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:

Tigranes IV

Tigranes IV: king of Armenia (r. c.8 BCE - 1/2 CE) from the Artaxiad dynasty.Tigranes IV succeeded his father Tigranes III before 6 BCE,note[Cassius Dio, Roman History 55.9.9.] perhaps in 8 BCE. Our main source about his reign is the…

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Tigranes V and Erato

Tigranes V and Erato: rulers of Armenia (r. after c.6 BCE) from the Artaxiad dynasty.In the year 4 CE, the pro-Roman king Ariobarzanes of Armenia, who was not from Armenia but from Media Atropatene, died in an accident.note[Tacitus, Annals 2.4.] He was…

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Tigranes VI

Tigranes VI "the Cappadocian": pro-Roman king of Armenia (r. 59-62 CE).Crisis Artaxata In 52, the Parthian king Vologases invaded Armenia, occupied its capitals Artaxata…

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Timarchus

Timarchus: name of pretender who was briefly king in the eastern part of the Seleucid Empire(r.163-160).Relatives Father: Heraclides Main deeds Page at the court of king Antiochus IV Epiphanes. Ambassador of Antiochus IV Epiphanes to Rome. Strategos responsible for the eastern part of the Seleucid…

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Tiridates I

Titidates I: Arsacid rebel king in the Parthian Empire (r.29?-27). Tiridates I In 34 and 33 BCE, the Roman commander Mark Antony attacked…

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Tiridates I

Tiridates I: king of Armenia (r. 51-59 and 63-c.80 CE), first effective ruler from the Arsacid dynasty.The situation in Armenia Inscription by…

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Tiridates II

Tiridates II: king of Armenia (r. 217-c.252 CE) from the Arsacid dynasty.Tiridates II is mentioned as king of Armenia by the Greco-Roman historian Cassius Dio in his account of the reign of the Roman emperor Macrinus (r.217-218). He had come…

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Tiridates III

Tiridates III: king of Armenia (r. 298-330 CE) from the Arsacid dynasty, first Armenian king to allow the Christian worship.In c.252, the Sasanian king Shapur I of Persia conquered Armenia. Its king Tiridates II left the country and his children…

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Tissaphernes

Tissaphernes (c.445-395): Persian nobleman, satrap of Lydia.Early Career The citadel of Sardes, seen from the west Tissaphernes belonged to one of the…

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Titus

Titus: emperor of the Roman world (r. 79-81). Titus Names: 30 December 39: Titus Flavius Vespasianus July 69: Titus Caesar Vespasianus 2 September 70: Imperator…

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Trajan

Trajan: emperor of the Roman world (r. 98-117). Trajan Names: 18 September 53: Marcus Ulpius Trajanus Crinitus October 97: Imperator caesar Nerva Trajanus 28 January…

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