Decimus may refer to:

Romen praenomen

Decimus (praenomen) Decimus ( , ) is a Latin '' praenomen'', or personal name, usually abbreviated D. Although never especially common, Decimus was used throughout Roman history from the earliest times to the end of the Western Empire and beyond, surviving into mode ...

Decimus Carfulenus Decimus Carfulenus, called Carsuleius by Appianus, was a Roman statesman from the time of the Civil War to the Battle of Mutina, in which he perished. Biography Carfulenus served under Caesar in the Alexandrine War, B.C. 47. Hirtius describes him ...

(died 43 BC), Roman statesman * Decimus Haterius Agrippa (died 32 AD), consul in 22 AD *

Decimus Junius Brutus (consul 77 BC) Decimus Junius Brutus (fl. 1st century BC) was a Roman politician who was elected consul in 77 BC. Career A member of the plebeian gens Junia, his father was Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus and his mother was a Clodia, either from the Pulchri or M ...

Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus (27 April 81 BC – September 43 BC) was a Roman general and politician of the late republican period and one of the leading instigators of Julius Caesar's assassination. He had previously been an important support ...

(–43 BC), Roman politician and general, assassin of Julius Caesar *

Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus Decimus Junius Brutus Callaicus (or Gallaecus or Callaecus; c. 180113 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic for the year 138 BC together with Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Serapio. He was an optimate politician and a military commander in His ...

(180 BC–113 BC), Roman politician and general *

Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus (16 AD64 AD) was a Roman senator who lived during the 1st century. Life He served as an ordinary consul in 53 with Quintus Haterius Antoninus as his colleague. Decimus was the second son born to Aemilia Lepida an ...

(16 AD–64 AD), consul in AD 53 *

Decimus Junius Silanus (consul) Decimus Junius Silanus (107 – after 62 BC) was a consul of the Roman Republic. He may have been the son of Marcus Junius Silanus, consul in 109 BC. He was the stepfather of Marcus Junius Brutus, having married Brutus' mother, Servilia. Biograp ...

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Decimus Junius Silanus (translator of Mago) Decimus Junius Silanus may refer to: * Decimus Junius Silanus (translator of Mago), who lived in the 2nd century BC, and was an expert in Punic language and literature * Decimus Junius Silanus (consul), became consul of the Roman Republic in 62 BC ...

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Decimus Laberius Decimus Laberius (c. 105 BC43 BC) was a Roman eques and writer of mimes (farces). Biography Laberius seems to have been a man of caustic wit, who wrote for his own pleasure. In 46 BC, Julius Caesar ordered him to appear in one of his own plays i ...

(–43 BC), Roman eques and writer *

Decimus Laelius Decimus Laelius (born late-90s/early 80s BC) was a tribune of the plebs of the Roman Republic in 54 BC. In 59 BC, he was the lead prosecutor in the extortion case against L. Valerius Flaccus, who was defended by Cicero in the speech ''Pro Flacco''. ...

(), Roman lawyer and tribune of the plebs *

Decimus Laelius Balbus Decimus Laelius Balbus was a Roman senator, who was active during the reign of Augustus. He was consul in 6 BC with Gaius Antistius Vetus as his colleague. Balbus was the grandson of Decimus Laelius, plebeian tribune in 54 BC, and thus a ''novus h ...

, consul in 6 BC *

Decimus Valerius Asiaticus Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (around 5 BCP.J. Sijpesteijn"Another οὐσία of Decimus Valerius Asiaticus in Egypt" ''Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik'', 79 (1989), p. 19347 AD,Alston, ''Aspects of Roman History AD 14-117'', p. 92 el, ...

(–47 AD), Roman senator *

Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (Legatus) Decimus Valerius Asiaticus (35after 69 AD) was a Roman Senator who served as a Legatus of Gallia Belgica.Bowman, ''The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 10'', p. 273 Family background and early life Asiaticus was of praetorian rank. He was the son ...

(35-after 69 AD), Roman senator, Legatus of Gallia Belgica *

Ausonius Decimius Magnus Ausonius (; – c. 395) was a Roman poet and teacher of rhetoric from Burdigala in Aquitaine, modern Bordeaux, France. For a time he was tutor to the future emperor Gratian, who afterwards bestowed the consulship on him ...

(Decimus Magnus Ausonius, –), Roman poet and rhetorician *

Balbinus Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus (died 238 AD) was Roman emperor with Pupienus for three months in 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Origins and career Not much is known about Balbinus before his elevation to emperor. It has been conjec ...

(Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus, –238), Roman emperor in 238 *

Clodius Albinus Decimus Clodius Albinus ( 150 – 19 February 197) was a Roman imperial pretender between 193 and 197. He was proclaimed emperor by the legions in Britain and Hispania (the Iberian Peninsula, comprising modern Spain and Portugal) after the murder ...

(–197), Roman usurper *

Juvenal Decimus Junius Juvenalis (), known in English as Juvenal ( ), was a Roman poet active in the late first and early second century CE. He is the author of the collection of satirical poems known as the '' Satires''. The details of Juvenal's life ...

(Decimus Junius Juvenalis), poet of the 1st century AD

Given name

* Decimus Burton (1800–1881), English architect * Decimus Govett (1827–1912), Anglican priest

Pen-name

Thomas Chatterton Thomas Chatterton (20 November 1752 – 24 August 1770) was an English poet whose precocious talents ended in suicide at age 17. He was an influence on Romantic artists of the period such as Shelley, Keats, Wordsworth and Coleridge. Altho ...

(1752–1780), English poet {{disambiguation, given name