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:

Artaxias II

Artaxias II: king of Armenia (r.34-20 BCE) from the Artaxiad dynasty.In 34 BCE, the Roman commander Mark Antony had invaded Armenia and had captured king Artavasdes II. It was Antony's ambition to put a son of the Ptolemaic queen, the…

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Artaxias III Zeno

Artaxias III Zeno: king of Armenia (r. 18-34 CE) from the Artaxiad dynasty.King Tigranes IV (r.c.8 BCE - 2 CE) had been the last one to effectively rule Armenia, but the Roman emperor Augustus had objected Tigranes' pro-Parthian policy and had…

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Artemisia of Halicarnassus

Artemisia: queen of Halicarnassus in c. 480 BCE, ally of the Persian king Xerxes during his invasion of Greece.Halicarnassus was a Graeco-Carian city that belonged to the empire of the Persian Achaemenids. The Persian authorities liked their cities to be…

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Artystone

Artystone (Elamite Irtašduna) was the daughter of the Persian king Cyrus the Great (559-530 BCE) and a wife of king Darius I the Great (522-486). …

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Aryandes

Aryandes: Persian nobleman, after 525 first satrap of Egypt. He died after 512. Persian nobleman; statue from Egypt In 526 BCE, pharaoh…

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Aspasia

Aspasia of Miletus (fifth century BCE): wife of the Athenian leader Pericles. Aspasia Aspasia was born in Miletus and must have belonged…

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Aspathines

Aspathines (Old Persian Aspaçânâ): name of a courtier of the Persian king Darius I the Great (522-486 BCE).  Aspathines, as shown…

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ššina

ššina: son of Upadarma, rebel leader from Elam, who rose against the Persian king Darius I the Great. ššina ššina's revolt took…

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Aššurbanipal

Aššurbanipal: king of Assyria (r.669/8-631 or perhaps 627).Aššurbanipal's Accession Aššurbanipal Appointed by Esarhaddon as ruler in Babylonia 669/668: Made king of Assyria after…

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