List of suicides (1–999 AD)

The following notable people have died by suicide. This includes suicides effected under duress and excludes deaths by accident or misadventure. People who may or may not have died by their own hand, whose intent to die is disputed, or who are alleged to have been killed, may be listed.

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Vibulenus Agrippa (36 AD), Roman equestrian, poison Andragathius (388 AD), Roman general and Magister equitum who assassinated emperor Gratian, drowned in the sea Publius Anteius Rufus (67 AD), Roman politician, drank poison and cut his veinsTacitus, Annals, 16.14 Marcus Gavius Apicius (before 40 AD), Roman socialite, gourmet and man of great wealth, poison Arbogast (394 AD), Roman general Arria (42 AD), Roman wife of Caecina Paetus an alleged conspirator against Emperor Claudius, stabbed herself

Junius Blaesus (31 AD), Roman consul, general and governor of Africa, fell on a swordTacitus (29-31 AD). Book 5, V.7 , Annals. Translation based on Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb, Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019. Bonosus (280 AD), Roman usurper, hangingAugustan History, The Lives of Firmus, Saturninus, Proculus and Bonosus Chapter 15 . University of Chicago. Retrieved June 17, 2018. Boudica (61 AD), Queen of the Iceni, poisonTacitus (59-62 AD). Book 14, Chapter 37 , Annals. Perseus Project. Tufts University. Retrieved August 8, 2018.

Cai Lun (121 AD), Chinese eunuch court official, imperial adviser, inventor of paper and the modern papermaking process, poison Lucius Arruntius Camillus Scribonianus (42 AD), Roman politician, consul and rebel against Emperor ClaudiusCassius Dio, Roman History, Book LX., 15.

Decebalus (106 AD), King of DaciaCassius Dio, Roman History, Book 68, Chapter 14, Loeb Classical Library edition (1924). University of Chicago. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Decentius (353 AD), Roman usurperZosimus, New History Book 2, Chapter 65, London: Green and Chaplin (1814). Transcribed by Roger Pearse (2002). Retrieved February 19, 2019. Demonax (c. 170 AD), Greek Cypriot Cynic philosopher, starved himself to deathLucian, Demonax, 65 Julia Domna (217 AD), Roman empress, second wife of Emperor Septimius SeverusBirley, Anthony (1999). Septimius Severus: The African Emperor, Routledge, p. 192. .

Epicharis (65 AD), Roman leading member of the Pisonian conspiracy, strangled herself with a band of clothTacitus (62-65 AD). Book 15, Chapter 57, Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019. Ermanaric (376 AD), king of the GreuthungiAmmianus Marcellinus (380s AD). Res Gestae, Book 31, Chapter 3, Section 2. Retrieved October 4, 2019. Euphrates the Stoic (118 AD), Roman Stoic philosopher, hemlock poisoningCassius Dio, Roman History, Book 69, Chapter 8. University of Chicago.

Gildo (398 AD), Roman Berber general and rebel leader, hangingZosimus, New History Book 5, Chapter 140, London: Green and Chaplin (1814). Transcribed by Roger Pearse (2002). Retrieved February 19, 2019. Gongsun Zan (199 AD), Chinese general and warlord, setting himself and his family on fireChen Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei, Volume 8: Biographies of the two Gongsuns, Tao, and the four Zhangs. Gordian I (238 AD), Roman emperor, hangingHistoria Augusta, The Three Gordians 16.3

Silius Italicus (), Roman consul, orator, author and poet, starvationPliny The Younger. "Letter To Caninius Rufus". Pliny the Younger: Letters: Book 3. Translated by J.B.Firth (1900). Retrieved April 27, 2019.

Ji Yan (224 AD), Chinese official of the state of Eastern Wu, bureaucrat and reformerChen Shou (3rd century). Records of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wu, Volume 57: Biographies of Yu, Lu, Zhang, Luo, Lu, Wu, and Zhu. Empress Jingyin (82 AD), Chinese imperial consort for Emperor Zhang of Han also known as Consort Song

Titus Labienus (8 AD), Roman lawyer, orator and historian Lu Zhaolin (684 or 686 AD), Chinese poet, drowning in the Ying River Lucan (65 AD), Roman poet, cut veinsTacitus (62-65 AD). Book XV, Chapter 70.1. Annals. Scholars have vainly tried to locate Lucan's last words in his work but no passage in Lucan's extant poem exactly matches Tacitus's description at Annals 15.70.1. See, e.g., P. Asso, "A Commentary on Lucan 'De Bello Civili IV.'" Berlin: De Gruyter, 2010, p. 9n38.

Naevius Sutorius Macro (38 AD), Roman prefect of the Praetorian GuardCassius Dio, Roman History Book 59, Chapter 10. 1924. University of Chicago. Retrieved August 18, 2018. Magnentius (353 AD), Roman usurper Titus Clodius Eprius Marcellus (79 AD), Roman consul and senator, slit his throat with a razorCassius Dio, Roman History, Book 65, Chapter 16. 1925. University of Chicago. Retrieved August 8, 2018. Maximian (310 AD), Roman emperor

Nero (68 AD), Roman emperor, ordered his secretary to kill him Marcus Cocceius Nerva (33 AD), Roman jurist, official and confidant of Tiberius, starvationTacitus (32-37 AD). Book 6, Chapter 26, The Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved August 8, 2018.

Otho (69 AD), Roman Emperor, stabbed himselfPlutarch, Parallel Lives, The Life of Otho, 17.3

Caecina Paetus (42 AD), Roman alleged conspirator against Emperor Claudius, stabbed himself Peregrinus Proteus (165 AD), Greek early Christian convert and later Cynic philosopher from Mysia, immolated himself on a funeral pyre during the Olympic GamesLucian, De Morte Peregrini, 35-36. Petronius (66 AD), Roman senator, consul, courtier and novelist, opening his veinsTacitus (65-66 AD). Book 16, Chapter 19. Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019. Gaius Calpurnius Piso (65 AD), Roman senator, orator, advocate and leading member of the Pisonian conspiracy, slit his wristsTacitus (62-65 AD). Book 15, Chapter 59, Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019. Gnaeus Calpurnius Piso (20 AD), Roman statesman and consul, cut his throatTacitus (20-22 AD). Book 3, Chapter 15, Annals. Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019. Polemon of Laodicea (144 AD), Roman sophist, rhetorician and strategos, locked himself in his family tomb Gnaeus Pompeius Longinus (105 AD), Roman senator and general, swallowing poisonCassius Dio, Roman History, Book 68, Chapter 12, Loeb Classical Library edition (1924). University of Chicago. Retrieved August 22, 2021. Poenius Postumus (61 AD), Roman praefectus castrorum of the Legion II Augusta, fell upon his sword

Quintillus (270 AD), Roman emperor, opening his veinsZosimus, New History Book 1, Chapter 25, London: Green and Chaplin (1814), Transcribed by Roger Pearse, Ipswich (2002). Retrieved February 14, 2019.

Quintus Corellius Rufus (before 113 AD), Roman senator, consul, confidant and teacher of Pliny the Younger, refusing food and treatment for his illnessesPliny the Younger, Letter to Calestrius Tiro. Letters: Book One. Translated by J.B.Firth (1900). Attalus. Retrieved August 8, 2018.

Marcus Ostorius Scapula (65 AD), Roman senator, consul and military tribune, severed his veins and stabbed himself with help from a slaveTacitus, The Annals Book 16, Chapter 15. Wikisource. Retrieved February 19, 2019. Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus (34 AD), Roman rhetorician, poet, senator and consulTacitus (32-37 AD). Book 6, Chapter 29, Annals, University of Chicago. Seneca the Younger (65 AD), Roman philosopher, cut his veinsTacitus (62-65 AD). Book 15, Chapter 63, Annals.Tacitus Translated by Alfred John Church and William Jackson Brodribb (2007). The Annals of Imperial Rome Book XV (New York, Barnes & Noble). p 341 Marcus Sedatius Severianus (161 or 162 AD), Roman senator, consul and general, starved himselfLucian How to Write History 21, 14, 25 Mamercus Aemilius Scaurus (34 AD), Roman senator, followed by his wife Sextia Barea Soranus (66 AD), Roman consul, senator and governor of AsiaTacitus (65-66 AD). Book 16, Chapter 33, Annals, Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019. Sporus (69 AD), Roman boy whom the emperor Nero had castrated and married, stabbed his throat with a daggerSuetonius, The Lives of the Caesars: The Life of Nero, Chapter 49, Loeb Classical Library (1914), University of Chicago. Retrieved February 14, 2019.

Ofonius Tigellinus (69 AD), Roman prefect of the Praetorian Guard, cut his throat with a razorTacitus (c. 100–110 AD). Histories Book 1, Chapter 72, Loeb Classical Library edition of Tacitus (1925). University of Chicago.

Publius Quinctilius Varus (9 AD), Roman general, fell upon his sword"Publius Quinctilius Varus". Encyclopædia Britannica. July 20, 1998. Retrieved November 3, 2017. Marcus Julius Vestinus Atticus (65 AD), Roman senator and consul, opening his veinsTacitus (62-65 AD). Annals Book 15, Chapter 69, Wikisource. Retrieved February 14, 2019. Lucius Antistius Vetus (65 AD), Roman senator, consul and governor of Germania SuperiorTacitus (65-66 AD). Annals Book 16, Chapters 10-11, Loeb Classical Library edition of Tacitus (1937). University of Chicago. Retrieved February 14, 2019. Lucius Annius Vinicianus (42 AD), Roman senator, plotter of the assassination of Caligula, rebel against Claudius

Ibn al-Zayyat (962 AD), Arab Abbasid governor of Tarsus, jumping from a high tower

Possible or disputed

Clodius Albinus (197 AD), Roman emperor, killed himself after a defeat in battle (possibly executed by Septimius Severus) Judas Iscariot (AD 30 or 33), Apostle turned betrayer of Jesus, hanged himself according to the Gospel of Matthew; Retrieved 21 October 2025.Raymond E. Brown, An Introduction to the New Testament, p. 114. Retrieved 21 October 2025.Charles Talbert, Reading Acts: A Literary and Theological Commentary, Smyth & Helwys (2005) p. 15. Retrieved 21 October 2025.Frederick Dale Bruner, Matthew: A Commentary, Eerdmans (2004), p. 703. Retrieved 21 October 2025.Theophylact on Matthew, Chapter 27 Retrieved 21 October 2025., 3-5. the Book of Acts can be interpreted to suggest he died in an accidental fall, or that it is an addition to what the Gospel of Matthew said while the apocryphical Gospel of Judas suggests he was stoned to death by the other Apostles

List of suicides (1–999 AD)

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