Politician
There are 50 items in Politician:
Josephus
In the war between the Jews and the Romans of 66-70, the Jewish general Joseph son of Matthias defended Galilee against the Roman legions. After he had been defeated, he defected to his enemies, and advised the Roman general Vespasian.…Judas son of Hezekiah
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.Judas, son of Hezekiah…Junius Brutus Caepio, Marcus
Marcus Junius Brutus Caepio (c.85-42): Roman politician, murderer of Gaius Julius Caesar and one of the last defenders of the republic.Youth …Lucius Junius Brutus
Lucius Junius Brutus: the legendary founder of the Roman republic.Rome as monarchy The so-called Brutus, a bust from the second century…Mark Antony
Mark Antony (83-30 BCE): Roman politician, one of the members of the Second Triumvirate, husband of queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt. Mark Antony Mark…
Ostia, Portrait of Themistocles |
Periander
Periander (ruled 627-587): famous tyrant of Corinth. Periander of Corinth In the course of the late seventh and sixth century, when Greece…
Periander of Corinth |
Pericles
Pericles (c.495-429): Athenian politician, leader of the radical democrats. Pericles After the Persian Wars, the Athenian naval victory at Salamis, and the…
Pericles |
Phalaris
Phalaris: tyrant of Acragas on Sicily between c.570 and c.554, the proverbial "evil tyrant".The city of Acragas was founded in 580 BCE by people from Gela, a Greek town on Sicily that had been founded more than a century before…Pisistratus
Pisistratus (Greek: Πεισίστρατος) tyrant of Athens, died 528/7 BCE. Perfume bottle in the form of a kneeling athlete: evidence for increased…