People

c. 7th century BCE–571 BCE

Sappho was an archaic Greek lyric poet associated with the island of Lesbos. Her surviving fragments address desire, memory, ritual, beauty and relationships among women, and […]

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Sarah A. Bowman, widely known as the Great Western, was an innkeeper, restaurateur and camp follower who accompanied United States forces during the Mexican-American War. She […]

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1081 BCE–1011 BCE

Saul was the first king of Israel in the biblical account. He fights the Philistines and other neighbouring peoples but loses divine and political favour, becoming […]

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born 101 BCE

Servilia was a Roman aristocrat from the powerful Servilii and the mother of Marcus Junius Brutus. She was also closely associated with Julius Caesar, probably as […]

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1–62

Sextus Afranius Burrus was the Praetorian prefect who helped guide the early reign of Nero. Together with Seneca he was associated with a comparatively restrained phase […]

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1780–1842

Shah Shujah Durrani was a ruler of the Durrani Empire who lost the Afghan throne and spent years in exile. The British restored him in 1839 […]

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309–379

Shapur II was a long-reigning Sasanian king who restored Persian power in the fourth century. He fought repeated wars with Rome over Mesopotamia and Armenia, captured […]

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1160–1190

Sibylla of Jerusalem was queen of Jerusalem during the crisis that led to Saladin’s victory at Hattin and the fall of the city in 1187. Her […]

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1368–1437

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor was a king of Hungary and Bohemia who became Holy Roman emperor. His reign encompassed the defeat at Nicopolis, the Council of […]

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970–1042

Sigtrygg Silkbeard was a Norse-Gaelic king of Dublin who ruled for much of the late tenth and early eleventh centuries. His alliances and rivalries drew him […]

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