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:
Yazdgard I the Sinner
Yazdgard I, nicknamed the Sinner: king of Persia, ruling from 399 to 420, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Yazdgard I Main deeds: Name: Yazdgard…Yazdgard II
Yazdgard II: king of Persia, ruling from 438 to 457, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Yazdgard II Main deeds: Name: Yazdgard II Beginning of…Yazdgard III
Yazdgard III: last king of Persia, ruling from 632 to 651, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Yazdgard III Main deeds: Name: Yazdgard III Beginning…Yehuda ha-Nasi
Yehuda ha-Nasi (c. 200 CE): rabbi, collector of rabbinical traditions, author of the Mishnah. Sepphoris, House of the Dionysus Mosaic, Detail.…Yohanan ben Zakkai
Yohanan ben Zakkai (second half first century CE): rabbi, one of the founders of rabbinical Judaism. Modern reconstruction of an ancient…Zamasp
Zamasp: king of Persia, ruling from 496 to 498/499, member of the Sasanian dynasty. Zamasp Main deeds: Name: Zamasp Beginning of reign: 496 Successor of:…Zarathustra
Zarathustra (Greek Zoroaster): legendary religious teacher from Bactria, founder of Zoroastrianism. Modern portrait of Zarathustra, inspired by a dress on a…Zeno I
Zeno I: emperor of the East-Roman (Byzantine) empire (474-475, 476-491).Names Zeno I c.440: Tarasicodissa Rousoumbladeotes November 474: Zeno January 475: resigns August 476: returns 9 April…Zeno of Kition
Zeno of Kition (336-264): philosopher from Cyprus, founder of the philosophiocal school that is known as Stoicism or the Stoa. Zeno of…Zenobia
Zenobia: empress of Palmyra (r.267-272). Zenobia Names: date of birth unknown: Julia Aurelia Zenobia Autumn 267: clarissima regina 270: clarissima pia regina Spring 272: Septimia Zenobia…Ziaelas of Bithynia
Ziaelas: king of of Bithynia (r. 254-228 BCE).When Nicomedes I of Bithynia died in 255 BCE, he left sons from two marriages: from Ditizele, a lady from Hellespontine Phrygia, he had sons named Ziaelas and Prusias, and several other children…Zipoetes I of Bithynia
Zipoetes I (r.c.326-c.278 BCE): king of Bithynia.Zipoetes I succeeded his father Bas in about 326 BCE, during the reign of Alexander the Great, and managed to keep the Bithynians independent during the Diadoch Wars, fighting mainly against Lysimachus, the ruler…