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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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Apame II
Apame II (first half third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of Magas of Cyrene.Relatives Father: Antiochus I Soter Mother: Stratonice I (daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Phila) Husband: Magas of Cyrene Children: Berenice II Main deeds c.275: Marriage to Magas of Cyrene, stepbrother of king Ptolemy…Apame III
Apame III: Macedonian lady, wife of king Prusias I the Lame of Bithynia.Relatives Father: Demetrius II of Macedonia Mother: Phthia Husband: Prusias I of Bithynia (regnal years: c.230-c.182) Son: Prusias II the Hunter (regnal years: c.182-c.149)Apollodorus of Damascus
Apollodorus of Damascus (active first quarter second century CE): Roman architect, courtier of the emperor Trajan. Apollodorus of Damascus The Roman architect…Apollonius of Rhodes
Apollonius of Rhodes (third century BCE): Greek poet and scholar, living in Alexandria. Medea, Jason and the Golden Fleece (Trier) The influential…Apollonius of Tyana
Apollonius of Tyana: charismatic teacher and miracle worker (first century CE). Born in Tyana, he may have belonged to a branch of ancient philosophy called neo-Pythagoreanism. He received divine honors in the third century. Although the Athenian sophist (professional orator) Philostratus…Apries
Apries: pharaoh of the Saite dynasty, ruler of Egypt from 589 to 567. Apries Egyptian names: Ha'a'ibra Wahibra Successor of: Psammetichus II Relatives father: Psammetichus II wife:…Apuleius
Apuleius (c.125-c.180): Roman author and orator. Apuleius on a fresco from Trier Apuleius was born in Madauros, modern M'daourouch in Algeria, a Roman…Arakha (Nebuchadnezzar IV)
Arakha: son of Haldita, an Armenian, living in Babylon. Arakha After the unsuccessful insurrection of Nidintu-Bêl against the new Persian king Darius…Arcadius
Arcadius: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (r.395-408). Arcadius Names: 377: Flavius Arcadius 19 January 383: Flavius Arcadius Augustus 1 May 408: natural death co-emperor of…Archelaus of Cappadocia
Archelaus (36 BCE - 17 CE): high priest of Comana, last king of Cappadocia.Relatives Archelaus Son of Archelaus and Glaphyra Successor of Ariarathes IX…Archidamus II
Archidamus II: king of Sparta from the Eurypontid house, ruler from 469(?) until his death in 427/426 BCE. The first phase of the Peloponnesian War is called after him: the Archidamian War. …Archimedes
Archimedes of Syracuse (287-212): Greek engineer, discoverer of the Law of Archimedes. An absent-minded Archimedes being by a Roman soldier One of…