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…Barsine (1)
Barsine (363?-309): Persian princess, member of the Pharnacid dynasty, mistress of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great. Achaemenid woman (or a…Bêl-šimânni and Šamaš-eriba
Bêl-šimânni and Šamaš-eriba: name of two Babylonian rebel kings who rose against his Persian overlord Xerxes in the summer 484 BCE. …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…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…Cleopatra Berenice III
Cleopatra Berenice III (c.120-80): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Portrait of a Ptolemaic queen, perhaps Cleopatra Berenice III Father: Ptolemy IX Soter Mother:…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…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:…Berossus
Berossus (Akkadian Bêl-re'ušunu): Babylonian priest, who wrote a Greek history of Babylonia in the first half of the third century BCE. …Bias of Priene
Bias of Priene (first half sixth century BCE): Greek politician, one of the Seven Sages. Bias of Priene There's not much we know…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…Bithya
Bithya (Greek Βιθύας): Numidian chief, fighting for and against Rome during the Third Punic War (149-146 BCE). Relief of a Numidian…