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Roman name

Publius (praenomen) Publius is a Latin ''praenomen'', or personal name. It was used by both patrician and plebeian families, and was very common at all periods of Roman history. It gave rise to the patronymic '' gens Publilia'', and perhaps also '' gens Publicia''. ...

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Publius Valerius Publicola Publius Valerius Poplicola or Publicola (died 503 BC) was one of four Roman aristocrats who led the overthrow of the monarchy, and became a Roman consul, the colleague of Lucius Junius Brutus in 509 BC, traditionally considered the first year o ...

(died 503 BC), Roman consul, co-founder of the Republic **

Publius Clodius Pulcher Publius Clodius Pulcher (93–52 BC) was a populist Roman politician and street agitator during the time of the First Triumvirate. One of the most colourful personalities of his era, Clodius was descended from the aristocratic Claudia gens, one ...

(c. 93 BC – 52 BC), Republican politician ** Publius Cornelius Scipio (died 211 BC), Roman consul **

Publius Quinctilius Varus Publius Quinctilius Varus (Cremona, 46 BC – Teutoburg Forest, AD 9) was a Roman general and politician under the first Roman emperor Augustus. Varus is generally remembered for having lost three Roman legions when ambushed by Germanic tribes l ...

(46 BC – 9 AD), Roman general and politician, who commanded the legions in Battle of the Teutoburg Forest **

Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus Publius Clodius Thrasea Paetus (died AD 66), Roman senator, who lived in the 1st century AD. Notable for his principled opposition to the emperor Nero and his interest in Stoicism, he was the husband of Arria, who was the daughter of A. Caecina ...

(died 66 AD), senator during Nero's reign **

Publius Aelius Fortunatus Publius Aelius Fortunatus was a Roman painter. His name became known due to his epitaph in the city of Rome. He was a freedman A freedman or freedwoman is a formerly enslaved person who has been released from slavery, usually by legal means. ...

, Roman painter in the 2nd century AD **Publius Servilius Casca Longus, better known as

Servilius Casca Publius Servilius Casca Longus (died c. 42 BC) was one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. He and several other senators conspired to kill him, a plan which they carried out on 15 March, 44 BC. Afterwards, Casca fought with the liberators dur ...

(died 42 BC), Roman tribune and one of the assassins of Julius Caesar ** Publius Aelius Hadrianus, the Emperor Hadrian (76–138 AD) **

Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther ( – 47 BC) was a Roman politician and general. Hailing from the patrician family of the Cornelii, he helped suppress the Catilinarian conspiracy during his term as curule aedile in 63 BC and later se ...

, Roman patrician contemporary with Julius Caesar **

Publius Cornelius Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus, known simply as Tacitus ( , ; – ), was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded as one of the greatest Roman historians by modern scholars. The surviving portions of his two major works—the ...

(56 AD – after 117), better known as Tacitus, a senator and a historian of the Roman Empire **

Publius Helvius Pertinax Publius Helvius Pertinax (; 1 August 126 – 28 March 193) was Roman emperor for the first three months of 193. He succeeded Commodus to become the first emperor during the tumultuous Year of the Five Emperors. Born the son of a freed slav ...

(126–193), better known as Pertinax, Roman Emperor for three months in 193 **

Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268. He ruled during the Crisis of the Third Century that nearly caused the collapse of the empir ...

(c. 218 – 268), better known as Gallienus, Roman Emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260 to 268 ** Publius Licinius Valerianus (193/195/200 – 260 or 264), better known as Valerian, Roman Emperor from 253 to 259 **

Publius Ovidius Naso Pūblius Ovidius Nāsō (; 20 March 43 BC – 17/18 AD), known in English as Ovid ( ), was a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the th ...

(43 BC – 17/18 AD), better known as Ovid, Roman poet **

Publius Papinius Statius Publius Papinius Statius (Greek: Πόπλιος Παπίνιος Στάτιος; ; ) was a Greco-Roman poet of the 1st century CE. His surviving Latin poetry includes an epic in twelve books, the ''Thebaid''; a collection of occasional poetry, ...

(c. 45 – c. 96 AD), better known as Statius, a Roman poet **

Publius Rutilius Rufus Publius Rutilius Rufus (158 BCafter 78 BC) was a Roman statesman, soldier, orator and historian of the Rutilia ''gens'', as well as a great-uncle of Gaius Julius Caesar (through his sister Rutilia, Caesar's maternal grandmother). He achieved the ...

(158 – after 78 BC), a Roman statesman, orator and historian **Publius Salvius Julianus Aemilianus (c. 110 – c. 170), better known as

Salvius Julianus Lucius Octavius Cornelius Publius Salvius Iulianus Aemilianus (c. 110 – c. 170), generally referred to as Salvius Julianus, or Julian the Jurist, or simply Julianus, was a well known and respected jurist, public official, and politician who ser ...

, a Roman jurist, public official, and politician **

Publius Septimius Geta Publius Septimius Geta ( ; 7 March 189 – 19/26 December 211) was Roman emperor with his father Septimius Severus and older brother Caracalla from 209, when he was named ''Augustus'' like his brother, who had held the title from 198. Severus d ...

(189–211), a Roman Emperor co-ruling with his father Septimius Severus and his older brother Caracalla from 209 to his death **

Publius Sulpicius Quirinius Publius Sulpicius Quirinius (c. 51 BC – AD 21), also translated as Cyrenius, was a Roman aristocrat. After the banishment of the ethnarch Herod Archelaus from the tetrarchy of Judea in AD 6, Quirinius was appointed legate governor of Syria, to ...

(c. 51 BC – 21 AD), also known as Quirinius, a Roman aristocrat **

Publius Sulpicius Rufus Publius Sulpicius Rufus (124–88 BC) was a Roman politician and orator whose attempts to pass controversial laws with the help of mob violence helped trigger the first civil war of the Roman Republic. His actions kindled the deadly rivalry betwe ...

(c. 121 BC – 88 BC), an orator and statesman of the Roman Republic **

Publius Terentius Afer Publius Terentius Afer (; – ), better known in English as Terence (), was a Roman African playwright during the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 166–160 BC. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought T ...

(195/185–159 BC), better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic **

Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus Publius Terentius Varro Atacinus (; 82 – c. 35 BC) was a Roman poet, more polished in his style than the more famous and learned Varro Reatinus, his contemporary, and therefore more widely read by the Augustan writers.Charles Thomas Cruttwell'' ...

(82 BC – c. 35 BC), better known as Varro Atacinus, a Roman poet **

Publius Vergilius Maro Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: t ...

(70–19 BC), better known as Virgil in English, a Roman poet

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Saint Publius Saint Publius ( mt, San Publju; grc-gre, Πούπλιος) is a first century Maltese bishop. He is venerated as the first Bishop of Malta and one of the first Bishops of Athens. Publius is Malta's first acknowledged saint, the prince of the ...

(33 – c. 112), first Christian bishop of Malta * Publius, a pseudonym used by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay in writing ''

The Federalist Papers ''The Federalist Papers'' is a collection of 85 articles and essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay under the collective pseudonym "Publius" to promote the ratification of the Constitution of the United States. The co ...

'' * ''Publius'' (journal), an academic journal subtitled The Journal of Federalism * Publius (publishing system), an attempted communication protocol for anonymous and censorship-resistant communication *

Publius Enigma The Publius Enigma is an Internet phenomenon and an unsolved problem that began with cryptic messages posted by a user identifying only as "Publius" to the unmoderated Usenet newsgroup alt.music.pink-floyd through the Penet remailer, a now defu ...

, an Internet phenomenon involving a riddle proposed in connection with the 1994 Pink Floyd album ''The Division Bell''

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