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Died August 476 • Pavia • Italy
Notable Family Members son Romulus Augustulus
Flavius Aetius
Flavius Aetius
Roman general
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar
Roman ruler
Augustus
Augustus
Roman emperor
Pompey
Pompey the Great
Roman statesman
Diocletian
Diocletian
Roman emperor
Theodosius I
Theodosius I
Roman emperor
Scipio Africanus the Younger
Roman general
Silver coin from Carthago Nova, believed to be a portrait of Scipio Africanus the Elder; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National Museum, Copenhagen.
Scipio Africanus
Roman general
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Gaius Marius
Gaius Marius
Roman general
Mark Antony marble bust
Mark Antony
Roman triumvir
Sulla
Sulla
Roman dictator
Flamininus, portrait on a Greek gold coin struck after 196 bc; in the British Museum.
Titus Quinctius Flamininus
Roman general and statesman
Fabius Maximus Verrucosus, Quintus
Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus
Roman statesman and commander
Gaius Flaminius
Roman politician
Aurelian
Aurelian
Roman emperor
Scipio, Publius Cornelius
Publius Cornelius Scipio
Roman general [died 211 bce]
Quintus Sertorius
Roman statesman