Galba (24 December 3 BC - 15 January 69 AD) (Latin:SERVIVS•SVLPICIVS•GALBA•IMPERATOR•CAESAR•AVGVSTVS) was Roman Emperor from June 68 until his death. He was the first emperor of the year of the four emperors. He was born near Terracina in Campania. He comes from a noble and very wealthy family, but
Commodus (Latin:Imperator Caesar Lucius Aelius Aurelius Commodus Augustus Pius Felix Sarmaticus Germanicus Maximus Britannicus) (August 31, 161 – December 31, 192) was a Roman emperor who reigned from 180 to 192. Like Caligula, Nero and Domitian, his image is that of a cruel and bloodthirsty emperor
Claudius (August 1, 10 BC – October 13, 54), was a Roman emperor. Born in 10 BC. J.-C., son of Drusus and Antonia Minor, brother of Germanicus, he succeeded Caligula in 41 becoming the fourth emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty when he was already fifty years old. Born in Lugdunum (Lyon), in Gaul
Caesar was one of the titles of Roman emperors, placing them in continuity with Julius Caesar. From Caesar derive after ancient times the names of certain emperors or rulers: * Kaiser in Germany, * Tsar (spelled Czar before 1914) in Russia, Bulgaria and Serbia, * Csiszár, pronounced tchissar in
Caracalla (April 4, 188 – April 8, 217), born Lucius Septimius Bassianus then called Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Augustus, was a Roman emperor, who reigned from 211 to 217. He authored the Edict of Caracalla which extended citizenship Empire to all inhabitants of the Roman Empire. Childhood O
Caligula (* August 31, 12 in Antium; † January 24, 41 in Rome) (Latin:CAIVS•CAESAR•AVGVSTVS•GERMANICVS) was the third Roman emperor, reigning from 37 to 41. Cesarius Augustus Germanicus, called Caligula, son of Germanicus and Agrippina the Elder, great cousin of the Samains, was born on the eve of
Sulla or Sulla (Lucius Cornelius Sulla in Latin) was a Roman statesman, born in 138 BC. AD, died in Cumae in 78 BC. AD His origin Sylla is the cognomen of the gens Cornelia. Sylla was of one of those patrician families which compose the first houses of Rome. It is said that Rufinus, one of his ance
His rise Cicero was born in Arpinum in 106 BC. J-C. Arriving in Rome to study law and philosophy, he had the opportunity to listen to Anthony and Crassus, the two greatest orators of the time, on the forum. He ranks until he becomes a praetor. But what launched his brilliant career was the Sextus a
Marc Antoine (Marcus Antonius), born in -83 and died in -30, was a Roman politician and general. Marc Antoine is the grandson of Consul Marc Antoine. His beginnings He distinguished himself from his youth in the wars against the Jews. He first binds himself with the tribunes Curion and Clodius Pulc
Varus Publius Quintilius (c. 46 BC - 9 AD), Roman general. In the year 7, Augustus charged him with organizing the already conquered Germania on the right bank of the Rhine. His attempt to substitute Roman law for Germanic law exasperates the populations. Arminius, leader of the Cheruscans, was gra
Titus Pullo was one of two legionnaires mentioned in Julius Caesars Commentaries on the Gallic Wars, the other being Lucius Vorenus. He appears with Vorenus in the Gallic Wars, book 5, chapter 44. This episode describes the two centurions as animated by a certain rivalry. It also relates how Pullo
Titus Labienus, born around 100 BC. AD and died March 17, 45 BC. J.-C., is a Roman general, one of Caesars main lieutenants during the Gallic Wars. His family would have been part of the Atia gens. He began to serve in Cilicia around 78-74 BC. AD under the command of Servilius. In 63 BC. BC, at Ca
Servilia Caepionis is the mother of Brutus and former mistress of Caesar, who also gave him a black pearl worth six million sesterces (colossal for the time). Aristocrat and fervent follower of the Republic. She is the sister of Cato of Utica, more precisely a half-sister of Cato. They have the same
Sallust, Gaius Sallustius Crispus, 86-35 BC. AD, Roman politician, soldier and historian. His life Sallust was born in Amiterne, in Sabine country, of a plebeian family. Quaestor in -55, tribune of the plebs in 52, he supported the party of the populares, supported by Julius Caesar and Pompey, aga
Quintus Tullius Cicero is the younger brother of Marcus Tullius Cicero, the famous orator Cicero. He was born in -102 in Arpinum, a city near Rome. He was assassinated by agents of the Second Triumvirate, on the orders of Marc-Antoine, in -43. His wealthy father arranged for him to receive his educa
The first Roman civil war between Marius and Sylla took place in -88/-87. It opposed two generals, leaders of two political factions, for control of the Roman Republic. The protagonists Marius Caïus Marius was born near Arpinum in -157; he was a plebeian, that is to say, he belonged to the category
Pompeia Sulla (1st century BC), second wife of Julius Caesar, was the daughter of Quintus Pompeius Rufus, a former consul, and Cornelia, daughter of the Roman dictator Lucius Cornelius Sulla (Sylla). She was a beautiful and charming woman, but perhaps not the smartest. Caesar married her in 68 BC.
Plutarch (in ancient Greek Πλούταρχος / Ploútarkhos), born in Chaeronea in Boeotia around 46 AD. J.-C., died in the same place in 125, is a biographer and moralist of ancient Greece. The years of the life of Boeotian Plutarch are fixed between 46 and 125 AD. He was born in Chaeronea (a small town t
The plebs (from Latin:plebs, plebis) is a part of the Roman people (populus). The plebs - the plebeians - are defined in opposition to the patricians or later to the nobilitas:it is the part of the people who opposes the oligarchic organization of the city. In everyday language, the plebs means th
A patrician (from the Latin pater, the father), is a Roman citizen who belongs, by birth, to the upper class (nobility), enjoying many prerogatives. The class of the patricians was opposed to that of the plebeians. According to ancient Roman tradition, the original patricians are descended from the
Detail of a bas-relief from Trajans Column, Rome. 2nd century AD. AD • ISTOCKPHOTO Contrary to what his name seems to indicate, the centurion did not command 100 men, but a staff of between 60 and 100 soldiers – more often 60 than 100, moreover. This number is enough to make him not a non-commis
When the people of Prague woke up on the morning of August 21, 1968, they saw that Warsaw Pact tanks had occupied key parts of the city. It was the end of the socialism with a human face experiment, which began on January 5, 1968, when Alexander Dubcek took over as secretary of the Communist Party
Heligoland (in German Heligoland) and Düne They are two tiny islands that are located in the North Sea and belong to the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, seventy kilometers from the continental coast, although in other times they belonged to Denmark and the United Kingdom. They are real
Malta, an underrated Mediterranean island, is bursting with historical heritage and ancient art. More than 7,000 years of history define the colorful blend of Civilization that meant such a strong influence. Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs and Sicilians built the tracks where Malta rose as