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:
Horatius Cocles
Horatius Cocles: legendary Roman hero, defended the bridge across the Tiber when the city was attacked by the Etruscans. Model of…Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus
Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus (c.14-69): Roman senator, commander of the Rhine army during the Batavian revolt. His reputation has suffered severely from the biased description of his campaigns in the Rhineland by the Roman historian Tacitus. …Hormizd I | Ardašir II
Hormizd I or Ardašir II: king of Persia, ruling from 272-273, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Hormizd I or Ardašir II Main…Hormizd II
Hormizd II: king of Persia, ruling from 303 to 309, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Hormizd II Main deeds: Name: Hormizd II Beginning of reign:…Hormizd III
Hormizd III: king of Persia, ruling from 457 to 459, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Hormizd III Beginning of reign: 457 Successor of: his father Yazdgard II Civil war with his brother Peroz I; Hormizd, whose power base is Reyy, is defeated…Hormizd IV the Turk
Hormizd IV, nicknamed the Turk: king of Persia, ruling from 579 to 590, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Hormizd IV Main deeds: Name:…Hormizd V
Hormizd V: king of Persia, ruling in c.593 CE, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Hormizd V Reign: Rebellion during the first regnal years of Khusrau II the Victorious General Literature on Sasanian Persia Touraj Daryaee, Sasanian Persia. The Rise and Fall of an…Hormizd VI
Hormizd VI: king of Persia, ruling from 630 to 632, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds: Name: Hormizd VI The Sasanian king Khusrau II fought a long war against the Byzantines, but was defeated by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius. In 628, Khusrau was replaced…Hostilian
Hostilian: emperor of the Roman world (r. 251). Hostilian Names: c.230-235: Gaius Valens Hostilianus September 250: caesar; Princeps Iuventutis June 251: Imperator Caesar Gaius Valens…Hydarnes (1)
Hydarnes (Old Persian Vidarna): Persian nobleman, one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta, helped Darius I the Great become king of the Achaemenid empire and was rewarded with the satrapy of Media. …Hydarnes (2)
Hydarnes (Old Persian Vidarna): Persian nobleman, commander of the "immortals" during Xerxes' expedition to Greece (480 BCE). Achaemenid nobleman Hydarnes was the…Hystaspes (1)
Hystaspes (OP. Vištâspa): name of several noble Persians and Bactrians. One of them is mentioned in the Avesta, the holy book of Zoroastrianism, the Persian religion that was founded by the legendary prophet Zarathustra. Vištâspa, the son of Aurvat-aspa, was the…