Biography - Ancient Biographies

Profiles Index

Constantine the Great - Emperor Constantine I
Constantine the Great. The Roman Emperor Constantine. Constantine I was the first Christian emperor of the the Roman Empire.

Aristotle - Greek Philosopher Aristotle
Aristotle. Influential Greek philosopher Aristotle.

Hammurabi
King Hammurabi of Babylonia was an important Babylonian king known for his early law code, the Code of Hammurabi.

Hatshepsut - Pharaoh Hatshepsut of Egypt
Hatshepsut - Pharaoh Hatshepsut of Egypt

Boethius - Philosopher
Boethius was a Christian philosopher and the author of Consolatio Philosophiae or On the Consolation of Philsophy.

Callimachus of Cyrene- Hellenistic Greek Poet
Callimachus of Cyrene was an Hellenistic Greek poet

Tullus Hostilius - Third King of Rome
Tullus Hostilius - third king of Rome

Septimius Severus
Septimius Severus

Lais
Lais. Famed courtesan Lais from Corinth.

Mimnermus of Colophon - Archaic Greek Elegiac Poet
Mimnermus of Colophon was an early Greek poet

Callinus of Ephesus - Archaic Greek Elegiac Poet
Callinus of Ephesus was an early Greek poet

Semonides of Amorgas - Archaic Greek Iambic Poet
Semonides of Amorgas was an early Greek poet

Theognis
Theognis was an ancient Greek elegiac poet.

The Gracchi Brothers
The Gracchi Brothers - Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchu

Tyrtaeus of Laconia - Archaic Greek Elegiac Poet
Tyrtaeus of Laconia was an early Greek elegiac poet.

Attila the Hun
Profile of Attila the Hun. Attila was the leader of the Huns and was also known as the Scourge of God.

Cleopatra
Profile of Cleopatra Queen of Egypt and Cleopatra the last pharaoh.

Phryne - Greek Courtesan
Phryne was a beautiful Greek courtesan.

Egeria
Egeria Eutheria, Silvia, or Aetheria, author of Itinerarium Egeriae, or the Travels.

Hesiod
Hesiod. Short biography of the second great Greek epic poet, Hesiod