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Hammurabi
Information on the Babylonian king Hammurabi who is well-known for his lega decisions, the Code of Hammurabi.

Justinian
Articles on this site on the Byzantine Emperor Justinian.

Herod the Great - Flavius Josephus on the ascension to the throne of Herod the Great
Herod the Great. In Antiquities of the Jews - Book XIV, the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus explains how Herod the Great came to be king of the Jews.

Leonidas King of Sparta
Glossary entry on Leonidas and the Battle at Thermopylae.

Hammurabi
Information on the Babylonian king Hammurabi who is well-known for his lega decisions, the Code of Hammurabi.

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Herod
In 1998 Israel turned 50, so it is a relatively young country. But visitors there can find traces of events that occurred in the region some 2,000 years ago, when Herod was King of Judea.

Miltiades

MARCELLUS - M. Claudius Marcellus
During the Gallic invasion of Italy between the first and second Punic Wars, Marcellus was declared consul for the first time (222) by the interreges after the election of Flaminius and Furius was declared invalid by the augurs.

Marcellus
Guest bio of Marcellus, by Bingley.

Lucius Licinius Lucullus Ponticus
Lucullus first came to public notice when he brought charges against Servilius the Auger, who had been responsible for Lucullus' father's conviction for peculation. However, he did not start seeking public office until his younger brother, Marcus, was old enough to do so as well.

Maximinus Thrax (235-238 A.D.)
Maximinus Thrax (235-238 A.D.). Maximinus the Thracian was a Roman emperor.