Person

On this page, you will find an overview of ancient people who are known to us as individuals (and not as groups).

There are 794 items in Person:

"Laodice"

"Laodice" (mid-third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of king Mithridates II of Pontus.Relatives Father: Antiochus II Theos Mother: Laodice I Husband: Mithridates II of Pontus Children: Laodice III; another Laodice; Mithridates III of Pontus (?) Main deeds In 245, Laodice I and her son Seleucus II…

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Achoris

Achoris (Egyptian: Maatchnumra Setepemchnum Hakor): pharaoh of the Twenty-Ninth or Mendesian dynasty (392/391-379).Context Map of Lower Egypt (fifth-fourth centuries BCE) In the…

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Ada

Ada: sister and wife of Idrieus, after his death satrap of Caria between 344 and 340, member of the Hecatomnid dynasty.Ada was a daughter of Hecatomnus, the founder of the Hecatomnid dynasty of satraps of Caria. Not only her father,…

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Aelia Flacilla

Aelia Flacilla (c.360 - 386): name of a Roman empress, wife of Theodosius I.Relatives Aelia Flacilla married to: Theodosius I Sons: Honorius Arcadius Daughter: Pulcheria Life c.360?: Born, probably…

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Aelius Caesar

Lucius Aelius: between 136 and 138 caesar of the Roman emperor Hadrian. Aelius Caesar Names: 13 January 101: Lucius Ceionius Commodus Summer 136: Lucius…

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Aemilian

Aemilianus: emperor of the Roman world (autumn 253). Aemilianus Names: 207: Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus August 253: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aemilius Aemilianus Augustus October 253: lynched…

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Aeschylus

Aeschylus (525-456): Athenian poet, author of many tragedies, of which seven survive. Aeschylus Together with Sophocles and Euripides, Aeschylus (525-456) is one…

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Agesilaus II

Agesilaus II (444/443-359): king of Sparta (r.400-359). Fifth-century hoplite Agesilaus was born in the Eurypontid family, one of the two royal dynasties…

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Agis II

Agis II (†400/399): Spartan king from the Eurypontid house, ruled 427-400/399. Fifth-century hoplite. Agis was born as the son of king Archidamus…

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Agis III

Agis III (†331?): Spartan king from the Eurypontid house, ruled 338-331(?). Fifth-century hoplite Agis was a son of king Archidamus III of…

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