General
There are 103 items in General:
Eumenes
Eumenes (361-315): secretary of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi.Relatives Father: Hieronymus of Cardia Wife: Artonis Main deeds 361: Born in Cardia on the Thracian Chersonese 341: Secretary of king Philip II of Macedonia 336: Assassination of Philip (text); accession of Alexander the Great 334: Invasion…
Germanicus returns with the recovered legionary standard (coin by his son Caligula) |
Gobryas (general)
Gobryas (Old Persian Gaubaruva): name of one of the generals of king Cyrus the Great. Achaemenid nobleman Gobryas played an important role…Gylippus
Gylippus (Greek: Γυλιππος) : Spartan commander, famous for his exploits during the siege of Syracuse (414-413 BCE). Fifth-century hoplite. Gylippus was the son…Hannibal Barca
The Carthaginian general Hannibal (247-182 BCE) was one of the greatest military leaders in history. His most famous campaign took place during the Second Punic War (218-202), when he caught the Romans off guard by crossing the Alps.Youth (247-219) …
Hatra, Statue of a general holding a baby |
Hatra, Statue of a general |
Hermocrates
Hermocrates (†407 BCE): Syracusan democratic politician who played an important role in the Peloponnesian War. Sicily in Antiquity Hermocrates, the son of…Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus
Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus (c.14-69): Roman senator, commander of the Rhine army during the Batavian revolt. His reputation has suffered severely from the biased description of his campaigns in the Rhineland by the Roman historian Tacitus. …Marcus Hordeonius Flaccus
Portrait of a man, third quarter of the first century CE (the so-called "Vitellius") Although the political situation was unclear, Marcus…Intaphrenes
Intaphrenes (Old Persian Vindafranâ): Persian courtier and general. Intaphrenes was one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and helped Darius I the Great become king (September 522 BCE). …John of Gischala
Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.John of Gischala (67-70 CE) Source: Flavius Josephus,…