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Roman dictator killed on the Ides of March
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Julius Caesar
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1st Roman emperor and member of the 2nd Triumvirate
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Augustus
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Mythical Trojan prince from whom the original Romans were descended
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Aeneas
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Semi-Mythical Founder of Rome
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Romulus
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Brother of the Above
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Remus
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Lover of Cleopatra defeated at Actium
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Mark Anthony
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Poet who authored the Aeneid at the request of Augustus
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Virgil
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Emperor who converted to and legalized Christianity
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Constantine
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Rival of the above defeated at Milvian Bridge
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Maxentius
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Author of "Metamorphoses" who was exiled to Tomis
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Ovid
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Emperor who declared war on Neptune and made his horse a Senator
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Caligula
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Murderous emperor known for his lyre playing
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Nero
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Murderer of Claudius and mother of the above
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Agrippina the Younger
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Senator and stoic philosopher executed by Nero
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Seneca
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Orator who exposed the Catiline Conspiracy
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Cicero
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Naturalist and writer who witnessed the destruction of Pompeii
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Pliny the Elder
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Member of 1st triumvirate known for his wealth
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Crassus
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Stuttering Emperor who conquered Britain
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Claudius
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Orator who called for the destruction of Carthage in many of his speeches
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Cato the Elder
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Legendary author of Sibylline Books
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Cumaean Sibyl
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Final King of Rome who refused to purchase above books
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Tarquinius Superbus
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Etruscan King who attempted to reestablish rule the above
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Lars Porsena
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Historian who criticized several emperors in his "Annals"
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Tacitus
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Widely influential romantic poet who dedicated much of his work to "Lesbia"
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Catullus
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Militant king who destroyed Alba Longa
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Tullus Hostilius
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Author and Social critic who coined the phrase "Bread and Circuses"
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Juvenal
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Assassin who showed devotion to Rome by sticking right hand into open flame
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Mucius Scaevola
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Emperor who sacked Jerusalem and completed the Colosseum
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Titus
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Tyrannical and Astrology-Obsessed successor of the above
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Domitian
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Novelist and Courtier who authored the Satyricon
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Petronius
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