Olympias
9 booksOlympias was a princess of Epirus, wife of Philip II of Macedon and mother of Alexander the Great. She maintained strong religious and dynastic identities and […]
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Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, was a favourite of Elizabeth I who gained popularity through military service and cultivated an image of Protestant chivalry. His […]
Titus
9 booksTitus was Roman emperor from AD 79 to 81 and son of Vespasian. Before becoming emperor he commanded in the Jewish War, and his brief reign […]
Xerxes I
9 booksXerxes I was king of the Achaemenid Persian Empire from 486 to 465 BC. He suppressed revolts in Egypt and Babylonia and led the vast invasion […]
Achilles
8 booksAchilles was the greatest Greek warrior in Homeric tradition and the central martial figure of the Iliad. His withdrawal from the fighting after a quarrel with […]
Attila
8 booksAttila was ruler of the Huns in the mid-fifth century and one of the most formidable opponents of the late Roman Empire. His campaigns across the […]
Charles George Gordon
8 booksCharles George Gordon, often called Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer associated with imperial campaigns in China, Egypt and Sudan. His death during the […]
Francis Drake
8 booksFrancis Drake was an English seafarer, privateer and naval commander of the Elizabethan age. He circumnavigated the globe, raided Spanish possessions and played a prominent role […]
Franklin D. Roosevelt
8 booksFranklin D. Roosevelt served as president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945, the only person elected to the office four times. […]
Galba
8 booksGalba was governor of Hispania Tarraconensis when he rebelled against Nero in AD 68 and was recognised as emperor after Nero’s death. At about seventy he […]