History

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Claudius II

Claudius II Gothicus: emperor of the Roman world (268-270). Claudius II Names: 10 May 214: full name unknown September/October 268: Imperator Caesar Marcus Aurelius…

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Cleisthenes

Cleisthenes (Greek Κλεισθένης): Athenian politician, founder of the Athenian democracy. Fragment of the list of Athenian archons; [C leisthene[s] is mentioned in…

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Cleitarchus

Cleitarchus (last quarter fourth century BCE): early biographer of Alexander the Great.  Alexander the Great Hardly anything is known about the life…

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Cleombrotus

Cleombrotus (Greek: Κλεόμβροτος): Spartan prince from the Agiad Dynasty, in 480/479 BCE regent of his nephew Pleistarchus. Statue of a Spartan…

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Cleomenes I

Cleomenes (Greek Κλεομένης): Agiad king of Sparta (r.c.520-c.488).Accession A Spartan soldier, perhaps Cleomenes' half-brother Leonidas Cleomenes was the son of the Agiad…

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Cleon

Cleon (†422): leading Athenian democratic statesman after the death of Pericles.New politicians Portait of an unknown Athenian general Athens had become a democracy…

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Cleopatra I Syra

Cleopatra I Syra (204-176): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Cleopatra I Syra Father: Antiochus III the Great Mother: Laodice III Husband: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Children: Cleopatra…

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Cleopatra II

Cleopatra II (c.189-c.115): queen of the Ptolemaic Empire.Relatives Cleopatra II as Isis Father: Ptolemy V Epiphanes Mother: Cleopatra I Syra First husband: her brother Ptolemy…

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