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:

Alara

Alara (first half eighth century BCE): name of a Nubian king.Relatives Wife: Kasaqa, probably his sister Daughter: Tabiry, wife of Piye Life First known ruler of this dynasty Succeeded by Kashta, who may have been his brother Buildings Tomb at El-Kurru Literature T.G.H. James, "Egypt. The Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth…

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Alcibiades

Alcibiades (450-404/403): Athenian politician who played an important role in the Peloponnesian War. Alcibiades Alcibiades, the son of Cleinias and an Alcmeonid…

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Alexander I the Philhellene

Alexander I the Philhellene: king of Macedonia (r. c.498-454 BCE).Towards the end of the sixth century BCE, Macedonia consisted of several principalities, which can be divided into two groups. The Macedonians of the plain probably spoke Northwest Greek and worshipped…

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Alexander II Zabinas

Alexander II Zabinas: name of a king of the Seleucid Empire, ruled from 129 to 123.Relatives: Father: Perhaps Alexander I Balas Main deeds: November 132: Outbreak of civil war in Egypt between Ptolemy VIII Euergetes Physcon and his sister Cleopatra II 128: the Seleucid…

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Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the…

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Alyattes of Lydia

Alyattes: fourth king of the Mermnad dynasty. His reign lasted from ca. 600 to 560.After Gyges, Ardys, and Sadyattes, Alyattes was the fourth king of Lydia. His name may be derived from the Lydian word walwi, 'lion'. Alyattes' father and…

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Amasis

Amasis: pharaoh of the Saite dynasty, ruler of Egypt from 570 to 526. Amasis Egyptian names Chenibra Amose-si-Neith Successor of Apries Relatives wife: Nakhtes-Bastet-reru son: Amose wife:…

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