gaius : Idioms & Phrases

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gaius aurelius valerius diocletian

  • noun 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)
    Diocletian.
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gaius caesar

  • noun Roman Emperor who succeeded Tiberius and whose uncontrolled passions resulted in manifest insanity; noted for his cruelty and tyranny; was assassinated (12-41)
    Caligula; Gaius.
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gaius cassius longinus

  • noun prime mover in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (died in 42 BC)
    Cassius Longinus; Cassius.
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gaius cornelius tacitus

  • noun Roman historian who wrote major works on the history of the Roman Empire (56-120)
    Tacitus; Publius Cornelius Tacitus.
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gaius flaminius

  • noun Roman statesman and general who built the Flaminian Way; died when he was defeated by Hannibal (died 217 BC)
    Flaminius.
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gaius julius caesar

  • noun conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (100-44 BC)
    Caesar; Julius Caesar.
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gaius julius caesar octavianus

  • noun 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)
    Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus; Octavian; Augustus.
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gaius octavianus

  • noun 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)
    Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus; Octavian; Augustus.
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gaius petronius

  • noun Roman satirist (died in 66)
    Petronius; Petronius Arbiter.
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gaius plinius caecilius secundus

  • noun Roman writer and nephew of Pliny the Elder; author of books of letters that commented on affairs of the day (62-113)
    Pliny the Younger; Pliny.
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gaius plinius secundus

  • noun Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
    Pliny the Elder; Pliny.
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gaius valerius catullus

  • noun Roman lyric poet remembered for his love poems to an aristocratic Roman woman (84-54 BC)
    Catullus.
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