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:
Ariobarzanes of Pontus
Ariobarzanes: king of Pontus (r.266-c.250 BCE).Ariobarzanes was the second king of Pontus, but he is little more than a name. He was a son of Mithridates, the founder of the kingdom, and continued his father's policy of collaboration with the…Arion
Arion (late seventh century BCE): Greek poet from Methymna on Lesbos.Life Arion (Mosaic from Ostia) Little is known about Arion’s life, although…Aristaenetus
Aristaenetus: Late Roman or Early Byzantine author of a collection of fictional, literary love letters.Biographical information Byzantine portrait, first half of…Aristarchus
Aristarchus of Samos (c.310-c.230 BCE): Greek astronomer, discoverer of heliocentric system.Aristarchus of Samos was the first to catch a glimpse of the immense size of the universe. Until then, everyone had believed that the moon, sun, planets, and stars all…Aristobulus
Aristobulus († after 301 BCE): Macedonian officer, biographer of Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great Aristobulus was probably one of the friends…Arsaces I
Arsaces I: Parnian king (r.247-211), founder of the Arsacid Dynasty and the Parthian Empire. Arsaces I After the fall of the Achaemenid Empire,…Arsaces II
Arsaces II: Arsacid king of the Parni in Parthia (r.211-185), second king of the Parthian Empire. Portrait of a Parthian After Arsaces and his brother…Arsaces III Phriapatius
Arsaces III Phriapatius: Arsacid king of the Parni in Parthia (r.185-170), third king of the Parthian Empire. Portrait of a Parthian In the third quarter…Arsaces IV
Arsaces IV: Arsacid king of the Parni in Parthia (r.170-168), fourth king of the Parthian Empire.Arsaces IV appears to have been the son of Arsaces II, who became king of the Parni in Parthia after Arsaces III Phriapatius: In these years, the…Arsaces IX, Artabanus I
Arsaces IX, Artabanus I: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.126-122). In older literature, this king was also called Artabanus II. …Arsaces
Arsaces: king of Armenia (r. 34-36 CE), first ruler from the Arsacid dynasty.After the reign of Artaxias III Zeno, a Pontic prince who had been made king of Armenia in 18 CE by the Roman prince Germanicus, the Parthian king…Arsaces V, Phraates I
Arsaces V Phraates I: Arsacid king of the Parni in Parthia (r.168-165), fifth king of the Parthian Empire. Portrait of a Parthian After the…