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:

Hanno the Navigator

In the first half of the sixth century BCE, the Carthaginian admiral Hanno made a long voyage along the African west coast. His logbook contains a description of a fully active volcano and the first known report about gorillas. …

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Harpagus

Harpagus (Akkadian Arbaku): Median general, perhaps the "kingmaker" of the Persian king Cyrus the Great. Achaemenid nobleman Harpagus was a courtier of…

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Hasdrubal (4)

Hasdrubal (late third century BCE): son of Gesco, Carthaginian general and politician. The ports of Carthage, seen from the north Hasdrubal belonged…

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Hasdrubal Barca

Hasdrubal Barca (†207): Carthaginian commander, brother of Hannibal Barca.Like his more famous brother Hannibal, Hasdrubal was the son of Hamilcar Barca, the Carthaginian general who had, in the years 237-229, conquered large parts of Iberia. Their family is called the…

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Helen

Helen (c.250 - c.329): name of a Roman empress, wife of Constantius I Chlorus and mother of Constantine I the Great. She is venerated as a saint. …

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