General
There are 103 items in General:
Rome, Ara Pacis, Agrippa |
Rome, Tomb of the Licinii, Portrait of Pompey the Great |
Scipio Africanus |
Shahrbaraz
Shahrbaraz: Parthian general in the Sasanian Empire, briefly king in c.630 CE. Sasanian relief of a boarl Main deeds: Name: Farrukhan Reign: In c.630…Simon Ben Kosiba
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.Simon ben Kosiba (132-135 CE) Sources: 'Abot de…Spartacus
Spartacus: leader of an army of runaway slaves that shook Italy in 73-71 BCE. He was defeated by the Roman general Crassus.Italian slavery The Roman economy was based on agriculture and war. For centuries, a Roman citizen was a peasant and…Spitamenes
Spitamenes (Old Persian: Spitâmaneh): last Persian leader who fought against Alexander the Great (329-328 BCE). Sogdian In the summer of 330, the…
Statue of a Greek general |
Strategos
Strategos (Greek: στρατηγός): the Greek word for general. Statue of a Greek strategos, perhaps Miltiades Strategos was the title of the commander of…Tacfarinas
Tacfarinas (†24 CE): leader of a Berber tribe in the Maghreb that fought against the Romans during the reign of the emperor Tiberius. …Takhmaspâda
Takhmaspâda: Median general in Persian service, sent by king Darius I the Great against Tritantaechmes, a Sagartian who had continued the rebellion of the Median king Phraortes.In 522 BCE, the Achaemenid Empire was in a great crisis. King Cambyses was…Themistocles
Themistocles (c.525-459): Athenian military commander, statesman, and one of the main architects of the Athenian Empire.Early Career Themistocles. Museum of Ostia…