Robinson Rome Magazine Project
Famous Romans for a Biography Article
Publius Cornelius Scipio
Hannibal
Gaius Flaminius
Quintus Fabius Maximus
Scipio Africanus the Elder
Scipio the Younger
Cincinnatus
Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus (brothers)
Crassus
Gaius Julius Caesar
Pompey the Great
Marc Antony
Cato the Younger
Brutus and the Opposition to Caesar
Octavian (who becomes Augustus)
Cicero
Vergil
Claudius
Nero
Trajan
Hadrian
Epictetus
Apuleius
Plutarch
Suetonius
Tacitus
Marcus Aurelius
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Famous Non-Romans who played important roles in Rome’s history:
Hannibal
Cleopatra
Bad Emperors:
Caligula
Nero
Domitian
Good Emperors:
Nerva
Trajan
Hadrian
Antonius Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Poets & Writers:
Ovid
Virgil
Seneca
Petronius
Pliny the Elder
Pliny the Younger
Horace
Juvenal
Martial
Historians
Livy
Tacitus
Suetonius
Dio Cassius
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Important events in Roman History
This is a list to get you started. You can find other events, for sure,
once you start looking.
Writing of the Twelve Tables
First Punic War
Second Punic War
Hannibal marches his army & elephants over the Alps
Battle of Cannae – Rome vs. Hannibal & Carthage, 216 BC
The Battle of Zama in 202 BC
Third Punic War – The Destruction of Carthage in 146 BC
Wars with Greece
Assassinations of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus
Caesar fights in Rome
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon
Julius Caesar falls in love with Cleopatra in Egypt
Caesar brings Cleopatra to Rome
Assassination of Julius Caesar
Marc Antony falls in love with Cleopatra
Battle of Actium – Octavian vs. Cleopatra and Marc Antony
The lovers Marc Antony and Cleopatra commit suicide.
Augustus becomes Rome’s first emperor
Slave revolts, especially one led by Spartacus in 73 - 71 BC
The Jews in Palestine are conquered in 6 AD.
The Judean Revolt – Destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem in 66 AD.
Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius – City of Pompeii is buried in 79 A.D.
The Romans conquer Britain
The Building of Hadrian’s Wall
Persecution of the Christians
Battle of Adrianople – The Romans lose to the Barbarians, 378 AD
On-going “events:
”Gladiator fights in the Colosseum
“Bread and Circus” – the free entertainment for Romans during Pax Romana.