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Tacitus, Roman emperor
(Encyclopedia)Tacitus (Marcus Claudius Tacitus) tăsˈĭtəs [key], d. 276, Roman emperor (275–76). An elderly senator with a reputation for honesty and vigor, he was chosen by the senate to succeed the murdered ...Didius Julianus
(Encyclopedia)Didius Julianus (Marcus Didius Salvius Julianus) dĭˈdēəs jo͞olēāˈnəs [key], d. 193, Roman emperor (193). He was consul under Pertinax, on whose death the Praetorian Guard received bids for th...Connelly, Marc
(Encyclopedia)Connelly, Marc (Marcus Cook Connelly) kŏnˈəlē [key], 1890–1981, American dramatist, b. McKeesport, Pa. He is best known for his Pulitzer Prize winning play The Green Pastures (1930), a fantasy o...Alexander Severus
(Encyclopedia)Alexander Severus (Marcus Aurelius Alexander Severus) sĭvērˈəs [key], d. 235, Roman emperor (222–35), b. Syria. His name was changed (221) from Alexius Bassianus when he was adopted as the succe...Faustina
(Encyclopedia)Faustina fôstīˈnə [key], name of two women, wives of Roman emperors. 1 The elder (c.104–141) was the wife of Antoninus Pius, who founded a school for orphan girls in her honor. 2 The younger (c....Enns
(Encyclopedia)Enns ĕns [key], town, Upper Austria prov., N central Austria, on the Enns River near its con...Regulus, in Roman history
(Encyclopedia)Regulus (Marcus Atilius Regulus) rĕgˈyo͝oləs [key], d. c.250 b.c., Roman general in the First Punic War. While consul (267 b.c.) he conquered the Sallentini and captured Brundisium (now Brindisi)....Antoninus Pius
(Encyclopedia)Antoninus Pius (Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius Arrius Antoninus) pīˈəs [key], a.d. 86–a.d. 161, Roman emperor (138–161). After a term as consul (120) he went as proconsul to Asia, where he gove...Lucan
(Encyclopedia)Lucan (Marcus Annaeus Lucanus) lo͞oˈkən [key], a.d. 39–a.d. 65, Latin poet, b. Córdoba, Spain, nephew of the philosopher Seneca. At first in Nero's favor, he was later forced to kill himself whe...Clodia
(Encyclopedia)Clodia klōˈdĕə [key], fl. 1st cent. b.c., Roman matron, famous among the ancient Romans for her beauty; sister of Publius Clodius. She was suspected of murdering her husband, Quintus Caecilius Met...Browse by Subject
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