EPAMINONDAS, Theban statesman and general, died B.C. 362.
FLORUS, Roman historian, lived in the reigns of Trajan and Hadrian.
FOLARD, JEAN CHARLES, military tactician, born at Avignon 1669, died 1752, published an edition of Polybius. {p255}
GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA, called the Inca because descended from the royal family of Peru (1530–1620), wrote History of Peru and History of Florida.
GEE, JOSHUA, eighteenth-century London merchant, wrote Trade and Navigation of Great Britain (1730).
GERMANICUS, son of Nero, died B.C. 19, aged 34.
GETA, second son of Emperor Severus, born B.C. 189, died 212.
GUICCIARDINI, FRANCISCO, Italian historian (1482–1540).
HANNIBAL, great Carthaginian general, born B.C. 247, died 183.
HELIOGABALUS, Roman emperor, born circa B.C. 205, died 222.
HERODIAN, flourished in the third century, wrote in Greek a history of the period from the death of Marcus Aurelius to 238.
HESIOD, one of the earliest Greek poets, supposed to have flourished in the eighth century B.C. “Works and Days” is his best known poem.
HIERO II., King of Syracuse, died B.C. 215, aged 92. Archimedes lived in his reign.
HIRTIUS, Roman consul, contemporary with Cæsar and Cicero; is said to be the author of the eighth book of Cæsar’s Commentaries.
HYPERIDES, Athenian orator, died B.C. 322, disciple of Plato.