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The history of ancient Rome saw the emergence of many outstanding figures who left a lasting mark on the history of the world. Some of them are remembered by posterity as cruel tyrants, such as Caligula, Nero, and Caracalla. Others became renowned as reformers and builders of the Roman state’s power, including Augustus, Claudius, Marcus Aurelius, Diocletian, and Constantine the Great. It is also impossible to ignore the Roman generals, who often saved the state from collapse.
History also includes outstanding figures of Roman culture – writers, philosophers, and artists whose work had a profound impact on the development of European civilization. In this section, I present profiles of individuals who achieved great deeds or whose actions left a lasting mark on the pages of history.
(c. 200-251 CE)
Gaius Messius Decius was born around 200 CE and reigned as Roman Emperor from September 249 to June 251 CE. He ruled until his death as Imperator Caesar Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Traianus Augustus. He came from a wealthy Roman family residing near Sirmium in Illyria, thus becoming the first Illyrian emperor in Roman history.
(232-282 CE)
Marcus Aurelius Probus was born in August 232 CE and was Roman emperor from July 276 CE to the second half of 282 CE. He ruled until his death as Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius Probus Augustus. He came from a family of a soldier or a gardener, living in Sirmium. He was one of the energetic Illyrian emperors who led the empire out of the so-called Crisis of the Third Century.
(c. 370 - c. 414 CE)
Synesius of Cyrene, Neoplatonic philosopher, bishop of Ptolemais in Cyrenaica, Father of the Church and rhetorician. Today, the figure is probably known only to a small group of specialists and lovers of ancient history, even though he left behind a large literary legacy. A student of the famous Hypatia of Alexandria. Let's take a closer look at this extraordinary, and unfortunately now forgotten figure of late antiquity.
(after 290 - 326 CE)
The life of Constantine the Great was not an easy one. He had to face more and more new problems, and the higher he climbed in his political career, the more of them there were. The emperor had an ambitious and clever woman at his side - Fausta. One time she saved his life by defending him from his own father. However, this made Constantine decide to get rid of her.
