Owain Gwynedd
3 booksOwain Gwynedd ruled the kingdom of Gwynedd from 1137 to 1170 and was one of the strongest Welsh princes of the twelfth century. He expanded authority […]
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Perdiccas
3 booksPerdiccas was a senior Macedonian officer and regent after the death of Alexander the Great. His attempt to control the empire in the name of Alexander’s […]
Pericles
3 booksPericles was an Athenian statesman and general who dominated the city’s politics during much of the mid-fifth century BC. He promoted democratic participation for male citizens, […]
Philip V of France
3 booksPhilip V of France, known as Philip the Tall, ruled from 1316 to 1322 after the death of his nephew John I. His accession helped establish […]
Philip V of Macedon
3 booksPhilip V became king of Macedon in 221 BC and sought to restore the kingdom’s influence in Greece and the Adriatic. His alliance with Hannibal during […]
Procopius
3 booksProcopius was a sixth-century Byzantine historian who served with Belisarius. His Wars describes campaigns against Persia, Vandals and Ostrogoths, while the Buildings praises Justinian and the […]
Prometheus
3 booksPrometheus was a Titan in Greek myth who gives fire to humanity and suffers punishment from Zeus. Ancient poets use his conflict with divine authority to […]
Ptolemy XIII Theos Philopator
3 booksPtolemy XIII Theos Philopator was a young Ptolemaic king who ruled Egypt in conflict with his sister Cleopatra VII. His advisers opposed Cleopatra and became entangled […]
Pulcheria
3 booksPulcheria is represented in the linked historical fiction through court politics and dynastic power, family, marriage and personal loyalty, and empire, conquest and resistance. These works […]
Rani Lakshmibai
3 booksRani Lakshmibai was the queen of Jhansi and one of the best-known leaders of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After the East India Company annexed Jhansi […]