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:

Eunus

Eunus: Syrian slave, leader of a revolt on Sicily in 135-132 BCE. Sicily in Antiquity In the mid-third century, the Romans conquered…

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Euripides

Euripides (485-406): Athenian poet, author of many tragedies, of which sixteen survive. Euripides The last of Athens' great tragic poets is Euripides,…

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Eurydice

Eurydice (c.335-c.285): Macedonian lady, wife of Ptolemy Soter.Relatives: Father: Antipater Husband: Ptolemy I Soter Children: Ptolemy Keraunos, Meleager, Lysandra (married to Agathocles, son of Lysimachus), Ptolemais (married to Demetrius Poliorcetes). Main deeds: c.335: Born as daughter of Antipater, the governor of Macedonia during the reign of…

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Eutropia

Eutropia (c.260-c.325): name of a Roman empress, wife of Maximian. Mosaic from Piazza Armerina, believed to represent Eutropia Life c.260 Born c.275 Married to…

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Eutropius

Eutropius (c.320-c.390?): Roman historian, author of a very popular Short History of the Roman Empire.Life Portrait of a Roman man, fourth…

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Fadilla

Fadilla (159- after 190): Roman princess, daughter of the emperor Marcus Aurelius and Faustina II, sister of Commodus.Fadilla was the eighth child of Marcus Aurelius, the heir apparent of the emperorAntoninus Pius, and Faustina, who would give birth to six…

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Fausta

Fausta (c.290-326): name of a Roman empress, wife of Constantine I the Great. Fausta Life Born in c. 290 as daughter of the…

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Faustina I

Faustina I (c.100-c.141): Roman empress, wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius.Relatives Faustina I Father: Marcus Annius Verus Mother: Rupilia Faustina Husband: Antoninus Pius Son: Marcus…

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Faustina II

Faustina II (c.130-176): Roman empress, wife of the emperor Marcus Aurelius.Relatives Faustina II Father: Antoninus Pius Mother: Faustina I Husband: Marcus Aurelius children: Domitia Faustina (30…

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Florian

Florianus: emperor of the Roman world (r. 276). Florian Names: full name and date of birth unknown 275: appointed praetorian prefect when his brother,…

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Frâda

Frâda: name of the king of Margiana, ruled 522-521 BCE. Behistun Relief, Frâda (center) and Skunkha (right) In March 522 BCE, a…

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