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Cato the Elder - Who Was Cato the Elder
Marcus Porcius Cato (234-149 B.C.) was an austere leader of the Roman Republic known for coming into conflict with his contemporary, the more flamboyant Scipio Africanus, winner of the Second Punic War.
Caligula
Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus was called Caligula 'little boots' because he wore small army boots when with his father, Germanicus, and the army.
Camillus
Camillus was leader of the Romans against Brennus and the Gauls.
Caracalla
Born in Lugdunum (Lyons), the Roman emperor known as Caracalla (April 4, 188 - April 8, 217), was made Caesar in 196 and Augustus in 198.
Carinus - Roman Emperor Carinus
Carinus, son of the Roman Emperor Carus was succeeded by Emperor Diocletian.
Cassius Dio
Cassius Dio wrote a history of Rome.
Cassius Longinus, Gaius
Cassius was one of Caesar's legates and then one of his assassins.
Cato the Elder
Article by Bingley on M. Porcius Cato (Cato the Elder or Cato the Censor), who was a 2nd Century B.C. Roman politician, general, and writer.
Cato the Younger
Plutarch's life of Cato the Younger.
Cincinnatus
Cincinnatus was a model of Roman virtue.
Claudius
Emperor Claudius was the adoptive father of the last of the Julio-Claudians, Nero.
Clodia
Clodia was the notorious sister of Clodius Pulcher. She is thought to have been the Lesbia of Catullus.
Constantine
Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity.
Constantine III
Constantine III was a Roman Emperor in the early fifth century.
Crassus
Biography, by Plutarch, of the third member of the first Triumvirate, Crassus.
Crassus, Marcus Licinius
Crassus along with Pompey and Caesar formed the first triumvirate.

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