Historical Figures Archive

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Being a Pharaoh in ancient Egypt could be honorable, prestigious, and dangerous. At the end of his rule, everything went wrong for Pharaoh

Angela Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - In the Old Testament, Ashurbanipal is mentioned in the Book of Ezra, 4:10 - "and the other people whom the great and honorable

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Having a high opinion of himself and believing he was destined to become a great ruler, Pharaoh Ramesses II wanted the world to

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - The first philosophical concepts appeared in the Greek colonies around the 7th-6th centuries BC. Initially, they were related to the creation and nature

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - As the eldest son of Cyrus the Great, Cambyses II had an obligation to expand the Achaemenid Empire founded by his father. It

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Compassion is not an emotion most associate with ancient Egyptian Pharaohs who could be fearless, harsh, and ruthless rulers. History judges Pharaohs by looking

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Shortly before Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici died, he told his son Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici never to go against the will

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Emma of Normandy is one of the most intriguing Medieval queens who pushed England into a new era, and yet, she is today

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - The history of Emperor Ashoka shows it’s never too late to change and become a good person. Emperor Ashoka was a remarkable person

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - By modern definition, a tyrant is a cruel and oppressive ruler hated by most people. Peisistratos was a tyrant, but this doesn’t mean

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - Sybil Ludington (1761 – 1839) was a celebrated hero of the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence.

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Few have heard his name, but to the people living in a small village in Kyrgyzstan, he was an extraordinary man and hero.

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - No one knows his real name or date of birth and death. His entire life is shrouded in mystery. Some doubt he existed,

A. Sutherland  - AncientPages.com - At the moment of his terrible death, Polycarp of Smyrna – one of the Apostolic Fathers and the most exceptional leader of the

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - John Hawkwood was widely known in Europe eight hundred years ago. He was an English military in the Hundred Years' War (1337 to

David Tee - AncientPages.com - History has a way of not being kind to individuals, or historians, human sources, and other fact-gathering mechanisms are not kind to historical

Jan Bartek - AncientPages.com - There is no lack of strange personalities in our history books. Some queens and kings were mad, but some were simply very eccentric.

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Secrets and legends surround Knights Templar. They were a powerful, wealthy medieval organization that has fascinated historians, writers, and the public for many

Ellen Lloyd - AncientPages.com - Little is known about Hero of Alexandria except that he was a remarkable ancient engineer far ahead of his time. He invented several sophisticated

David Tee - AncientPages.com - History has a way of hiding the truth and letting myths and legends ascend to prominence. Very little credible information about Anne Neville's survival.

A. Sutherland - AncientPages.com - Caesarion was murdered on August 23, 30 B.C., only 17 years old. He was the last King of the Egyptian Ptolemies, most probably