Polybius was a Greek statesman and historian who lived during Rome’s expansion across the Mediterranean. After being taken to Rome, he wrote a history explaining how […]
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Polynices was a son of Oedipus who contests the rule of Thebes with his brother Eteocles. Their rivalry produces the expedition of the Seven against Thebes […]
Qin Shi Huang is represented in the linked non-fiction through military command and battlefield decision-making, exploration, travel and cultural encounter, and court politics and dynastic power. […]
R. H. Bruce Lockhart was a British diplomat, writer and intelligence-connected representative in revolutionary Russia. Arrested in 1918 amid allegations of an Allied plot against the […]
Ranjit Singh was the founder of the Sikh Empire in the Punjab. He united competing Sikh misls, captured Lahore, expanded across the Punjab and built a […]
Ranjodh Singh Majithia was a Sikh commander associated with the First Anglo-Sikh War. He operated with forces that crossed the Sutlej and fought British troops, becoming […]
Ricimer rose to supreme military command after the collapse of Valentinian III’s dynasty. Unable to claim the imperial office himself, he exercised power through emperors whom […]
Romulus was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Tradition links him with the killing of Remus, the establishment of the city, the abduction of […]
Saigō Takamori is represented in the linked non-fiction through empire, conquest and resistance, political ambition and government, and social change and the pressures of ordinary life. […]
Sher Singh Attariwalla was a Sikh general who became a principal commander in the Second Anglo-Sikh War. He led the Khalsa forces at Ramnagar and Chillianwala […]