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Virgil | Roman poet who wrote Aenid, the epic of Aeneas |
Hannibal | Carthaginian general who used elephants to enter Italy through the Alps |
Constantine | Roman emperor, saw image of cross, declares Christianity acceptable, Edict of Milan |
Augustus Caesar(Octavian) | Second Triumvirate, new title "exalted one" |
Diocletian | Thought Roman empire too big, divided empire, East and West |
Paul | He was a Jew, spent rest of life spreading Christ's teachings |
Mark Antony | Part of second triumvirate, troops beaten by Octavian |
Jesus | the "messiah" founder of Christianity, life after death |
Julius Caesar | Part of First Triumvirate, "Dictator for Life", assassinated March 15, 44 BCE |