People

218–268

Gallienus ruled the Roman Empire from AD 253 to 268, first jointly with his father Valerian and then alone after Valerian’s capture by the Persians. His […]

2 series · 8 books

1449–1478

George Plantagenet, Duke of Clarence, was the younger brother of Edward IV and an important but unreliable participant in the Wars of the Roses. He married […]

3 series · 8 books

Helen of Troy was the Spartan queen whose departure with Paris becomes the legendary cause of the Trojan War. Ancient traditions disagree over her agency and […]

2 series · 8 books

1451–1504

Isabella I became queen of Castile in 1474 and ruled jointly with her husband Ferdinand of Aragon. Their reign defeated a rival succession claim, conquered Granada […]

5 series · 8 books

James II of England was the Catholic king of England, Scotland and Ireland deposed in the Glorious Revolution. His efforts to expand toleration and royal authority […]

3 series · 8 books

born 1946

Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States during the American Civil War. A former United States senator and secretary of war, he led a […]

4 series · 8 books

Otho was a Roman aristocrat, former companion of Nero and governor of Lusitania who became emperor in January AD 69. He organised the murder of Galba […]

7 series · 8 books

1304 BCE–1214 BCE

Ramesses II was a pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty and one of the most extensively commemorated rulers of ancient Egypt. He fought the Hittites at Kadesh, […]

3 series · 8 books

1494–1566

Suleiman the Magnificent ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1566. His armies captured Belgrade and Rhodes, destroyed the Hungarian monarchy at Mohács and besieged Vienna, […]

5 series · 8 books

1186–1241

Ögedei Khan was the third son of Genghis Khan and succeeded him as great khan in 1229. During his reign Mongol armies completed the conquest of […]

2 series · 8 books