Sicily; 2nd slave revolt |
| Numa Pompilius | 2nd king of Rome |
| -O- | |
| -P- | |
| L.Papirius Mugillanus(443 bc) | First censor together with L. Sempronius Attratinus |
| L. Papirius Cursor(324bc) | Dictator in 2nd Samnite war, wanted Q. Fabius Rulianus |
| L. Papirius Cursor(293bc) | Consul in 3rd war against Samnites, won a battle against the Samnites after the chickens had refused to eat |
| Philipus (216 bc) | King of Macedonia in 2nd Punic war. Made treaty with Hannibal; 1st Macedonian war |
| C. Plautius (356 bc) | First plebeian magister equitem (master of the horse) |
| Pompeius Magnus | Claimed victory over Spartacus; defeated by G. Iulius Caesar |
| Pontius (321bc) | Samnite commander who lured the Romans into the trap of the Caudine forks. |
| Lars Porsena (508bc) | King of Clusium besieged Rome |
| Sp. Postumius Albinus Caudinus (321bc) | Consul in 2dn samnite war, ran into a trap in the Caudine forks together with hs colleague T. Veturius Calvinus |
| L. Postumius (216 bc) | Consul in 2dn punic war, ran into a Gallic trap in the woods in Gallia Cisalpina |
| C. Publilius (326bc) | Debt slave, caused debt slavery to be abolished |
| Volero Publilius | Accused Ap. Claudius of capital crime |
| Pyrrhus of Epire(280 bc) | Came to the aid of Tarentum, beat the Romans twice in a battle, but at a very high cost. Lost the war |
| -Q- | |
| L.Quinctius_Cincinnatus(439bc) | Was appointed dictator in order to arrest and condemn Spurius Maelius |
| Kaeso Quinctius | Son of Quinctius Cincinnatus. Had to flee the city |
| -R- | |
| Remus | Romulus' twin brother; murdered by Romulus |
| Romulus | First king of Rome; killed Remus |
| Rupilius | Defeated Cleon and Eunus in the 1st slave rebellion |
| -S- | |
| Salvius | Leader of the 2nd slave revolt |
| L.Sempronius_Attratinus(443bc) | First censor together with L.Papirius Mugillanus |
| Ti. Sempronius Longus (218bc) | lost the battle of the Trebia against Hannibal |
| P. Sempronius (205 bc) | Was sent to revive the first Macedonian war, but made peace with Philippus V |
| Sergius and Verginius | Q. Servilius Fidenas and M'. Sergius Fidenas were fined for unnecessarily loosing a battle in 3rd Veiian war |
| G. Servilius | Could not defeat Athenion in the 2nd slave revolt |
| P. Servilius | Consul 1st plebeian secession |
| C.Sextius (376 bc) | Together with L. Licinius proposed laws in favor of the plebeians |
| G. Servilius Ahala (439bc) | Master of the horse . Killed Spurius Maelius | C.Servilius Ahala (407bc) | Appointed P.Cornelius Cossosdictator in order to hold a levy, when the peoples tribunes tried to obstruct |
| Q.Servilius | Was appointed dictator in the 2nd Veiian war. Took the city of Fidenae by digging a tunnel into the city |
| Q. Servilius Geminus (†216 bc) | Consul in 217bc together with G. Flaminius. Commander of the infantry in the battle of Cannae, where he was killed |
| Servius Tullius | 6th king of Rome |
| Sophoniba (204-202bc) | Hasdrubal's daughter and married to Syphax and next to Masinissa. Committed suicide |
| Spartacus | Leader of the 3rd slave rebellion |
| Spurius Maelius | Bought and divided grain for free in the famine of 439BC. Was accused of trying to become sole ruler and executed |
| Syphax204-202bc | King of Numidia in the 2nd Punic war. Sophoniba his Carthaginian wife made him choose the Carthaginian side. |
| -T- | |
| Tanaquil | Tarquinius Priscus' wife |
| L. Tarquinius Collatinus | Lucretia's husband; went later in exile | Tarquinius Priscus | 5th king of Rome |
| L. Tarquinius Superbus | 7th and last king |
| G.Terentilius Harsa | Peoples tribune,1st to propose written laws |
| G. Terentius Varro (216 bc) | Beaten by Hannibal in the battle of Cannae; suppressed opposition of Arretium (208bc) |
| Tryphon | Salvius renamed himself Tryphon; 2nd slave revolt |
| Postumius Tubertus | was appointed dictator in 2nd Veiian war, when the 2 consuls couldn't agree a strategy. Defeated the Veiientines at mt. Algidus | Tullia | Servius Tullius' daughter; remarried to Tarquinius Superbus |
| Attius Tullius | attacked Rome together with Marcius |
| Tullus Hostilius | 3rd king of Rome |
| -V- | |
| M. Valerius Corvus (343 bc) | One of the two consuls who defeated the Samnites in the 1st war against that people |
| P. Valerius | succeeded Collatinus as consul; present at Lucretia's suicide |
| L. Valerius(283 bc) | Admiral, was sent to Tarentum, to investigate, but the Tarentines destroyed his fleet | P. Valerius Laevinus(280 bc) | Consul, lost the battle of Heracleia against Pyrrhus |
| M.Valerius Laevinus | Praetor in 1st Macedonian war (215-205bc) prevented Philippus V to interfere in 2nd Punic war. Raided the African coast |
| Varius | Leader in the 2nd slave revolt |
| P. Varinius | Roman general defeated by Spartacus |
| Verginia | Girl desired by Ap. Claudius |
| A. Verginius | Accused K. Quinctius of a capital crime |
| T. Veturius (321) | Consul got trapped in the Caudine forks together with his colleague Sp. Postumius Albinus Caudinus |
| T.Vettius | Young nobleman who started a slave-war over a slave-girl he desired |
| P. Veturius Geminus Cicurinus | magister equitem; battle at lake Regillus |
