People

1781–1826

Thomas Stamford Raffles was a British colonial administrator best known for establishing Singapore as an East India Company trading settlement in 1819. He had earlier governed […]

3 series · 3 books

910–977

Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson was an early Norse Earl of Orkney, remembered in saga tradition as part of the Scandinavian ruling line in the northern isles. His world […]

1 series · 3 books

Titus Labienus was one of Julius Caesar’s most experienced legates during the conquest of Gaul and commanded major operations on Caesar’s behalf. When civil war began […]

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230 BCE–175 BCE

Titus Quinctius Flamininus was a Roman politician and general active during the Republic’s expansion into the Greek world. He defeated Philip V of Macedon at Cynoscephalae […]

2 series · 3 books

1485–1565

Turgut Reis, also known in European sources as Dragut, was an Ottoman corsair and admiral who became one of the most feared naval commanders in the […]

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c. 1341–c. 1323 BCE

Tutankhamun was an Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh whose short reign followed the Amarna religious revolution. His government restored traditional cults and moved away from Akhenaten’s programme; his […]

3 books

1360–1410

Ulrich von Jungingen was grand master of the Teutonic Order from 1407 to 1410. He led the order’s army against the Polish–Lithuanian alliance and was killed […]

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86–136

Vibia Sabina was the wife of the emperor Hadrian and received the title Augusta during his reign. She travelled widely with the imperial court and was […]

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1870–1924

Vladimir Lenin was a Russian revolutionary theorist and leader of the Bolshevik Party. He returned from exile in 1917, helped direct the October Revolution and headed […]

2 series · 3 books

1350–1430

Vytautas the Great was grand duke of Lithuania from 1392 to 1430 and one of the most powerful rulers in eastern Europe. He expanded Lithuanian influence, […]

1 series · 3 books