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:

Constantius II

Constantius II: emperor of the Roman world (r. 337-361). Constantius II Names: 7 August 317: Flavius Julius Constantius 8 November 324: Flavius Julius Constantius…

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Gn. Marcius Coriolanus

Gnaeus Marcius Coriolanus: Roman aristocrat and legendary commander of the armies of the Volsci, who invaded Central-Italy in the first quarter of the fifth century BCE.The early fifth century …

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Craterus

Craterus (†320): Macedonian army commander, one of the leading generals of Alexander the Great. Map of the Achaemenid Empire with Persian…

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Crispina

Bruttia Crispina (†193 CE): name of a Roman empress, wife of the emperor Commodus.Family Crispina daughter of Gaius Bruttius Praesens, a former…

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Crispus

Crispus: son of the Roman emperor Constantine I the Great.Names: Crispus on the Great Leiden Constantine Cameo c.300: Crispus 1 March 317: declared…

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Ctesias of Cnidus

Ctesias of Cnidus: Greek physician who stayed at the court of the Persian king Artaxerxes II Mnemon from 404 to 398/397. Ctesias wrote several books about Persia and India. These books are now lost but were quoted by ancient authors;…

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Cyaxares

Cyaxares (Persian Uvakhšatara, Akkadian Umakištar): name of a king of the Medes, who may have reigned from c.625 to c.585. Two…

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Cyrus the Great

Cyrus (Old Persian Kuruš; Hebrew Kores): founder of the Achaemenid empire. He was the son of Cambyses I, the king of the Persian kingdom called Anšan. During Cambyses' reign, the Persians were vassals of the Median leader Astyages.Persians and Medes …

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