Ariobarzanes (Old Persian: *Ariyabrdna) (†330): Persian nobleman, satrap of Persis, defended the Persian gate against Alexander the Great.
Portrait of an…
Ariobarzanes I Philoromaeus (c.95-62): king of Cappadocia.
Ariobarzanes I Philoromaeus of Cappadocia
Relatives
Son: Ariobarzanes II Philopator
Main deeds
101: After he has killed his nephew Ariarathes…
Ariobarzanes II Philopator (62-c.51): king of Cappadocia.
Ariobarzanes II Philopator
Relatives
Son of Ariobarzanes I Philoromaeus
Father of Ariobarzanes III Eusebes and Ariarathes IX Philadelphus
Successor of: Ariobarzanes…
Ariobarzanes III Eusebes (c.51-42): king of Cappadocia.Relatives
Son of Ariobarzanes II Philopator
Successor of: Ariobarzanes II Philopator
Main deeds
51: Succeeds his father
Is able to withstand the high priest of Comana, Archelaus
Supports Pompey the Great in his war against Rome
48: After Pompey's defeat at Pharsalus against…
Ariobarzanes: king of Armenia (r. c-2-4 CE).In about 8 BCE, Tigranes IV succeeded his father Tigranes III as king of Armenia. He embarked upon a pro-Parthian policy, which was unacceptable to the Romans and causing some diplomatic exchanges between the…
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…
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…
Aristotle (384-322): greatest philosopher of Antiquity, teacher of Alexander the Great.
Aristotle
Plato's most famous student was Aristotle of Stagira, the son of…
Alexander's teacher Aristotle of Stagira wrote a short treatise On the cosmos, to Alexander. It was a brief treatise on several sciences, such as physics, meteorology, geography, theology. For more than a century, scholars have considered On the cosmos as…