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Nebuchadnezzar
The most important Chaldean king who ruled from 605-562. He was best remembered for destroying Jerusalem, sending the Jews into the Babylonian captivity, and his hanging gardens, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
Joyce A. Tyldesley explains, but doesn't solve the mysteries of Nefertiti, the beautiful queen married to the so-called monotheistic pharaoh Akhenaten.
Nero was the last of the Julio-Claudian emperors of Rome.
Nerva was the first of the five good emperors of Rome.
Nicias was an Athenian general of the fifth century B.C.
One of the Nine Earthly Muses who lived around 300 B.C.
The second king of Rome and a Sabine.Return to Ancient History Major Figures Index
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