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:
Surena
Surena: Greek and Latin rendering of Sûrên, the name of a noble family in ancient Parthia. Head of a bronze statue…Syennesis
Syennesis: title of the native king of Cilicia, whose palace was at Tarsus. The Luwian word suuannassai means "belonging to the dog", a title that is well attested although its meaning remains unclear. Three leaders with this name are known.Syennesis…Syloson
Syloson (Greek: Συλοσών): tyrant of Samos (since 517 BCE), brother of Polycrates. Statue of a warrior from Samos We know about Syloson…Synesius of Cyrene
Synesius of Cyrene (c.370-c.413): Neo-Platonic philosopher, sophist, and bishop of Ptolemais in the Cyrenaica. Portrait of a Roman man, c. 400…Syphax
Syphax or Sophax: king of the Masaeisylians in Numidia (last quarter of the third century BCE). Coin of Syphax, showing an…Tacfarinas
Tacfarinas (†24 CE): leader of a Berber tribe in the Maghreb that fought against the Romans during the reign of the emperor Tiberius. …Tacitus (emperor)
Tacitus: emperor of the Roman world (r. 275-276). Tacitus Names: c.200: Marcus Claudius Tacitus December 275: Imperator Caesar Marcus Claudius Tacitus Augustus July 276: uncertain…Taharqo
Taharqo: name of the last Nubian king ruling over Egypt (c.690-664), defeated by the Assyrian kings Esarhaddon and Aššurbanipal.Relatives Taharqo and…Takhmaspâda
Takhmaspâda: Median general in Persian service, sent by king Darius I the Great against Tritantaechmes, a Sagartian who had continued the rebellion of the Median king Phraortes.In 522 BCE, the Achaemenid Empire was in a great crisis. King Cambyses was…Tanwetamani
Tanwetamani: name of a Nubian king (664- after 656).Relatives Father: Shabaqo Mother: Qalhati Wife: Piankharty Life 664: Succeeds Taharqo Makes a final attempt to recover Egypt, and reaches Memphis (as recorded in the Dream Stela) Retreats to Nubia Buildings Tomb at El-Kurru Literature T.G.H. James, "Egypt. The Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth Dynasties"…Tellis
Tellis (third quarter of the fifth century): influential Spartan, father of Brasidas. Fifth-century hoplite. The Spartiate Tellis is mentioned two times in…Teos
Teos (Egyptian: Irmaatenra Dhejo): pharaoh of Egypt, ruled 361/360-359/358. He is also called Tachos.Context Fragment of a cartouche of Teos In the…