Medea
4 booksMedea was a princess and sorceress of Colchis who helps Jason obtain the Golden Fleece. Greek tragedy follows the consequences of her exile and Jason’s betrayal, […]
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Mithridates VI of Pontus
4 booksMithridates VI of Pontus was a powerful Hellenistic king and long-term enemy of Rome. His wars against Roman expansion in Asia Minor and Greece made him […]
Napoleon III
4 booksNapoleon III, born Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte, was elected president of the French Second Republic in 1848, seized power in a coup in 1851 and proclaimed the Second […]
Odoacer
4 booksOdoacer was a military commander who deposed Romulus Augustulus in 476 and ruled Italy as king while formally acknowledging the eastern emperor. He preserved much of […]
Parmenion
4 booksParmenion was a senior Macedonian general who served Philip II and Alexander the Great. He commanded major sections of the army at battles including Granicus, Issus […]
Patroclus
4 booksPatroclus was the companion of Achilles whose death becomes the turning point of the Iliad. Wearing Achilles’ armour, Patroclus drives the Trojans back from the Greek […]
Paul the Apostle
4 booksPaul the Apostle was an early Christian missionary and writer whose letters form a major part of the New Testament. After a conversion experience he travelled […]
Pausanias
4 booksPausanias was a Spartan prince who commanded the allied Greek army at the Battle of Plataea in 479 BC and helped end the Persian land invasion. […]
Petronius
4 booksPetronius was a Roman writer traditionally identified with a courtier of Nero. The surviving Satyricon offers a fragmented comic narrative of travel, fraud, sexuality and social […]
Philip III of Macedon
4 booksPhilip III Arrhidaeus was the half-brother of Alexander the Great and nominal king after Alexander’s death. His reign was controlled by generals and royal women during […]