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:

Balbinus

Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus: Roman emperor in 238. The emperor Balbinus If we are to believe the historian Zonaras, Decimus Caelius Calvinus…

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Barsine (1)

Barsine (363?-309): Persian princess, member of the Pharnacid dynasty, mistress of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great. Achaemenid woman (or a…

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Berenice I

Berenice I (c.340-c.277): Macedonian lady, queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Ptolemy I Soter and Berenice I Father: Magas Mother: Antigone, a relative of…

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Berenice II

Berenice II (after 270-221): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives: Berenice II Father: Magas of Cyrene Mother: Apame II First husband: Demetrius the Fair, the…

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Berenice IV

Berenice IV: queen of the Ptolemaic Empire, ruled from 58 to 55.Relatives Father: Ptolemy XII Auletes Mother: Cleopatra VI Tryphaena Main deeds c.76: Born 58: Rome annexes Cyprus; riots in Alexandria; king Ptolemy XII Auletes is forced to flee (September); the new rulers of Egypt…

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Berenice Phernephorus

Berenice Phernephorus (c.285-246): Ptolemaic princess, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives Father: Ptolemy II Philadelphus Mother: Arsinoe II Husband: Antiochus II Theos Son: Antiochus Main deeds Born between 285 and 280 260: Outbreak of the Second Syrian War. The Seleucid king Antiochus II Theos fights against Ptolemy II Philadelphus 253:…

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Berossus

Berossus (Akkadian Bêl-re'ušunu): Babylonian priest, who wrote a Greek history of Babylonia in the first half of the third century BCE. …

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Bistam

Bistam: Parthian general, rebel against Sasanian Persia from 591/592 to 597. Bistam Main deeds: Name: Bistam During the war between the Sasanian king Hormizd…

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Bithya

Bithya (Greek Βιθύας): Numidian chief, fighting for and against Rome during the Third Punic War (149-146 BCE). Relief of a Numidian…

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