Queen

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Ptolemies

Ptolemies: name of the last dynasty of independent Egypt, of Macedonian descent. Ptolemy I Soter In 332, the Macedonian king Alexander the…

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Pythodoris

Pythodoris (30/29 BCE - 38 CE): queen of Pontus (r.8 BCE - 38 CE).Born in Smyrna in 30 or 29 BCE, Pythodoris was a daughter of a man named Pythodorus of Tralles and a woman named Antonia, a daughter of…

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Roxane

Roxane (Bactrian Roshanak): Sogdian princess (c.343-310), official wife of Alexander the Great. Achaemenid woman (or a beardless prince) Roxane - her name…

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Semiramis

Semiramis (Greek: Σεμίραμις): legendary queen of Assyria and founder of Babylon, known from Greek, Armenian, and Jewish sources.The name An Assyrian…

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Sophonisba

Sophonisba (†203 BCE): Carthaginian lady, queen of Numidia.Sophonisba was the daughter of a Carthaginian nobleman named Hasdrubal, who is usually called "the son of Gesco" to distinguish him from his namesake and contemporary, Hasdrubal the brother of Hannibal. As was…

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Stratonice I

Stratonice I (c. 315-254): Antigonid princess and Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus I Nicator and Antiochus I Soter.Relatives Father: Demetius I Poliorcetes Mother: Phila I (daughter of Antipater) First husband: Seleucus I Nicator Daughter: Phila II Second husband: Antiochus I Soter Children: Seleucus Laodice Apame II (married to Magas of…

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