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Nabopolassar
Babylonian King Nabopolassar was the father of Nebuchadnezzar.
Nestor
Nestor is an old mythological king of Pylos, who appears in the Iliad and Odyssey.
Nimrod
Identification of the ancient leader Nimrod.
Numerian
Abou the Roman Emperor Numerian.
Pelopidas
Guest bio of Pelopidas, by Bingley.
Philip II
About Alexander the Great's father, King Phillip II of Macedon.
Philip the Arab
Philip the Arab was a Roman emperor from 244-249 A.D.
Porus
Porus, king of the area between the Hydaspes and the Acesines rivers, in India, met Alexander the Great at the Battle of the Hydaspes River in June 326 B.C.
Pyrrhus
King of Epirus whose name is memorialized in the expression Pyrrhic Victory.
Queen of Sheba
The Queen of Sheba lived around 1000 B.C. and has been the source of legend ever since. She is written about in the Bible for her encounter with King Solomon.
Sargon II
Founder of the last Assyrian dynasty, his dispersal of the Jews resulted in the lost tribes of Israel.
Scipio Africanus
Scipio Africanus won the Hannibalic War or Second Punic War for Rome by defeating Hannibal at Zama in 202 B.C.
Sennacherib
King who built up the Assyrian capital city of Ninevah.

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