| |  | Zenobia (around 240-?) was a Syrian woman who lived in the third century. She was a queen of the Palmyrene Empire and the second wife to king... | | | Robert Wood (1717 - 9 September, 1771) was a British civil servant and politician. In 1750-1753 Wood and his friends James Dawkins (1722-1757) and... |  | Edmund Fanning (July 16, 1769 - April 23, 1841) was an American explorer and sea captain, known as the "Pathfinder of the Pacific." Born in... | | | Zabdas was the name of the general who led the forces of Queen Zenobia during her rule of the Palmyrene Empire. He chose not to face the emperor... | | | Septimius Odaenathus, or Odenatus, the Latinized form of Odainath, was a ruler of the Arab kingdom of Palmyra, Syria and later of the short lived... |  | Johann Ludwig (a.k.a. John Lewis) Burckhardt, Swiss traveller and orientalist, was born in Lausanne. After studying in Leipzig and at the... | | | Fulvius Macrianus (d. 261), also called Macrianus Major, was a Roman usurper. He was one of Valerian's generals and a man of vast wealth. After... |  | Cassius Dionysius Longinus (ca. 213-273) was an Hellenistic rhetorician and philosophical critic. The origin of his gentile name Cassius is... |  | Adolf Wilbrandt was a German novelist and dramatist. Wilbrant was born in Rostock. His father was a professor at the university in Rostock. He... |  | Samuel Harrison Smith was one of the younger brothers of Joseph Smith, Jr., founder of the Latter Day Saint movement. Samuel was a leader in his... | |
