Marcus Antonius Gordianus Sempronianus Romanus(AD ca. 159 – AD 238) Marcus Gordianus was born in ca. AD 159 as the son of Maecius Marullus and Ulpia Gordiana. Although the names of this parentage are in doubt. In particular his mother’s supposed name Ulpia stems most likely from Gordian’s claim that she was a descendant of …
Marcus Cocceius Nerva(AD 30 – AD 98) Marcus Cocceius Nerva was born on 8 November at Narnia, 50 miles north of Rome. Nerva was born into the household of a wealthy lawyer whose family was well accustomed to holding high office. Nerva’s great-grandfather had even been consul in 36 BC and his grandfather had been …
Titus Flavius Domitianius( AD 51 – 96) Titus Flavius Domitianius was the younger son of Vespasian and Flavia Domitilla, born in AD 51 at Rome. He was the younger and the clearly less favoured son of Vespasian who cared much more for his heir Titus. During his father’s uprising against Vitellius in AD 69, Domitian …
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus(AD 40 – 81) Titus, the elder son of emperor Vespasian, was born in AD 39.He was educated together with Claudius‘ son Britannicus, who became a close friend of his. From AD 61 to 63 he served in Germany and Britain as a military tribune. After this he returned to Rome and …
Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus(AD 9 – 79) Titus Flavius Sabinus Vespasianus was born in AD 9 at Reate, north of Rome. His father Flavius Sabinus was a tax-collector and held equestrian rank. His mother, Vespasia Polla, belonged to an equestrian family, and her brother managed to become senator. Vespasian and his brother Sabinus both also …
Hernan Cortés, a rogue conquistador out to prove his mettle with no authorization from the Spanish crown or any of the governors in their Caribbean holdings, landed with his crew at what is now Veracruz, Mexico in 1519. Greeted at the coast by scouts and emissaries sent by Montezuma II, the Aztec emperor at the …