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Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus

1st century BC – 1st century BC

Writer, Historian, Politician

Gnaeus Pompeius Trogus (fl. 1st century BC), also anglicized as Pompey Trogue, was a Gallo-Roman historian from the Celtic Vocontii tribe in Narbonese Gaul who…

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Publilius Syrus

1st century BC – 1st century BC

Writer, Playwright, Poet, Philosopher, Actor

Publilius Syrus (fl. 85–43 BC) was a Latin writer, best known for his sententiae. He was a Roman Syrian from Antioch who was brought as a slave to Roman Italy.…

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Sosigenes

1st century BC – 1st century BC

Astronomer, Philosopher, Mathematician

Sosigenes (Ancient Greek: Σωσιγένης) (fl. 1st century BC) was an Ancient Greek astronomer. According to Pliny the Elder's Natural History 18.210–212, Julius Cae…

Cleopatra III

161 BC – 101 BC

Monarch, Queen regnant

Cleopatra III (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρα; c.160–101 BC) was a queen of Egypt. She ruled at first with her mother Cleopatra II and husband Ptolemy VIII from 142 t…

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Gaius Lucilius

180 BC – 102 BC

Poet, Writer

Gaius Lucilius (180, 168 or 148 BC – 103 BC) was the earliest Roman satirist, of whose writings only fragments remain. A Roman citizen of the equestrian class,…

Aristobulus I

2nd century BC – 103 BC

Historical figure

Judah Aristobulus I, or Aristobulus I (; Greek: Ἀριστόβουλος, romanized: Aristóboulos), was the High Priest of Israel and the first Hasmonean king of Judea, rei…

Dong Zhongshu

179 BC – 104 BC

Philosopher, Writer, Politician, Statesperson

Dong Zhongshu (Chinese: 董仲舒; Wade–Giles: Tung Chung-shu; 179–104 BC) was a Chinese philosopher, politician, and writer of the Han dynasty. He is traditionally a…

John Hyrcanus

2nd century BC – 104 BC

Priest

John Hyrcanus (; Hebrew: יוחנן הרקנוס, romanized: Yoḥānān Hurqanos; Koine Greek: Ἰωάννης Ὑρκανός, romanized: Iōánnēs Hyrkanós) was a Jewish high priest and rule…

Jugurtha

160 BC – 104 BC

Military leader, Sovereign

Jugurtha or Jugurthen ( c. 160 – 104 BC) was a king of Numidia, the ancient kingdom of the Numidians in northwest Africa. When the Numidian king Micipsa, who h…

Cornelia

190 BC – 110 BC

Writer

Cornelia (c. 190s–c. 115 BC) was the second daughter of Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus, a Roman general prominent in the Second Punic War, and Aemilia Paull…

Panaetius

185 BC – 110 BC

Philosopher, Writer

Panaetius (; Ancient Greek: Παναίτιος, romanized: Panaítios; c. 185 – c. 110/109 BC) of Rhodes was an ancient Greek Stoic philosopher. He was a pupil of Diogene…

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Cleopatra IV

138 BC – 112 BC

Queen regnant

Cleopatra IV (Ancient Greek: Κλεοπάτρα) was Queen of Egypt briefly from 116 to 115 BC, as first wife of Ptolemy IX Lathyros. She later became queen consort of t…

Zhang Qian

200 BC – 114 BC

Explorer, Diplomat, Politician

Zhang Qian (Chinese: 張騫; died c. 114 BC) was a Chinese diplomat, explorer, and politician who served as an imperial envoy to the world outside of China in the l…

Cleopatra II

187 BC – 116 BC

Monarch

Cleopatra II Philometor Soteira (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλομήτωρ Σώτειρα, Kleopatra Philomētōr Sōteira; c. 185 BC – 116/115 BC) was Queen consort of Ptolemaic Egypt…

Ptolemy VIII Physcon

182 BC – 116 BC

Sovereign

Ptolemy VIII Euergetes II Tryphon (Greek: Πτολεμαῖος Εὐεργέτης Τρύφων, Ptolemaĩos Euergétēs Tryphōn, "Ptolemy the Benefactor, the Opulent"; c. 184 BC – 28 June…

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Apollodorus of Athens

180 BC – 120 BC

Historian, Poet, Writer, Architect, Mythographer, Philosopher

Apollodorus of Athens (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος, Apollodoros ho Athenaios; c. 180 BC – after 120 BC), son of Asclepiades, was a Greek scholar, hist…

Hipparchus

190 BC – 120 BC

Astronomer, Mathematician, Geographer

Hipparchus (; Greek: Ἵππαρχος, Hípparkhos; c. 190 – c. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. He is considered the founder of trigonomet…

Mithridates V Euergetes

2nd century BC – 120 BC

Monarch, Military personnel

Mithridates or Mithradates V Euergetes (Ancient Greek: Μιθριδάτης ὁ Eὐεργέτης, which means "Mithridates the Benefactor"; died c. 120 BC) was a prince and the se…

Polybius

200 BC – 120 BC

Historian, Military personnel, Writer

Polybius (; Ancient Greek: Πολύβιος, Polýbios; c. 200 – c. 118 BC) was an ancient Greek historian of the middle Hellenistic period. He is noted for his Historie…

Cleopatra Thea

164 BC – 121 BC

Queen regnant

Here is a revised memorial biography for Cleopatra Thea, based strictly on well-supported facts: Cleopatra Thea (Koine Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Θεά, "Cleopatra the God…