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City founders
- Alexander the GreatIn the ancient Greek month of Hekatombaion, which corresponds to the 20th of July 356 BC, a boy was born in Pella. This child would become Alexander III of…
- Constantine the GreatOn the 27th of February 272, a boy named Constantine was born inside the city of Naissus. This settlement sat within Dardania, part of the province Moesia…
- VespasianTitus Flavius Vespasianus entered the world on the 17th of November AD 9 in a small village north-east of Rome called Falacrinae.
- Rama IThongduang entered the world on the 20th of March 1737 during the reign of King Boromakot. His father Thongdi served as a nobleman in the royal court of…
- AkhenatenThe future Akhenaten was born Amenhotep, a younger son of pharaoh Amenhotep III and his principal wife Tiye. He had an elder brother named Thutmose who…
- Cyrus the GreatThe name Cyrus appears in ancient inscriptions as Kūruš, a form derived from Old Persian. Greek historians like Ctesias and Plutarch interpreted this name as…
- Nader ShahNader Qoli Beg was born in the fortress of Dastgerd, located in the northern valleys of Khorasan province. His father Emam Qoli worked as a herdsman and…
- Sher Shah SuriIn 1472 or 1486, a boy named Farid al-Din Khan was born in the town of Sasaram. His family belonged to the Sur clan of Pashtun Afghans who had migrated from…