List of ancient Romans

This an alphabetical list of ancient Romans, including citizens of ancient Rome remembered in history.

Note that some people may be listed multiple times, once for each part of the name.

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Bust of Elagabalus
Marcus Egnatius Rufus - praetor
Elagabalus - emperor
Emporius - rhetorician
Empylus - rhetorician
Sextilius Ena - poet
Severus Sanctus Endelechius - professor
Quintus Ennius - writer
Magnus Felix Ennodius - bishop, writer
Epagathus - politician
Titus Eppius Latinus - procurator
Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus - consul
Erotian - grammarian, doctor
Sextus Erucius Clarus - official and friend of Pliny
Flavius Eugenius - usurper
Eumenius - teacher of rhetoric
Eusebius of Caesarea - theologian
Eutropius - historian
Iulius Exsuperantius - historian

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Lucius Icilius - early hero
Irenaeus - theologian
Isidorus Hispalensis - bishop and scholar
Isigonus - writer

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Ulpia - Grandmother of Hadrian^[83]
Ulpianus of Ascalon - Rhetor
Domitius Ulpianus - Jurist^[84]
Marcus Ulpius Traianus - Consul, father of Trajan^[85]
Trajan - Emperor^[86]
Urbanus - Possibly fictional usurper during the reign of Aurelian^[87]

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Zenobia- Ancient Roman leader

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^ Cassius Dio, Roman History 61.7.1
^ Suetonius, Julius Caesar 9, 52
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