Born in Caernarvon, 1284 - Died in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, 1327.
King of England from 1307 to 1327.
Son of Edward I and son-in-law of Philippe IV le Bel, he let his favourites, Hugh le Despenser and his son, govern. His reign was marked by a sharp decline in royal power and the loss of Scotland (1314). Edward was to be deposed following a revolt of the barons sparked by his own wife, Isabelle of France. She had him assassinated shortly afterwards.
Herodotus (in ancient Greek Ἡρόδοτος / Hêródotos), born around 484 or 482 BC. J.-C. in Halicarnassus (Greek colony located on the territory of the Carians), currently Bodrum (Turkey), died around 425 BC. J.-C. in Thourioi, is a Greek historian. He was nicknamed the “father of History” by Cicero (the
Jugurtha, born around 160 BC. J.-C. and died around 104 BC, is a king of Numidia. He opposed Roman power for seven years between 111 BC. AD and 105 BC. J.-C.. Jugurtha is the grandson of the Numidian king Massinissa whose tomb is in Cirta (current Constantine). Her father is Mastanabal, brother of
Odoacer Odoacer (Odovacar), born in Pannonia around 435, is the son of Ederon, chief of the Heruli allied to the Huns and minister of Attila. He is the main actor in the final fall of the Western Roman Empire by deposing the last Western Emperor, Romulus Augustulus, and returning the imperial rega
Unless otherwise specified, dates on this page are all assumed to be BC. Phidias, in ancient Greek Pheidias (Athens, c. 490 - Olympia, ap. 430), was a sculptor of the first Greek classicism. There are few details about the life of Phidias. Born in Athens shortly after the battle of Marathon, he wa