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:

Vologases III

Vologases III: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.105-147). Vologases III In c.105 CE, the Parthian king Pacorus II died. Vologases Idied. He…

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Vologases V

Vologases V: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.191-208). Vagharshapat, Inscription mentioning the Roman legion XV Apollinaris In the first half of the…

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Vologases VI

Vologases VI: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.208-226?). Vologases VI In the first half of the second century, the Parthian Empire had…

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Vonones I

Vonones I: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.8-12). Vonones I Shortly after the violent death of king Phraataces in the year 6…

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Wahibra-Emakhet

Wahibra-Emakhet: Egyptian name of a Greek who lived in Egypt during the reign of the twenty-sixth ("Saite") dynasty. His sarcophagus is now in the Rijksmuseumn van Oudheden in Leiden, the Dutch National Museum of Antiquities. …

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Wedjahor-Resne

Wedjahor-Resne (died c. 515 BCE): Egyptian admiral, instrumental to the Achaemenid conquest of Egypt. The naophorus of Wedjahor-Resne The following Egyptian inscription…

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Wen-Amun

Wen-Amun: Egyptian diplomat, famous for his misadventurous voyage to Byblos in the early eleventh century BCE. A king of the Twentieth Dynasty…

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Xenophon

Xenophon (c.430-c.354): Athenian soldier and historian, author of the Anabasis and Hellenica. He is one of the best-known and most widely read of all Greek authors. …

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Xerxes I

Xerxes: Achaemenid king of the Persian Empire, ruled from 486 to 465. Xerxes Relatives: Father: Darius I the Great Mother: Atossa Wife: Amestris Sons: Darius, Artaxerxes,…

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Xerxes II and Sogdianus

Xerxes II (Old Persian Khšayâršâ) and Sogdianus: kings of the ancient Achaemenid empire. Xerxes ruled forty five days in the first months of 423 BCE; Sogdianus ruled for six months and fifteen days.Our only source for the reign of Xerxes…

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