Hierocles

Hierocles or Hierokles was a Byzantine geographer of the sixth century and the attributed author of the "Synecdemus" or "Synekdemos", which...

Hierocles

male, deceased (222)
Hierocles (late 2nd century - 222) was a favorite of the Roman emperor Elagabalus. He was from Caria and was at some point enslaved and became a...

Macarius Magnes

male
Macarius Magnes is probably to be identified with the bishop of Magnesia who, at the Synod of the Oak in 403, brought charges against Heraclides,...
Giovanni Aurispa

Giovanni Aurispa

male, deceased (1459)
Giovanni Aurispa was an Italian historian and savant of the 15th century. He is remembered in particular as a promoter of the revival of the study...
Zanobi Acciaioli

Zanobi Acciaioli

male, deceased (1519)
Zanobi Acciaioli (25 May 1461-27 July 1519) was an Italian Dominican monk, a member of the Acciaioli family of Florence. He was Librarian of the...
Hiero II of Syracuse II of Syracuse

Hiero II of Syracuse II of Syracuse

male
Hieron II, king of Syracuse from 270 to 215 BC, was the illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles, who claimed descent from Gelon. He was a...
Hierocles Of Alexandria

Hierocles Of Alexandria

male
Hierocles of Alexandria was a Neoplatonist writer who was active around AD 430. He studied under Plutarch at Athens, and taught for some years in...