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Ancient men whose names begin with L.
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Leucippus
Leucippus was one of the Pre-Socratic philosophers who developed the atomist theory, which explained that all matter is made up of indivisible particles.
Livius Andronicus
Glossary entry on Livius Andronicus.
Loki - Norse Trickster God
Loki was the Norse trickster god. Normally, he was associated with serious mischief perpetrated against other Norse gods.
Lucius Verus
Lucius Verus (born December 15, A.D. 130, Lucius Ceionius Commodus) was younger brother by adoption and son-in-law of Marcus Aurelius as well as his co-emperor.
Leonidas King of Sparta
Glossary entry on Leonidas and the Battle at Thermopylae.
Lucullus
Plutarch's life of Lucullus.
Lycurgus
Lycurgus, a man shrouded in legend, is held to be Sparta's lawgiver. Herodotus says the Spartans thought his laws came from Crete. Xenophon thought Lycurgus made them up, while Plato thought the Delphic Oracle provided them.
Lycurgus
Plutarch's life of Lycurgus.
Lysander
Spartan general Lysander put an end to the Peloponnesian War.