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	In [[ancient Rome]], there were many known [[pederastic]] relationships between adult men and adolescent boys. In some of these cases both members became well-known historical figures, while in others, only one of the two may have. In the following list, the couples are listed in chronological order, and the name of the older partner precedes that of the younger. Though many more men are known to have engaged in such relationships, only those instances in which the name of the younger partner is known are included.		In [[ancient Rome]], there were many known [[pederastic]] relationships between adult men and adolescent boys. In some of these cases both members became well-known historical figures, while in others, only one of the two may have. In the following list, the couples are listed in chronological order, and the name of the older partner precedes that of the younger. Though many more men are known to have engaged in such relationships, only those instances in which the name of the younger partner is known are included.
	==Ancient Rome==		==Ancient Rome==
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	In [[ancient Rome]], there were many known [[pederastic]] relationships between adult men and adolescent boys. In some of these cases both members became well-known historical figures, while in others, only one of the two may have. In the following list, the couples are listed in chronological order, and the name of the older partner precedes that of the younger. Though many more men are known to have engaged in such relationships, only those instances in which the name of the younger partner is known are included.		In [[ancient Rome]], there were many known [[pederastic]] relationships between adult men and adolescent boys. In some of these cases both members became well-known historical figures, while in others, only one of the two may have. In the following list, the couples are listed in chronological order, and the name of the older partner precedes that of the younger. Though many more men are known to have engaged in such relationships, only those instances in which the name of the younger partner is known are included.
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	In ancient Rome, there were many known pederastic relationships between adult men and adolescent boys. In some of these cases both members became well-known historical figures, while in others, only one of the two may have. In the following list, the couples are listed in chronological order, and the name of the older partner precedes that of the younger. Though many more men are known to have engaged in such relationships, only those instances in which the name of the younger partner is known are included.		In [[ancient Rome]], there were many known [[pederastic]] relationships between adult men and adolescent boys. In some of these cases both members became well-known historical figures, while in others, only one of the two may have. In the following list, the couples are listed in chronological order, and the name of the older partner precedes that of the younger. Though many more men are known to have engaged in such relationships, only those instances in which the name of the younger partner is known are included.
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	*Octavian and Sarmentus		*Octavian and Sarmentus
	:*One of the favorites (or, "delicia") of the emperor, Sarmentus was held up as an example of rank favoritism by the historian Dellius. He incurred Cleopatra's wrath by complaining that while he and others dignitaries were served sour wine by Marc Antony in Greece, Octavian's catamite was drinking Falernian in Rome.<ref>Plutarch, Life of Marc Antony; 59 </ref>		:*One of the favorites (or, [[ Catamite\|"delicia"]]) of the emperor, Sarmentus was held up as an example of rank favoritism by the historian Dellius. He incurred Cleopatra's wrath by complaining that while he and others dignitaries were served sour wine by Marc Antony in Greece, Octavian's [[Catamite\|catamite]] was drinking Falernian in Rome.<ref>Plutarch, Life of Marc Antony; 59 </ref>
	*Virgil and Alexander		*Virgil and Alexander
	:*According to an account by Suetonius preserved in the writings of Aelius Donatus, itself incorporated in a critical account by Servius, the Alexis of the Bucolics was based on a real-life beloved of Virgil. Allegedly, Virgil was fond of boys, with later commentary specifying that his love was patterned along the lines of chaste pederasty. The boy, a slave, was a gift from one of his patrons, Asinius Pollio.<ref> Aelius Donatus, Life of Virgil; tr. David Wilson-Okamura (1996; rev. 2005); 9-11 [4] "With regard to pleasure, he was partial to boys. <But good men have thought that he loved boys as Socrates loved Alcibiades, and Plato his favorites ( paidiká).> He loved Cebes and Alexander most of all. Alexander was a gift to him from Asinius Pollio; the second poem of his Bucolics refers to him as "Alexis." Nor was the other one unlearned; in fact, Cebes was a poet as well." </ref> While some modern historians accept the story as credible, an opposing school of thought deems it a fabrication.<ref>Richard Jenkyns, Virgil's Experience: Nature and History, Times, Names, and Places p.7; Oxford University Press, 1998 </ref>		:*According to an account by Suetonius preserved in the writings of Aelius Donatus, itself incorporated in a critical account by Servius, the Alexis of the Bucolics was based on a real-life beloved of Virgil. Allegedly, Virgil was fond of boys, with later commentary specifying that his love was patterned along the lines of chaste pederasty. The boy, a slave, was a gift from one of his patrons, Asinius Pollio.<ref> Aelius Donatus, Life of Virgil; tr. David Wilson-Okamura (1996; rev. 2005); 9-11 [4] "With regard to pleasure, he was partial to boys. <But good men have thought that he loved boys as Socrates loved Alcibiades, and Plato his favorites ( paidiká).> He loved Cebes and Alexander most of all. Alexander was a gift to him from Asinius Pollio; the second poem of his Bucolics refers to him as "Alexis." Nor was the other one unlearned; in fact, Cebes was a poet as well." </ref> While some modern historians accept the story as credible, an opposing school of thought deems it a fabrication.<ref>Richard Jenkyns, Virgil's Experience: Nature and History, Times, Names, and Places p.7; Oxford University Press, 1998 </ref>

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	:*One of the favorites (or, "delicia") of the emperor, Sarmentus was held up as an example of rank favoritism by the historian Dellius. He incurred Cleopatra's wrath by complaining that while he and others dignitaries were served sour wine by Marc Antony in Greece, Octavian's catamite was drinking Falernian in Rome.<ref>Plutarch, Life of Marc Antony; 59 </ref>		:*One of the favorites (or, "delicia") of the emperor, Sarmentus was held up as an example of rank favoritism by the historian Dellius. He incurred Cleopatra's wrath by complaining that while he and others dignitaries were served sour wine by Marc Antony in Greece, Octavian's catamite was drinking Falernian in Rome.<ref>Plutarch, Life of Marc Antony; 59 </ref>
	*Virgil and Alexander		*Virgil and Alexander
	:*According to an account by Suetonius preserved in the writings of Aelius Donatus, itself incorporated in a critical account by Servius, the Alexis of the Bucolics was based on a real-life beloved of Virgil. Allegedly, Virgil was fond of boys, with later commentary specifying that his love was patterned along the lines of chaste pederasty. The boy, a slave, was a gift from one of his patrons, Asinius Pollio.<ref> Aelius Donatus, Life of Virgil; tr. David Wilson-Okamura (1996; rev. 2005); 9-11 [4] "With regard to pleasure, he was partial to boys. <But good men have thought that he loved boys as Socrates loved Alcibiades, and Plato his favorites ( paidiká).> He loved Cebes and Alexander most of all. Alexander was a gift to him from Asinius Pollio; the second poem of his Bucolics refers to him as "Alexis." Nor was the other one unlearned; in fact, Cebes was a poet as well." </ref> While some modern historians accept the story as credible, an opposing school of thought deems it a fabrication.<ref>Richard Jenkyns, Virgil's Experience: Nature and History, Times, Names, and Places p.7; Oxford University Press, 1998 </ref>~~[65]~~		:*According to an account by Suetonius preserved in the writings of Aelius Donatus, itself incorporated in a critical account by Servius, the Alexis of the Bucolics was based on a real-life beloved of Virgil. Allegedly, Virgil was fond of boys, with later commentary specifying that his love was patterned along the lines of chaste pederasty. The boy, a slave, was a gift from one of his patrons, Asinius Pollio.<ref> Aelius Donatus, Life of Virgil; tr. David Wilson-Okamura (1996; rev. 2005); 9-11 [4] "With regard to pleasure, he was partial to boys. <But good men have thought that he loved boys as Socrates loved Alcibiades, and Plato his favorites ( paidiká).> He loved Cebes and Alexander most of all. Alexander was a gift to him from Asinius Pollio; the second poem of his Bucolics refers to him as "Alexis." Nor was the other one unlearned; in fact, Cebes was a poet as well." </ref> While some modern historians accept the story as credible, an opposing school of thought deems it a fabrication.<ref>Richard Jenkyns, Virgil's Experience: Nature and History, Times, Names, and Places p.7; Oxford University Press, 1998 </ref>
	*Nero and Sporus		*Nero and Sporus
	:*According to Suetonius, "He castrated the boy Sporus and actually tried to make a woman of him; and he married him with all the usual ceremonies, including a dowry and a bridal veil, took him to his home attended by a great throng, and treated him as his wife. [...] This Sporus, decked out with the finery of the empresses and riding in a litter, he took with him to the courts and marts of Greece, and later at Rome through the Street of the Images, fondly kissing him from time to time."<ref>Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Nero 28 </ref>		:*According to Suetonius, "He castrated the boy Sporus and actually tried to make a woman of him; and he married him with all the usual ceremonies, including a dowry and a bridal veil, took him to his home attended by a great throng, and treated him as his wife. [...] This Sporus, decked out with the finery of the empresses and riding in a litter, he took with him to the courts and marts of Greece, and later at Rome through the Street of the Images, fondly kissing him from time to time."<ref>Suetonius, The Lives of Twelve Caesars, Life of Nero 28 </ref>
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	*Herodes Atticus and Polydeukion		*Herodes Atticus and Polydeukion
	:*Herodes emulated Hadrian in establishing a heroic cult for the boy upon his early death ca. 174 CE.<ref> Giovanni Dall'Orto,Saggi di storia gay > Biografie di personaggi gay > Erode àttico "Erode Attico ebbe amori omosessuali che non si preoccupò di rendere pubblici. Quello che fece più parlare di sé fu l'ultimo, perché quando ad Atene l'adolescente "discepolo" Pollùce (Polydeukes / Polydeukion / Polideuce)"[5] </ref>		:*Herodes emulated Hadrian in establishing a heroic cult for the boy upon his early death ca. 174 CE.<ref> Giovanni Dall'Orto,Saggi di storia gay > Biografie di personaggi gay > Erode àttico "Erode Attico ebbe amori omosessuali che non si preoccupò di rendere pubblici. Quello che fece più parlare di sé fu l'ultimo, perché quando ad Atene l'adolescente "discepolo" Pollùce (Polydeukes / Polydeukion / Polideuce)"[5] </ref>

	===Eastern Roman Empire - (330–1453)===		===Eastern Roman Empire - (330–1453)===
	*Ptolemy and Eutropius		*Ptolemy and Eutropius

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	:*In his poetry, Lucilius blames a praetor for having stolen Gentius from him, and predicts the boy will return. The satirist was blamed in later antiquity for having "prostituted" his lovers by using their actual names in his poem, instead of veiling them, as other authors were wont to do, by the use of pseudonyms.<ref> Amy Richlin, The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor p. 165 </ref><ref>Lucilius, 273, 274 </ref><ref>Apuleius, Defense 10 </ref>		:*In his poetry, Lucilius blames a praetor for having stolen Gentius from him, and predicts the boy will return. The satirist was blamed in later antiquity for having "prostituted" his lovers by using their actual names in his poem, instead of veiling them, as other authors were wont to do, by the use of pseudonyms.<ref> Amy Richlin, The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor p. 165 </ref><ref>Lucilius, 273, 274 </ref><ref>Apuleius, Defense 10 </ref>
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	===Roman Empire - (27 BC–476 AD ~~''Western''~~ )===		===Western Roman Empire - (27 BC–476 AD)===

	*Octavian and Sarmentus		*Octavian and Sarmentus
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	*Herodes Atticus and Polydeukion		*Herodes Atticus and Polydeukion
	:*Herodes emulated Hadrian in establishing a heroic cult for the boy upon his early death ca. 174 CE.<ref> Giovanni Dall'Orto,Saggi di storia gay > Biografie di personaggi gay > Erode àttico "Erode Attico ebbe amori omosessuali che non si preoccupò di rendere pubblici. Quello che fece più parlare di sé fu l'ultimo, perché quando ad Atene l'adolescente "discepolo" Pollùce (Polydeukes / Polydeukion / Polideuce)"[5] </ref>		:*Herodes emulated Hadrian in establishing a heroic cult for the boy upon his early death ca. 174 CE.<ref> Giovanni Dall'Orto,Saggi di storia gay > Biografie di personaggi gay > Erode àttico "Erode Attico ebbe amori omosessuali che non si preoccupò di rendere pubblici. Quello che fece più parlare di sé fu l'ultimo, perché quando ad Atene l'adolescente "discepolo" Pollùce (Polydeukes / Polydeukion / Polideuce)"[5] </ref>
	===Roman Empire - (330–1453 ~~''Eastern''~~ )===		===Eastern Roman Empire - (330–1453)===
	*Ptolemy and Eutropius		*Ptolemy and Eutropius
	:*Eutropius, an Armenian or Assyrian slave castrated at birth, was derided for having had many masters, beginning with Ptolemy, a groom or soldier in the imperial stables of Byzantium. Promised his freedom by his master, he was instead given as a gift (being still too young to be bought) to the general Arintheus, whom he served as pander.<ref>Claudian, Against Eutropius Loeb edition p.143-145 </ref><ref>Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: p.325N7; Published 1899 P. F. Collier & Son, 1899 </ref>		:*Eutropius, an Armenian or Assyrian slave castrated at birth, was derided for having had many masters, beginning with Ptolemy, a groom or soldier in the imperial stables of Byzantium. Promised his freedom by his master, he was instead given as a gift (being still too young to be bought) to the general Arintheus, whom he served as pander.<ref>Claudian, Against Eutropius Loeb edition p.143-145 </ref><ref>Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: p.325N7; Published 1899 P. F. Collier & Son, 1899 </ref>

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	*Herodes Atticus and Polydeukion		*Herodes Atticus and Polydeukion
	:*Herodes emulated Hadrian in establishing a heroic cult for the boy upon his early death ca. 174 CE.<ref> Giovanni Dall'Orto,Saggi di storia gay > Biografie di personaggi gay > Erode àttico "Erode Attico ebbe amori omosessuali che non si preoccupò di rendere pubblici. Quello che fece più parlare di sé fu l'ultimo, perché quando ad Atene l'adolescente "discepolo" Pollùce (Polydeukes / Polydeukion / Polideuce)"[5] </ref>		:*Herodes emulated Hadrian in establishing a heroic cult for the boy upon his early death ca. 174 CE.<ref> Giovanni Dall'Orto,Saggi di storia gay > Biografie di personaggi gay > Erode àttico "Erode Attico ebbe amori omosessuali che non si preoccupò di rendere pubblici. Quello che fece più parlare di sé fu l'ultimo, perché quando ad Atene l'adolescente "discepolo" Pollùce (Polydeukes / Polydeukion / Polideuce)"[5] </ref>
			===Roman Empire - (330–1453 ''Eastern'' )===
	*Ptolemy and Eutropius		*Ptolemy and Eutropius
	:*Eutropius, an Armenian or Assyrian slave castrated at birth, was derided for having had many masters, beginning with Ptolemy, a groom or soldier in the imperial stables of Byzantium. Promised his freedom by his master, he was instead given as a gift (being still too young to be bought) to the general Arintheus, whom he served as pander.<ref>Claudian, Against Eutropius Loeb edition p.143-145 </ref><ref>Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: p.325N7; Published 1899 P. F. Collier & Son, 1899 </ref>		:*Eutropius, an Armenian or Assyrian slave castrated at birth, was derided for having had many masters, beginning with Ptolemy, a groom or soldier in the imperial stables of Byzantium. Promised his freedom by his master, he was instead given as a gift (being still too young to be bought) to the general Arintheus, whom he served as pander.<ref>Claudian, Against Eutropius Loeb edition p.143-145 </ref><ref>Edward Gibbon The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: p.325N7; Published 1899 P. F. Collier & Son, 1899 </ref>

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	===Roman Republic===		===Roman Republic - (509 BC–27 BC)===

	*Lucius Quinctius T.f. Flaminius and Philip		*Lucius Quinctius T.f. Flaminius and Philip
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	:*In his poetry, Lucilius blames a praetor for having stolen Gentius from him, and predicts the boy will return. The satirist was blamed in later antiquity for having "prostituted" his lovers by using their actual names in his poem, instead of veiling them, as other authors were wont to do, by the use of pseudonyms.<ref> Amy Richlin, The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor p. 165 </ref><ref>Lucilius, 273, 274 </ref><ref>Apuleius, Defense 10 </ref>		:*In his poetry, Lucilius blames a praetor for having stolen Gentius from him, and predicts the boy will return. The satirist was blamed in later antiquity for having "prostituted" his lovers by using their actual names in his poem, instead of veiling them, as other authors were wont to do, by the use of pseudonyms.<ref> Amy Richlin, The Garden of Priapus: Sexuality and Aggression in Roman Humor p. 165 </ref><ref>Lucilius, 273, 274 </ref><ref>Apuleius, Defense 10 </ref>
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	===Roman Empire===		===Roman Empire - (27 BC–476 AD ''Western'' )===

	*Octavian and Sarmentus		*Octavian and Sarmentus

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	*Octavian and Sarmentus		*Octavian and Sarmentus

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	*[[Historical boylove relationships in Japan]]		*[[Historical boylove relationships in Japan]]
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