Rome — Minor Figures

23 figures from Shakespeare's Roman Plays who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Hirtius

consul · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene IV

• Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene IV · enemies with Mark Antony “When thou once Was beaten from Modena, where thou slew’st Hirtius and Pansa, consuls,”

Pansa

consul · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene IV

• Antony and Cleopatra · Act I, Scene IV · enemies with Mark Antony “When thou once Was beaten from Modena, where thou slew’st Hirtius and Pansa, consuls,”

Publius

nobleman · first appears Julius Caesar · Act II, Scene II

• Julius Caesar · Act II, Scene II · patron: Julius Caesar “And look where Publius is come to fetch me.”
• Julius Caesar · Act III, Scene III · elder kin: Mark Antony “LEPIDUS. Upon condition Publius shall not live, Who is your sister’s son, Mark Antony.”

Sossius

lieutenant · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene I

• Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene I · patron: Mark Antony “Caesar and Antony have ever won More in their officer, than person. Sossius, One of my place in Syria, his lieutenant,”

Gallus

subordinate commander · first appears Antony and Cleopatra · Act V, Scene I

• Antony and Cleopatra · Act V, Scene I · employer: Octavius Caesar “Gallus, go you along.”
• Antony and Cleopatra · Act V, Scene I · patron: Octavius Caesar “Gallus, go you along.”

Publicola

Roman nobleman · first appears Coriolanus · Act V, Scene III

• Coriolanus · Act V, Scene III · siblings with Valeria “The noble sister of Publicola, The moon of Rome, chaste as the icicle That’s curdied by the frost from purest snow And hangs on Dian’s temple!—Dear Valeria.”
• Antony and Cleopatra · Act III, Scene VII · patron: Octavius Caesar “Marcus Octavius, Marcus Justeius, Publicola, and Caelius are for sea, But we keep whole by land. This speed of Caesar’s”

Ancus Martius

ancestor of Coriolanus · first appears Coriolanus · Act II, Scene III

• Coriolanus · Act II, Scene III · elder kin: Numa “That Ancus Martius, Numa’s daughter’s son”
• Coriolanus · Act II, Scene III · younger kin: Coriolanus “The noble house o’ th’ Martians, from whence came That Ancus Martius”

Censorinus

ancestor of Coriolanus · first appears Coriolanus · Act II, Scene III

• Coriolanus · Act II, Scene III · younger kin: Coriolanus “And Censorinus, that was so surnamed, And nobly named so, twice being censor, Was his great ancestor.”

Marcus

cousin of an unnamed Roman · first appears Coriolanus · Act V, Scene V

• Coriolanus · Act V, Scene V · enemies with Coriolanus “He killed my son! My daughter! He killed my cousin Marcus! He killed my father!”