Famous People In Ancient History

Leader of Athens; Led their Golden Age; Famous for his Funeral Oration

• Homer

• King Leonidas

• Pericles

• Socrates

Founder of Buddhism

• Kongzi

• Asoka

• Siddharta Gautama

• Lao tzu

1st Emperor of China; built the Great Wall

• Kongzi

• Qin Shi Huangdi

• Genghis Khan

• Lao tzu

Known for his tolerance; Creates largest empire before Rome

• Xerxes

• Sargon of Akkad

• Cambyses

• Cyrus the Great

Father of all 3 monothestic faiths

• Moses

• Muhammad

• Abraham

• Jesus of Nazereth

Mauryan Ruler; Helped spread Buddhism

• Chandragupta Maurya

• Asoka

• Siddhartha Gautama

• Prince Rama

1st Emperor of Rome; Began the Pax Romana

• Ptolemy

• Marc Antony

• Julius Caesar

• Augustus Caesar

1st Christian Emperor; Moved capital of Rome to Byzantium

• Constantine

• Diocletian

• Nero

• Marcus Aurelius

He defeated Harold Godwinson in the Battle of Hastings to become King of England

• John I of England

• William of Normandy

• Alfred the Great

• Charles Martel

He created the largest empire in Western Europe since the time of the Roman Empire.

• Pepin the Short

• Charles Martel

• Clovis

• Charlemagne