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:
Pacorus I
Pacorus I: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.41-38?). A Parthian Since 57 BCE, Orodes II had been ruler of the Parthian Empire.…Pacorus II
Pacorus II: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.78-105). A Parthian In 78 CE, the Parthian king Vologases Idied. He was succeeded by…Pacorus
Pacorus: little-known king of Armenia (r. c.150 - 162 CE), probably from the Arsacid dynasty.To us, king of Pacorus of Armenia is merely a name. According to the Historia Augusta, the Roman emperor Antoninus Pius (r.138-161), appointed this Pacorus king of the Lazi,…Parmenides
Parmenides of Elea (c. 500 BCE): one of the pre-Socratic philosophers of ancient Greece. Parmenides Parmenides of Elea was a younger contemporary…Parmenion
Parmenion (c.400-330): most trusted general of the Macedonian king Philip II, loyal supporter of Alexander the Great, but murdered on a false charge of treason.Early Career …Parmys
Parmys (Old Persian Uparmiya): one of the wives of the Persian king Darius I the Great. Achaemenid woman (or a beardless…Parthamasiris
Parthamasiris: king of Armenia (r. 113-114 CE) from the Arsacid dynasty.In c.110 CE, the Parthian king Osroes I intervened in Armenia, where his nephew Axidares (a son of Osroes' brother and Pacorus II) was king. Osroes replaced Axidares with Parthamasiris, another…Parthamaspates
Parthamaspates: pro-Roman rebel king in the Parthian Empire (r.116). Parthamaspates In 114 CE, war broke out between the Parthian and the Roman empires.…Pausanias
Pausanias (†470 BCE): Spartan prince from the Agiad dynasty, commander of the Greek troops that defeated the Persians at Plataea (479 BCE). He is not to be confused with the author of the . …Peithon (1)
Peithon (c.355-c.314): Macedoniann officer, bodyguard of Alexander the Great, satrap of Media, one of the Diadochi.Peithon was the son of Crateuas, a nobleman from Eordia in western Macedonia. He took part in the campaign of Alexander the Great, and is…Peithon (2)
Peithon (d.312): Macedonian officer, appointed as satrap of southern India by Alexander the Great, served after the king's death under Antigonus Monophthalmus.Peithon was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Agenor and served as an officer in the army of…Perdiccas
Perdiccas (c.360?-320): commander in the army of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great, after his death regent of his mentally unfit successor, Philip Arridaeus. He was the first of the Diadochi ("successors").Early Years …