People

c. 3rd century–272

Shapur I ruled the Sasanian Empire from about AD 240 to 270 and greatly expanded Persian power against Rome. He captured major cities, defeated several Roman […]

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1858–1919

Theodore Roosevelt was the twenty-sixth president of the United States and an advocate of an energetic federal government. He pursued antitrust action, conservation and naval expansion, […]

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c. 12th century BCE–1156 BCE

Tiye was a queen of the Twentieth Dynasty and mother of the prince Pentawer. She was implicated in the harem conspiracy against Ramesses III, an attempt […]

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419–455

Valentinian III became western Roman emperor as a child in AD 425, with his mother Galla Placidia initially exercising authority. His long reign depended heavily on […]

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200–c. 260s

Valerian ruled the Roman Empire from AD 253 to 260 during a period of invasion, plague and internal instability. He appointed his son Gallienus as co-emperor […]

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1362–1434

Władysław II Jagiełło, born Jogaila, was grand duke of Lithuania and became king of Poland through his marriage to Jadwiga. His conversion and dynastic union linked […]

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526 BCE–476 BCE

Xanthippus was a Spartan mercenary commander employed by Carthage during the First Punic War. Ancient accounts credit him with reorganising the Carthaginian army and defeating the […]

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1831–1861

The Xianfeng Emperor ruled Qing China from 1850 to 1861 during the Taiping Rebellion, the Nian uprising and the Second Opium War. Foreign armies occupied Beijing […]

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Aelia Eudocia is represented in the linked historical fiction through court politics and dynastic power, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and empire, conquest and resistance. These […]

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Andrew Jackson is represented in the linked historical fiction through family, marriage and personal loyalty, exploration, travel and cultural encounter, and political ambition and government. These […]

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