Dynasty
Although it is untrue that history is made by "great men", kings and queens, emperors and empresses, princes and princesses were often very concerned with their families. Here's an overview of royal, imperial, and satrapal dynasties.
There are 55 items in Dynasty:
Pharnacids
Pharnacids: Persian satrapal dynasty, ruling in Hellespontine Phrygia.The Pharnacids decended from an Achaemenid nobleman named Pharnaces, who was mayor of the palace of the Persian king Darius I the Great. In 477, Pharnaces' son Artabazus was appointed satrap of Hellespontine…Ptolemies
Ptolemies: name of the last dynasty of independent Egypt, of Macedonian descent. Ptolemy I Soter In 332, the Macedonian king Alexander the…Sasanians
Sasanians: last native dynasty to reign in Persia before the Arab conquest. Its kings and queens ruled from 224 to 651. Beginning …Seleucids
Seleucid Empire: one of the successor states after the death of Alexander the Great. Its official name was "Asia". Map of…Severans
Severan dynasty: imperial dynasty of Rome, ruling from 193 until 235, with a brief interruption from 217-218. Julia Domna, Septimius Severus,…Theodosian Dynasty
Theodosian Dynasty: Roman imperial dynasty, ruling the empire from 378 until 457 Silver disk with Theodosius I and his sons Honorius…Valentinian Dynasty
Valentinian Dynasty: the family of the emperor Valentinian I, which ruled (parts of) the Roman Empire from 363 until 392 CE. …