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Aeneas

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Brought Trojans to Italy and founded Lavinium according to Vergil

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Ascanius/Iulus

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Aeneas’ son, founded Alba Longa according to Vergil

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Anchises

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Father of Aeneas according to Vergil

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Romulus/Remus

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Twin brothers; Romulus killed Remus and founded the city of Rome

1st King

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Numa

Numa Pompilius

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King of Rome after Romulus; Wisest king, known for peace and religion

2nd King

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Tullus Hostilius

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King of Rome after Numa; known for hostility

3rd King

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Ancus Marcius

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King of Rome after Tullus; Grandson of Numa

4th King

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Tarquin

Tarquinius Priscus

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King of Rome after Marcius; Etruscan from Tarquinii, clever and persuasive

5th King

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Servius Tullus

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King of Rome after Tarquin Priscus; Etruscan, expanded boundaries, class systems, and created census

6th King

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Tarquin the Proud

Tarquinius Suberbus

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Most ruthless and corrupt king of Rome

7th King

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Tullia

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Second Tullia, conspired with Tarquin the Proud to kill off his wife and her husband and rule

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Sextus Tarquinius

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Son of Tarquin the Proud; raped Lucretia and set off the Roman Revolution

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Lucretia

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Killed herself to be an example for Roman women after having been raped by Sextus

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Brutus the Liberator

Lucius Decimus Brutus

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Instigator of the Roman Revolution; pretended to be imbecilic to not seem like a threat, then avenged Lavinia, no more kings

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Mucius Scaevola

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Hero; “Left-handed”, stuck his hand in the fire to be set free after captured

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Horatio Cocles

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Hero; defender of the Sublician Bridge

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Polybius

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Greek prisoner and scholar; wrote The Histories and famous for his Cycles of Government

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Hannibal

Hannibal Barcas

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Carthaginian General; GGOAT (greatest general of all time) almost defeated Rome; only defeated because Scipio attacked Carthage instead of him

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Scipio

Cornelius Scipio Africanus

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Hero; defeated Hannibal

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Cato the Elder

Marcus Porcius Cato the Elder

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Historian, plebeian, soldier

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Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus

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Elder Grachii brother; lobbies for more land for the urban poor, killed by the Senate with no repercussions

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Gaius Sempronius Gracchus

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Younger Grachii brother; tries to finish Lex Sempronia, but is assassinated as well; splits the Senate into populares and optimates

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Gaius Marius

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Consul 7 times; super smart, created new recruiting base by getting rid of the land requirement and paid everyone out of pocket

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Saturninus

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Tribune; alliance with Gaius Marius

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Sulla | Lucius Cornelius Sulla
First dictator-for-life; "Sulla potuit, ergo non potero?", gets the army on his payroll
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Pompey the Great | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus
Called "Little butcher boy"; puts down Sertorius' Revolt with *proconsular imperium* having never been consul; first triumvirate (needs consulship)
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Crassus | Marcus Licinius Crassus
Equestrian Consul w/ Pompey, richest man in the world; first triumvirate (needs *gloria*)
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Sertorius
General/statesman; threw a revolt against Sulla's dictatorship that was quelled by Pompey
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Sparticus
Slave and gladiator, who led a slave revolt; quelled by Pompey and Crassus
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Cicero | Marcus Tullius Cicero
Greatest orator and persuasive voice and pen in Rome, arguably the greatest mind (vs. Julius Caesar)
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Julius Caesar | Gaius Julius Caesar
Dictator-for-life; realized the power of the pen for battles, wrote what was happening on horseback; first triumvirate (nothing but a name)
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Cato the Younger | Marcus Porcius Cato the Younger
Senator/Caesar's nemesis; optimate who believes Caesar is the problem
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Marcus Brutus
Senator; Caesar's friend, backstabs him, descendent of Brutus the Liberator
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Mark Antony | Marcus Antonius
General, fought beside Caesar; marries Cleopatra; second triumvirate (avenge Crassus)
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Cleopatra
Queen of Egypt; had a son with Caesar and married Antony
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Lepidus | Marcus Aemilius Lepidus
General; second triumvirate (needs *gloria*)
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Octavian/Augustus | Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus Augustus
First emperor; adopted by Caesar, recognized the value of writing (went to school in Greece), changes his *potestas* (physical power) to *auctoritas* (power of authority)
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Pontius Pilatus
Govenor of Judea; ordered Jesus' cruxifiction
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Jesus of Nazareth
Teacher and "radical" in Judea who angered the religious authorities so much he was killed (y'know, but came back)
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Annas and Calaphas
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Nero
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Tiberius
2nd Julio-Claudian Emperor; Augustus' wife's son; paranoid, introvert, indirectly appointed Pontius Pilate
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Gaius Caligula
3rd Julio-Claudian Emperor; nut, "tried" to conquer Britain
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Seneca
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Livia/Julia
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Agrippina I
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Agrippina II