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King Cyrus II the Great

Cyrus II, commonly called Cyrus the Great, founded the Achaemenid Empire and ruled Persia from about 559 to 530 BCE. Thr...

Persian Founder Achaemenid 6TH Century Bc

9.1 Excellent

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Emperor Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 CE, ruling first alongside Lucius Verus and later alongside his son Co...

Stoic Roman 2ND Century Nerva Antonine

8.9 Great

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Emperor Trajan

Trajan was Roman emperor from 98 to 117 CE and the second ruler conventionally included among the Nerva-Antonine emperor...

Expansion Roman 2ND Century Nerva Antonine

8.9 Great

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Tsar Peter I the Great

Peter I ruled Russia from 1682 to 1725, first as tsar and later under the title emperor, and pursued extensive military,...

Russian 17TH Century Founder Modernizer

8.6 Great

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Emperor Chandragupta Maurya

Chandragupta Maurya founded the Maurya Empire in the late fourth century BCE after overthrowing the Nanda dynasty and ga...

Indian Founder 4TH Century Bc Unifier

8.6 Great

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Emperor Hadrian

Hadrian was Roman emperor from 117 to 138 CE and a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty. Rather than pursuing sustained...

Roman Wall Builder 2ND Century

8.5 Great

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Emperor Constantine I

Constantine I, commonly called Constantine the Great, was Roman emperor from 306 to 337 CE and became sole ruler of the...

Roman Christian Christianity 4TH Century

8.5 Great

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King Stephen I of Hungary

Stephen I was the first king of Hungary, ruling from about 1000 or 1001 until 1038 after consolidating authority among t...

Hungarian Founder Arpad 11TH Century

8.4 Great

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Sundiata Keita

Sundiata Keita was a 13th-century ruler remembered as the founder of the Mali Empire in West Africa. Oral traditions des...

African Founder 13TH Century Lion King

8.3 Great

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Prince Vladimir I the Great

Vladimir I was grand prince of Kiev from about 980 to 1015 and a ruler of the Rurik dynasty. After adopting Byzantine Ch...

Founder 10TH Century Rurikid Kievan Rus

8.3 Great

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Emperor Qin Shi Huang

Qin Shi Huang was the founder of the Qin dynasty and the first ruler to adopt the title emperor after conquering the riv...

Chinese First Emperor Qin 3RD Century Bc

8.2 Great

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Emperor Aurelian

Aurelian was Roman emperor from 270 to 275 during the Crisis of the Third Century. Through military campaigns he defeate...

Warrior Roman Crisis 3RD Century

8.1 Great

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Moshoeshoe I

Moshoeshoe I was the founder of the Basotho kingdom and the central figure in the formation of modern Lesotho during the...

19TH Century African Founder Lesotho

8.0 Great

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King Mieszko I of Poland

Mieszko I was the first historically documented ruler of the polity that developed into Poland, governing from about 960...

Polish Founder 10TH Century Piast

7.9 Good

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Pharaoh Ptolemy I

Ptolemy I Soter was a Macedonian officer under Alexander the Great who became ruler of Egypt after Alexander's death and...

Egyptian Founder Hellenistic Ptolemaic

7.9 Good

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Emperor Babur

Babur (1483-1530) was a Timurid prince from Central Asia and the founder of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent...

Founder 16TH Century Mughal Central Asian

7.8 Good

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Emperor Vespasian

Vespasian was Roman emperor from AD 69 to 79 and founder of the Flavian dynasty. He gained power after the civil wars of...

Military Roman 1ST Century Flavian

7.8 Good

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Emperor Claudius

Claudius was Roman emperor from 41 to 54 CE and the fourth ruler of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. During his reign Roman f...

Britain Roman 1ST Century Julio Claudian

7.4 Good

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Emperor Nero

Roman emperor (r. 54–68 CE) infamous for tyranny and the Great Fire of Rome in 64 CE; he was declared a public enemy by...

Roman 1ST Century Julio Claudian Tyrant

2.8 Poor

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Emperor Caligula

Roman emperor (r. 37–41 CE) whose brief reign became notorious for erratic cruelty; he was assassinated by Praetorian Gu...

Roman 1ST Century Julio Claudian Tyrant

2.5 Poor