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emperor of Rome
Justus Lipsius, oil painting by an unknown artist, 1585; in the Musee Plantin-Moretus, Antwerp
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Athenodorus Cananites
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Helvidius Priscus
Roman senator [died c. 70–79 CE]
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Guillaume du Vair
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