General
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Alcibiades
Alcibiades (450-404/403): Athenian politician who played an important role in the Peloponnesian War. Alcibiades Alcibiades, the son of Cleinias and an Alcmeonid…Antigonus Monophthalmus
Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382-301): officer in the army of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi. His surname means "one eyed".Relatives Father: Philip Wife: Stratonice, daughter of Corrhaeus Sons: Philip (c.350-306); Demetrius Poliorcetes (c.337-283) Main deeds 382: Born Companion of king Philip II of Macedonia 336: Assassination of Philip…Antipater
Antipater (399-319): supreme commander of the Macedonian forces in Europe during the eastern campaign of Alexander the Great, later regent for Alexander's mentally unstable brother Philip III Arridaeus.Antipater was born in 399 BCE as the son of a Macedonian nobleman…Quintus Antistius Adventus Postumius Aquilinus
Quintus Antistius Adventus Postumius Aquilinus (c.128 - after 180): Roman senator and general. Portrait of a Roman official, third quarter of…
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Ariobarzanes (2)
Ariobarzanes (Old Persian: *Ariyabrdna) (†330): Persian nobleman, satrap of Persis, defended the Persian gate against Alexander the Great. Portrait of an…Arrian
Arrian of Nicomedia (c.87 - after 145): Greek historian and senator of the Roman empire, author of several historical studies. His best-known work is the Anabasis, which deals with Alexander the Great.Life …Arsaces VIII, Bagasis
Arsaces VIII, Bagasis: Arsacid king of the Parthian Empire (r.127-126). He is almost certainly identical to the prince Bagayasha who had occupied several high offices during the reign of king Mithradates I the Great. …Artabazus (1)
Artabazus (Elamite: Irdumasda; Persian Artavazdâ?): Persian nobleman, member of the Pharnacid house, who held various commands during the first half of the fifth century. …Artavardiya
Artavardiya: Persian general, serving under king Darius I the Great.According to the Behistun Inscription, Artavardiya defeated the Persian Vahyazdâta, who had claimed to be the legitimate king Smerdis, on 24 May 521 BCE, near Rakhâ (modern Behbehân), and a second…Attalus
Attalus (ca.390-336): courtier of the Macedonian king Philip II. Philip II History has been unkind to Attalus, just because of one single…Avidius Cassius
Avidius Cassius: usurper during the reign of the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius. Portait of a Roman, third quarter of the second…