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Drusus Julius Caesar in Wikipedia

Nero Claudius Drusus, later Drusus Julius Caesar (adoptive name; 13 BC - 14 September 23 AD) was the only child of Roman Emperor Tiberius and his first wife, Vipsania Agrippina. Biography - He was born in 7 October 13 BC with the name Nero Claudius Drusus, and is also known to historians as Drusus II and Drusus Minor. Drusus was named after his...

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Caligula in Wikipedia

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August AD 12 – 24 January AD 41), commonly known as Caligula and sometimes Gaius, was Roman Emperor from 37 to 41. Caligula was a member of the house of rulers conventionally known as the Julio- Claudian dynasty. Caligula's father Germanicus, the nephew and adopted son of emperor Tiberius, was a very ...

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Agis II in Wikipedia

Agis II (Gr. Ἄγις) (d. c. 401 BC) was the 17th Eurypontid king of Sparta, the eldest son of Archidamus II by his first wife, and half brother of Agesilaus.[1] He ruled with his Agiad co-monarch Pausanius.[2] Agis succeeded his father Archidamus in 427 BC, and reigned a little more than 28 years. In the summer of 426 BC, he led an army of Peloponne...

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Agis II in Wikipedia

Agis II (Gr. Ἄγις) (d. c. 401 BC) was the 17th Eurypontid king of Sparta, the eldest son of Archidamus II by his first wife, and half brother of Agesilaus.[1] He ruled with his Agiad co-monarch Pausanius.[2] Agis succeeded his father Archidamus in 427 BC, and reigned a little more than 28 years. In the summer of 426 BC, he led an army of Peloponne...

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Belisarius in Wikipedia

Flavius Belisarius (Greek: Βελισάριος, ca. AD 500[1] – AD 565) was one of the greatest generals of the Eastern Roman or Byzantine Empire. He was instrumental to Emperor Justinian's ambitious project of reconquering much of the Mediterranean territory of the former Western Roman Empire, which had been lost less than a century previously. One of th...

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Arius in Wikipedia

Arius (AD 250 or 256 – 336) was a Christian presbyter from Alexandria, Egypt. His teachings about the nature of the Godhead, which emphasized the Father's Divinity over the Son, and his opposition to the Athanasian or Trinitarian Christology, made him a controversial figure in the First Council of Nicea, convened by Roman Emperor Constantine in 3...

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Augustīnus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Augustīnus Aurelius. One of the most renowned Fathers of the Christian Church, was born at Tagasté, a city of Africa, November 13th, A.D. 354, during the reign of the emperor Constantius II. He has related his own life in the work to which he gave the title of Confessiones, and it is from this source, together with the Retractationes, some of...

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Lucius Junius Brutus in Wikipedia

Lucius Junius Brutus was the founder of the Roman Republic and traditionally one of the first consuls in 509 BC. He was claimed as an ancestor of the Roman gens Junia, including Marcus Junius Brutus, the most famous of Caesar's assassins. Background Prior to the establishment of the Roman Republic, Rome had been ruled by kings. Brutus led the re...

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Augustine of Hippo in Wikipedia

Augustine of Hippo (/ɒˈɡʌstɨn/;[1] Latin: Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis;)[2] (November 13, 354 – August 28, 430), also known as Augustine, St. Augustine, or St. Austin[3] was Bishop of Hippo Regius. He was a Latin-speaking philosopher and theologian who lived in the Roman Africa Province. His writings were very influential in the development o...

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Brutus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

L. Iunius Brutus. A celebrated Roman, the author, according to the Roman legends, of the great revolution which drove Tarquin the Proud from his throne, and which substituted the consular for the regal government. He was the son of Marcus Iunius and of Tarquinia, the second daughter of Tarquin. While yet young in years, he saw his father and bro...

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