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Died 364 BCE • Cynoscephalae • Greece
Role In Battle of Leuctra
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Epaminondas
Greek statesman
Pyrrhus
Pyrrhus
king of Epirus
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Timoleon of Corinth
Greek statesman
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Narses
Syrian theologian
Detail from Charles Le Brun's painting showing Alexander the Great in profile, wearing a gold helmet with white plumes and a blue cloak, with soldiers in the background.
Alexander the Great
king of Macedonia
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Mongolian warrior-ruler
Philip II
Philip II
king of Macedonia
Alexander I
Alexander I
emperor of Russia
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Scipio Africanus the Younger
Roman general
Bronze equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius with his right arm raised, seated on a horse, at Piazza del Campidoglio in Rome, Italy.
Marcus Aurelius
emperor of Rome
Bust of Vespasian, found at Ostia; in the Museo Nazionale Romano, Rome.
Vespasian
Roman emperor
Trajan
Trajan
Roman emperor
Heraclius
Heraclius
Byzantine emperor
Coin depicting Ptolemy I Soter
Ptolemy I Soter
Macedonian king of Egypt
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Mehmed II
Ottoman sultan
Seleucid king of the Hellenistic Syrian Empire
Antiochus III the Great
Seleucid king
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Antiochus IV Epiphanes
Seleucid king
Engraved portrait of William Wallace wearing a helmet with a bird crest and a patterned cloak fastened with a brooch.
William Wallace
Scottish hero
Attila
Attila
king of the Huns
Sulla
Sulla
Roman dictator