Sextus

Famous bearers include: _Sextus Pompeius Magnus_, a Roman general who joined the resistance against Caesar. _Sextus Pompeius_, a senator during Tiberius’ reign, a witty and very intelligent patron of literature. _Sextus Propertius_, a poet and friend of Virgil. _Sextus Empiricus_, a physician and philosopher whose works had a profound impact on de Montaigne, Hume, Hegel and others. Sextus Julius Africanus, a Christian traveller and historian, author of Chronographiai (world history in five books). _Sextus Julius Frontinus_, one of the most distinguished Roman aristocrats of the late first century AD, an augur, civil engineer and author of technical treatises on aqueducts of Rome. _Sextus Aelius Paetus Catus_ or "the clever one", a Roman Republican consul and jurist, best-known for his interpretation of the laws of the Twelve Tables, praised by Cicero.