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:

Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

Antiochus XIII Asiaticus: name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 69 to 64.Successor of: Tigranes II the Great of Armenia Relatives Father: Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator Mother: Cleopatra V Selene Main deeds c.75: Death of Philip I Philadelphus, king of a Seleucid Empire that ha…

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Antipater

Antipater (399-319): supreme commander of the Macedonian forces in Europe during the eastern campaign of Alexander the Great, later regent for Alexander's mentally unstable brother Philip III Arridaeus.Antipater was born in 399 BCE as the son of a Macedonian nobleman…

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Antisthenes

Antisthenes (c.445-c.365): influential Athenian philosopher, pupil of Socrates, co-founder of the Cynical school. Antisthenes In the decade after the death of Socrates,…

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Antonia Minor

Antonia Minor (36 BCE - 37 CE): name of a Roman princess.Relatives Antonia Minor Father: Mark Antony Mother: Octavia Married to: Drusus Son: Germanicus Daughter: Livia…

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Antoninus and Aelius

Titus Aurelius Antoninus and Titus Aelius Aurelius (149): Roman princes, sons of Marcus Aurelius.Titus Aurelius Antoninus ("Antoninus") and his twin brother Titus Aelius Aurelius ("Aelius") were the second and third child of Marcus Aurelius, the heir apparent of the emperorAntoninus Pius,…

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Antoninus Pius

Antoninus Pius: emperor of the Roman world (r.138-161). Antoninus Pius (Athens) Names: 19 September 86: Titus Aurelius Fulvus Boionius (Arrius?) Antoninus 25 January 138:…

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Marcus Antonius Felix

Marcus Antonius Felix: Roman governor of Judaea (52-58). He is also known as Claudius Felix.Marcus Antonius Felix was a brother of Marcus Antonius Pallas, a freedman and a powerful courtier of the emperor Claudius. He was so influential that he…

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Marcus Antonius Julianus

Marcus Antonius Julianus: Roman governor of Judaea (66-70).Marcus Antonius Julianus is mentioned as procurator of Judaea by the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus. Julianus' governorship started during the great anti-Roman insurrection of 66; he succeeded Gessius Florus, who had not been…

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Apame I

Apame I: Iranian lady, wife of Seleucus I Nicator, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives Father: Spitamenes, one of the leaders of the Iranian resistance against the Macedonian conquest Husband: Seleucus I Nicator Children: Antiochus I Soter Main deeds 324: During the Susa weddings, Apame marries…

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