Ptolemy

Ptolemy

male, deceased (168)
Ægyptus, Philosophy of music, Astrological writer, ancient roman, mathematician, geographia…Greek and Roman astronomer, Greek and Roman astrologer, Roman era geographer, RomanEgypt
Claudius Ptolemaeus, known in English as Ptolemy, was a Greek mathematician, geographer, astronomer, and astrologer who lived in Roman Egypt....
Hypatia Of Alexandria

Hypatia Of Alexandria

female, deceased (415)
Christian, Hellenistic Philosophy, Astrologer, RomanEgypt, neoplatonism, theon…Greek and Roman astronomer, Greek and Roman astrologer, Roman era philosopher, Hellenistic Egypt
Hypatia of Alexandria was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, the first notable woman in mathematics, and also taught in the fields of astronomy and...

Aelius Gallus

male
Gaius Aelius Gallus, Aegyptus, RomanEgypt, politician, praefect, ancient roman
Gaius Aelius Gallus was the 2nd "praefect" of Roman Egypt ("Aegyptus") in the reign of Augustus, and some time after Cornelius Gallus-with whom he...
Hero Of Alexandria

Hero Of Alexandria

female, deceased (70)
hero, windwheel, Hellenistic civilization, Ægyptus, Egyptian, hellenistic…RomanEgypt, Roman Greece
Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria was a Hellenistic engineer and geometer who flourished in Alexandria, Roman Egypt. Among his most famous inventions...
Idris Bell

Idris Bell

male, deceased (1967)
Employee of the British Museum, Knight Bachelor, Knights Bachelor, British, obe, welsh…RomanEgypt
Sir Harold Idris Bell CB OBE (2 October 1879-22 January 1967) was a British papyrologist (specialising in Roman Egypt) and scholar of Welsh...
Gaius Petronius

Gaius Petronius

male
RomanEgypt, Aegyptus, Roman governor of Egypt
Gaius Petronius was the 3rd prefect of Roman Egypt (Aegyptus).
Gaius Cornelius Gallus

Gaius Cornelius Gallus

male
poet, Roman era poet, caesar augustus, battle of actium, octavian, prefect…RomanEgypt
Gaius Cornelius Gallus, was the first prefect of Roman Egypt. He was born at Fréjus of humble parentage and first made his name in Rome as a poet. D...
Artemius

Artemius

male, deceased (363)
Challita, Arian Christian, Christian martyr of the Roman era, eastern orthodox, maronite, serapis…ancient roman, Ancient Roman Christianity, RomanEgypt
Artemius of Antioch (d. 363, known as Challita in the Maronite tradition), was "dux Aegypti" (imperial prefect of Roman Egypt) during the 4th...

Trebellianus

male
Palatine Hill, roman emperor, Isauria, Theodotus, Breviarium, Isaurian…Roman usurper, RomanEgypt
Trebellianus (d. 260-268), also Trebatius Priscus or Trebatius Testa, was a Roman usurper listed among the thirty tyrants in the "Historia...