Royalty through history
The atlas holds 30 people and 1,072 moments here, from 1281 BC to 2022. The most recorded lives are Justinian I, Hadrian and Ramesses II. Across the Ancient World and the Age of Exploration.
Notable people
Justinian I
from 482 to 565
7 moments here
Eastern Roman emperor from 527 to 565, noted for the Corpus Juris Civilis, extensive building programs, religious policy, and campaigns that…
Hadrian
from 76 to 138
18 moments here
Roman emperor from 117 to 138. Hadrian traveled extensively through the Roman Empire, inspecting frontiers and armies, intervening in provincial…
Ramesses II
from 1281 BC to 1213 BC
17 moments here
Ramesses II, commonly called Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty.…
Empress Dowager Cixi
from 1835 to 1908
13 moments here
Empress Dowager Cixi (Yehe Nara Xingzhen) was a Manchu noblewoman who exercised decisive power in the Qing government as empress dowager and regent…
Shivaji
from 1630 to 1680
32 moments here
Shivaji Bhonsle (1630–1680), later Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj, founded the Maratha state in western India.…
Catherine II of Russia
from 1729 to 1796
60 moments here
Catherine II (Catherine the Great), born Sophie Auguste Friederike of Anhalt-Zerbst, was empress of Russia from 1762 to 1796.…