Look up Sextus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sextus is an ancient Roman praenomen or "first name". Its standard abbreviation is Sex., and the feminine...

Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius (c. 67 – 35 BC), also known in English as Sextus Pompey, was a Roman military leader who, throughout his life, upheld the cause...

philosophies. Little is known about Sextus Empiricus. He likely lived in Alexandria, Rome, or Athens. His Roman name, Sextus, implies he was a Roman citizen...

Sextus Julius Caesar may refer to: Sextus Julius Caesar (praetor 208 BC) Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 157 BC) Sextus Julius Caesar (consul 91 BC) Sextus...

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (born Sextus Varius Avitus Bassianus, c. 204 – 13 March 222), better known by his posthumous nicknames Elagabalus (/ˌɛləˈɡæbələs/...

Sextus Quinctilius (died 453 BC) was a member of the Quinctilia gens who was consul of the Roman Republic from 452 till his death due to pestilence in...

but Sextus and his brother, Gnaeus Pompeius, continued fighting until 45 BC, when it was clear that Caesar was the victor. After Munda, Sextus' brother...

Wikiquote has quotations related to Sentences of Sextus. The Sentences of Sextus, also called the Sayings of Sextus, is a Hellenistic Pythagorean collection of...

Augustus. Sextus is the earliest member of the Julii Caesares whose name is found in historical sources. From the filiation of his son, Sextus, we know...

Sextus Roscius (often referred to as Sextus Roscius the Younger to differentiate him from his father) was a Roman citizen farmer from Ameria (modern day...

Sextus Appuleius is the name of four figures during the 1st century BC and 1st century AD. The first Sextus Appuleius was married to Octavia Major, the...

problems capturing the town of Gabii, so he sent Sextus to trick them into thinking he was defecting. Sextus became a general in their army before betraying...

honorum, Sextus would have been at least forty years old when he obtained the consulship, placing his birth no later than 133 BC. Of Sextus' descendants...

Sextus Aurelius Victor (c. 320 – c. 390) was a historian and politician of the Roman Empire. Victor was the author of a short history of imperial Rome...

Sextus Pomponius (fl. 2nd century) was a Roman jurist who lived during the reigns of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius. Sextus was a fairly...

Sextus Julius may refer to: Any Sextus Julius Caesar (disambiguation) Sextus Julius Frontinus, better known as Frontinus, author of treatises on aqueducts...

Pope Alexander VI (born Rodrigo de Borja; 1 January 1431 – 18 August 1503) (epithet: Valentinus ("The Valencian")) was head of the Catholic Church and...

Sextus Julius Frontinus (c. 40 – 103 AD) was a prominent Roman civil engineer, author, soldier and senator of the late 1st century AD. He was a successful...

political rebel Sextus Pompey and Scribonia. Pompeia was the only child born to the sons of triumvir Pompey. In 39 BC, at the peace of Misenum, Sextus Pompey had...

the praenomina Sextus or Gaius. This list includes abbreviated praenomina. For an explanation of this practice, see filiation. Sextus Vistilius, praetor...

Sextus Pompeius may refer to: Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius, or Sextus Pompey, (67–35 BC), Roman general Sextus Pompeius Festus (fl. 2nd century AD), Roman...

Sextus Quintilius Valerius Maximus was a Roman politician and senator in the second century AD. Born in Alexandria Troas, Quintilius Valerius Maximus and...

Octavian against Sextus. They agreed to strip Sextus of his augurate and future consulship. Octavian would wait a year to attack Sextus and would receive...

the surviving works of Sextus Empiricus, writing in the late second century or early third century CE. The publication of Sextus' works in the Renaissance...

Sextus (Greek: Σέξτος, romanized: Sextos; fl. c. AD 196) was a Christian theologian of the late 2nd century. In Jerome's De viris illustribus, he writes...

of Roman general Scipio Aemilianus. Sextus’ paternal grandfather was Gnaeus Pompeius, while his father was Sextus Pompeius. His younger brother was the...

identifies Sextus of Chaeronea as being a student of Herodotus of Tarsus and being the same person as Sextus Empiricus, in which case Sextus would be a...

letter S in one collection of coins has been interpreted as the forename "Sextus", but some modern authors think it's simply, along with the letter C, an...

he attained in 157 BC. From his filiation, we know that Sextus' father was also named Sextus, and that his grandfather was named Lucius. In his reconstruction...

Sextus Julius Africanus (c. 160 – c. 240; Ancient Greek: Σέξτος Ἰούλιος ὁ Ἀφρικανός or ὁ Λίβυς) was a Christian traveler and historian of the late 2nd...