People
On this page, you will find an overview of people who are best known as groups (and not as individuals).
There are 59 items in People:
Sarmatians
Sarmatians: coalition of Iranian nomadic tribes, which moved gradually from the Caspian plains to eastern Europe and threatened the Roman empire. …Sattagydians
Sattagydia (Old Persian Thataguš, country of the "hundred cows"): satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid empire, perhaps the mountains between Iran and Pakistan. …Scythians / Sacae
"Scythians" (Greek Σκύθαι) and "Sacae" (Old Persian Sakâ): two renderings of Skudat ("archers"?), the name of the nomads of the Central Asian plains. …Sea People
Sea People: name of several groups of marauders, mentioned in several Egyptian sources as enemies of king Merenptah (r.1213-1203 BCE) and king Ramesses III (r.1184-1152). Their appearance is related to the demise of the Mediterranean Bronze Age system in the…Seven Sages
The seven sages: a group of semi-legendary wise people from the Archaic age, often regarded as the founders of Greek philosophy. …Sogdians
Sogdians (Greek: Σογδιανοί or Σόγδοι): ancient name for the people living in the region of Maracanda (modern Samarkand). Their land is known as Sogdia, Sogdiana (Greek Σογδιανή), or Transoxiana.The land …Thracians
Thracians: ancient nation living on the southeastern Balkan Peninsula.The land The Balkan mountains, seen from Kazanlak In the north the Danube, in…Vandals
Vandals: East-Germanic tribe that created a kingdom in northern Africa (435-534 CE).Origin Vandal fibula from Hippo Regius Originally an East-Germanic tribe; their…Volsci
Volsci: ancient people, originally living in the western Apennines. Migrating to southern Latium, they became one of the four main enemies of archaic Rome. …Yauna
Yaunâ: the old Persian name for Greeks.First contacts Yaunâ (Greek). Relief from the eastern stairs of the Apadana at Persepolis The Yaunânote[The…Zealots
Zealots: name of a group of Jewish, anti-Roman fighters in Jerusalem, during the war of 66-70. Rebel coinage from Jerusalem The Jewish…