Biographies

Mithridates I, king of Parthia, ruled from about 171 to 138

Antiochus IV Epiphanes was a Macedonian-born Syrian king of the Seleucid dynasty, son of Antiochus III the Great, who reigned in Syria from 175-164 BC.

Theodosius I the Great was the last emperor of the united Roman Empire.

Papo of Alexandria was one of the last great Greek mathematicians of antiquity, known for his work Synagoge.

Antiochos III, known as Antiochos the Great, was the leader of the Roman Empire from 223 to 187 BC.

Hipparchus of Nicea was an ancient Greek astronomer, mechanic, geographer, and mathematician of the second century BC.

Mieszko I – the ruler of Poland from the Piast dynasty who ruled from ca.

Boleslav I of Poland.

Harald Hardrada, Harald Sigurdsson or Harald III was king of Norway from 1046 to his death.

Gunnar the son of Hamund, or Gunnar of the End of the Slope, is an Icelandic heuvding, one of the main characters in the Njala Saga, who is also mentioned in other “tribal sagas.