"The Last of the Romans" is a term that has been applied to various people:

• Gaius Asinius Pollio, one of the last great orators and writers of the Roman Republic, is sometimes referred to as such.
• In the case of the Western Roman Empire, the rival generals Flavius Aetius and Bonifacius are both referred to as such.
• Valens, called "the last true Roman."
• Syagrius, the last Roman commander in Gaul.
• Ambrosius Aurelianus, a Romano-British military commander against the Saxons, was referred to by contemporary sources as the "last Roman in Britain."
• Anicius Manlius Severinus Boëthius, one of the last great philosophers of Rome.
• Justinian has been given an A&E tv biography entitled Justinian: Last of the Romans (1997).

In a more literal sense, it could also refer to:

• Romulus Augustus, the last de facto Western Roman Emperor.
• Julius Nepos, the last de jure Western Roman Emperor.
• Constantine XI Paleologus, the last Eastern Roman Emperor.

A different list, "Last of the Romans," was offered in E. Cobham Brewer, Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898) [1]:

• Marcus Junius Brutus, one of the murderers of Caesar. (B.C. 85-42.)
• Caius Cassius Longinus, so called by Brutus. (Died. B.C. 42.)
• Stilicho, the Roman general under Theodosius.
• Aetius, a general who defended the Gauls against the Franks and other barbarians, and defeated Attila in the Catalaunian Fields near Chálons, in 451. So called by Procopius.
• François Joseph Terasse Desbillons ; so called from the elegance and purity of his Latin (1751-1789).
• Alexander Pope called William Congreve Ultimus Romanorum. (1670-1729.)