John Hazel - Whos Who in the Roman World

Whos Who in the Roman World is a wide-ranging biographical survey of one of the greatest civilizations in history. Covering a period from the fifth century BC to AD 364, this is an authoritative and hugely enjoyable guide to an era which continues to fascinate today. The figures represented come from all walks of Roman life and include some of historys most famous - not to mention infamous - figures as well as hitherto little-known, but no less fascinating, characters.

The inclusion of cross-referencing, a glossary of terms, select bibliographies, a chronology and list of emperors, maps, and an authors preface complete what is at once a superb reference resource and an enormously entertaining read.

John Hazel, M.A. (Oxon.), taught Classics at the French Lyce in London and later at the City of London School. He is the author of Whos Who in Classical Mythology (in collaboration with Michael Grant) and Whos Who in the Greek World, both published by Routledge.

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First published 2001
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2001 John Hazel

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TO MY SONS AND GRANDCHILDREN

Roman history is a huge subject and its timespan is enormous. In compiling this work of reference, I have tried as far as possible to avoid overlap with its two sister volumes, Whos Who in Classical Mythology, which I wrote many years ago in collaboration with Michael Grant, and Whos Who in the Greek World, freshly published as I write. The latter has provided the harder task, as there are inevitably personages of historical, philosophical or scientific interest who can reasonably claim a place, so to speak, in both the Greek and the Roman worlds, such as the later kings of Macedonia, the later Seleucids and Ptolemies, and Pyrrhus; philosophers like Plotinus and Porphyry; scientists like Galen; and historians such as Plutarch and POLYBIUS.

Inevitably our information is much greater and our sources better for some periods than for others, and much depends on the survival of documents, especially historical accounts, from the ancient world. In this respect we are particularly fortunate in the coverage of the last century BC and the first AD. Our knowledge of the period of the Punic Wars is also good. From what we can discern, we have been lucky in that those are surely the most interesting periods from a historic and cultural point of view. It is almost impossible to distinguish history from myth in the days of the monarchy; the enlightened Age of the Antonines does not offer much to excite; and the succession of short-lived emperors of the third century is tedious. The period of time from Diocletian to Julian, however, provides much variety, being a time of important development and retrenchment. I decided to limit the scope of the book by ending with the deaths of the last non-Christian emperor, Julian, and his short-lived successor, which mark the passing of the world that the great Romans of earlier days might have recognised as having an affinity with their own.

Cross-referencing has been made easy by the printing of q.v. items in small capitals, with a figure in brackets where necessary to indicate which subentry is in question. The spelling of Greek names adopted is conventional, the Latinised forms (with c rather than k ) being given. As Romans always had more than one name, I have chosen to enter best known, usually the cognomen or last of the three names. Sometimes an English form exists, such as Livy, Ovid or Virgil, and these are adopted, though in cases where several entries are made under the same name, the Latin form may be the one found, such as Antonius (for Antony) and POMPEIUS (for Pompey). Strict chronological order is followed where there is more than one personage with exactly the same name, but is broken in the case of a few emperors with long and detailed entries, who are placed first: this applies to Claudius and Nero. A few well known nicknames are used, such as Caligula and Caracalla. Brief bibliographies are appended to articles on major personages where suitable works exist.