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(hätsh p´s t) (KEY) , d. 1468 B.C., queen of ancient Egypt, of the XVIII dynasty; daughter of Thutmose I. She managed to rule Egypt by relegating he...
384–423, Roman emperor of the West (395–423). On the death (395) of Theodosius I, the Roman Empire was divided; Arcadius, the elder son, received ...
(h r kl ´ s, h r k´l s) (KEY) , c.575–641, Byzantine emperor (610–41). The son of a governor of Africa, he succeeded the tyrant Phocas, whom he...
c.1174–1216, Latin emperor of Constantinople (1206–16), brother and successor of Emperor Baldwin I. The ablest and most respected of the Latin emp...
(härm ´d s, âr´´ st j ´t n) (KEY) , d. c.514 B.C., Athenian tyrannicides. Provoked by a personal quarrel, the two friends planned to assassinat...
d. c.215 B.C., Greek Sicilian ruler, tyrant of Syracuse (c.270–c.215 B.C.). He showed such ability and distinction after Pyrrhus left Sicily (275 B....