Person
On this page, you will find an overview of ancient people who are known to us as individuals (and not as groups).
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Socrates Chrestus of Bithynia
Socrates Chrestus: rebel king in Bithynia (r.c.90 BCE)Nicomedes IV Philopator, a son of Nicomedes III Euergetes and Nysa of Cappadocia, inherited the Bithynian throne in an unquiet age, with Mithridates VI of Pontus as a dangerous neighbor. He supported Socrates Chrestus,…Sohaemus
Sohaemus: king of Armenia (r. 163/164-c.175 CE). The temple of Garni, which may in fact be the tomb of Sohaemus During the…Solon
Solon (c.650-561): Athenian statesman, poet, and lawgiver, one of the Seven sages. Solon, mosaic from Suweydie near Baalbek In the course of…Sophocles
Sophocles (497-406): Athenian poet, author of many tragedies, of which seven survive. Sophocles Sophocles is the second of the three great Athenian…Sophonisba
Sophonisba (†203 BCE): Carthaginian lady, queen of Numidia.Sophonisba was the daughter of a Carthaginian nobleman named Hasdrubal, who is usually called "the son of Gesco" to distinguish him from his namesake and contemporary, Hasdrubal the brother of Hannibal. As was…Spartacus
Spartacus: leader of an army of runaway slaves that shook Italy in 73-71 BCE. He was defeated by the Roman general Crassus.Italian slavery The Roman economy was based on agriculture and war. For centuries, a Roman citizen was a peasant and…Spitamenes
Spitamenes (Old Persian: Spitâmaneh): last Persian leader who fought against Alexander the Great (329-328 BCE). Sogdian In the summer of 330, the…Statira/Barsine
Barsine or Statira (340/339-320): daughter of the Persian king Darius III Codomannus, married to Alexander the Great. Achaemenid woman When the daughter…Stratonice I
Stratonice I (c. 315-254): Antigonid princess and Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus I Nicator and Antiochus I Soter.Relatives Father: Demetius I Poliorcetes Mother: Phila I (daughter of Antipater) First husband: Seleucus I Nicator Daughter: Phila II Second husband: Antiochus I Soter Children: Seleucus Laodice Apame II (married to Magas of…Stratonice II
Stratonice II: Seleucid princess, wife of king Demetrius II of Macedonia.Relatives Father: Antiochus II Theos Mother: Laodice I Husband: Demetrius II of Macedonia Main deeds Late 250s: marries to Demetrius II of Macedonia 239/238: When Demetrius marries Phthia of Epirus, she returns to her brother Seleucus II Callinicus When…Stratonice III
Stratonice III (mid-third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of king Ariarathes III of Cappadocia.Relatives Father: Antiochus I Soter Mother: Laodice I Husband: Ariarathes III of Cappadocia Children: Ariarathes IV Eusebes of Cappadocia Main deeds Marriage in c. 257 Literature O.L. Gabelko & Yu.N. Kuzmin, "Matrimonial Policy of Demetrius II…Stratonice IV
Stratonice IV (c.200-c.135): Cappadocian princess, wife of two kings of Pergamon.Relatives Father: Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia First husband: Eumenes II Soter of Pergamon Children: Attalus III Philometor (officially) Second husband: Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamon Main deeds 188: Marries Eumenes II 172: During a visit to Rome, Eumenes,…