People

1504–1572

Pope Pius V was head of the Catholic Church from 1566 to 1572 and a leading figure of the Counter-Reformation. He excommunicated Elizabeth I and helped […]

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30–65

Poppaea Sabina was the second wife of Nero and empress of Rome. Ancient sources connect her rise with the fall of Octavia and portray her as […]

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c. 3rd century–269

Postumus was a Roman commander who established the breakaway Gallic Empire around AD 260 during the wider third-century crisis. He controlled Gaul, Britain and parts of […]

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1902–1942

Prince George, Duke of Kent, was a son of George V and brother of Edward VIII and George VI. His life belongs to the interwar and […]

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1833–1898

Prince Gong, Yixin, was a Qing imperial prince and statesman who negotiated with the Anglo-French forces during the Second Opium War. He helped establish the Zongli […]

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1896–1980

Prince Philipp of Hesse was a German aristocrat connected by marriage to the Italian royal family and involved with Nazi Germany. His position links dynastic Europe […]

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305–395

Priscus of Epirus was a Neoplatonist philosopher and associate of the emperor Julian. He belonged to the intellectual circle that supported Julian’s religious and philosophical programme […]

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143 BCE–82 BCE

Ptolemy IX Lathyros was a Ptolemaic king of Egypt whose reign was marked by dynastic conflict with his mother Cleopatra III and rival family members. His […]

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141 BCE–89 BCE

Ptolemy X Alexander I was a Ptolemaic king of Egypt involved in the dynastic struggles of the late second and early first centuries BC. His rule […]

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c. 117–51 BCE

Ptolemy XII ruled Egypt through a period of intense dependence on Roman support. Driven from Alexandria in 58 BCE, he sought restoration through political payments and […]

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