Trier Personalities from 2025 Years
Trier’s history holds a wealth of personalities who have achieved great significance far beyond the region’s borders. Figures who have gained a place in world history have left a lasting impression through their stay in Trier or their particular reference to the city. Nine of these personalities competed in 2004 on the occasion of Trier’s 2020th birthday for the title of the “Greatest Trier Personality.” They are portrayed on the following pages.
Augustus, the first Roman Emperor, was the "godfather" of the city, founded under the name "Augusta Treverorum".
From Trier, Constantine ruled a domain much larger than the territory of modern European capital cities: His rule extended from Scotland to North Africa.
Empress Helena, the mother of Constantine the Great, is considered one of the most important women not only in Trier but for all of Late Antiquity 
In a solemn ceremony, Archbishop Poppo walled the Greek monk Simeon into a tiny cell in the east tower of the Porta Nigra.
According to the general consensus of historians, Balduin of Luxembourg was the most important elector and archbishop in the history of the Trier archdiocese.
His rousing oratory helped the young Calvinist, who stood under the protection of a faction of the Trier City Council, to a rapidly expanding host of followers.
During the Thirty Years' War, the Jesuit Friedrich Spee was at odds with himself and God. Despite his continuing struggle, he felt the challenge to act.
No other person influenced the history of the 19th and 20th centuries as did Karl Marx with this theories and writings.
In his more than 100 years, the theologian and social scientist dedicated himself to untiring work for a just society.