(n) Roman statesman who established the Roman Empire and became emperor in 27 BC; defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 BC at Actium (63 BC - AD 14), Syn. Octavian, Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus, Gaius Octavianus
(n) Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41), Syn. Gaius Caesar, Gaius
(n) Roman Emperor who when faced with military problems decided in 286 to divide the Roman Empire between himself in the east and Maximian in the west; he initiated the last persecution of the Christians in 303 (245-313), Syn. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian
(n) Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79), Syn. Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus