Procopius

Procopius

male, deceased (366)
senator, cilicia, Roman usurper, usurper, Constantinian dynasty, chalcedon
Procopius (326 - May 27, 366), was a Roman usurper against Valentinian I, and member of the Constantinian dynasty. According to Ammianus...

Mazaeus

male
persian, albania, cilicia, satrap, mesopotamia, babylon
Mazaeus, a Persian noble and governor of Babylon. He died in 328 BCE. He was the second to last satrap (governor) of Cilicia. Shortly aftwards, his...

Menander

male
Cleopatra of Macedonia, etairoi, Companion cavalry, Triparadisus, Clitus, Clitus the White…cilicia
Menander was an officer in the service of Alexander the Great. He was one of those called "etairoi", but he held the command of a body of...

Crantor

male
ancient greek, acad, philosopher, cilicia, greek, greek mythology
Crantor was a Greek philosopher of the Old Academy, born probably about the middle of the 4th century BC, at Soli in Cilicia. He was a fellow-pupil...
Craterus

Craterus

male
ancient greek, Darius III, phalanx formation, Lamian War, diadochi, Battle of the Hydaspes River…cilicia
Craterus was a Macedonian general under Alexander the Great and one of the Diadochi. He was the son of a Macedonian nobleman named Alexander....

Karekin I

male, deceased (1952)
World War II, Catholicoi of Cilicia, cilicia, crimea, Oriental Orthodox Christian, Armenian Apostolic Church…Catholicos of Cilicia
His Holiness Karekin I was Catholicos of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church from 1943-1952. Born Garegin Hovsepian and originally from...
Verres

Verres

male
cilicia, bribes, Third Servile War, optimates, Gnaeus Cornelius Dolabella, Beneventum
Gaius Verres (ca. 120-43 BC), was a Roman magistrate, notorious for his misgovernment of Sicily. It is not known to what "gens" he belonged. At...
Ptolemy Philadelphus

Ptolemy Philadelphus

male
Alexandria, Actium, Roman Republic, Phoenicia, antioch, greek…cilicia
Ptolemy Philadelphus, August/September 36 BC - 29 BC) was a Ptolemaic Prince and was the youngest child of Greek Ptolemaic Queen Cleopatra VII of...
Datames

Datames

male
cilicia, satrap, scythian, Ruler of Cappadocia, Persian Empire, Pisidia
Datames was a general and provincial governor under the Persian empire. A Carian by birth, he was the son of Camissares by a Scythian or...
Diogenes Laertius

Diogenes Laertius

male
doxography, third century, Pyrrhonism, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosopher, Clitomachus, Stephanus of Byzantium…cilicia
Diogenes Laërtius, the biographer of the Greek philosophers, is supposed by some to have received his surname from the town of Laerte in Cilicia, a...