Historical Figures

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Bertrand du Guesclin distinguished himself in the Hundred Years ‘ War, winning many victories and recovering from the English large parts of Brittany and Guienne, a historical region and former province of southwest France. The region passed under English control through the marriage of Eleanor of Aquitaine to Henry II

Ellen Lloyd – AncientPages.com – Olympe de Gouges is remembered today as a courageous heroine who passionately fought for women’s equal rights. As the first French feminist, she fearlessly challenged the most powerful rulers during the French Revolution. As a woman, she had the guts to speak her mind, and this made her very unpopular

Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – There is no shortage of strange personalities in our history books. Some queens and kings were mad, while others were simply very eccentric. Roman Emperor Elagabalus was one of the most controversial rulers of all time.   He did so many unusual things that it’s difficult to say what made

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Cynane was a Macedonian princess and the half-sister of the celebrated Alexander the Great. She was born in 357/358 BC and died in 320 BC at the age of 34. She came from a tradition of Illyrian female warriors who led armies into battle. By the age of twenty, she

A. Sutherland  – AncientPages.com – Many legends, including the “First Old Slavonic Legend” that originated in the tenth century, described the life and martyrdom of Wenceslaus, the Duke of Bohemia, whose name means ‘great glory’ (or ‘praised with glory’) in Slavic. This century was not an ordinary time for the people, and historians often reflect

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – After four months, Scottish botanist Robert Fortune arrived in Shanghai, China. It was a hot September day in 1848, but he had no time to rest. Fortune had to disguise himself as a Chinese official, adopting local appearance, clothing, speech, and behavior to create a new identity. His mission was

A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – Finding the truth about Scipio Africanus remains a challenge because ancient records are lost, making it difficult to trace information about this great man. Perhaps the only thing we have are his words: “Ingrata patria, ne ossa quidem habebis” (Ungrateful fatherland, you will not even have my bones). However, historical