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Also Known As Tigran II the Great • Dikran II the Great
Born c.140 BCE
Died c.55 BCE
Title / Office king (95BC-55BC), Armenia
Role In Mithradatic wars
Pompey
Pompey the Great
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St. Vardan Mamikonian
Armenian military commander
Jacques-Louis David: The Emperor Napoleon in His Study at the Tuileries
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Mao Zedong
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Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great
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Frederick II
Frederick II
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Augustus
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Peter I
Peter I
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Kemal Atatürk
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Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
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Alexander Hamilton
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Charles de Gaulle
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Philip II
king of Macedonia
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Gustavus Adolphus
king of Sweden
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Charles V
Holy Roman emperor
Napoleon III
Napoleon III
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Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph
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Kangxi
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Alexander I
Alexander I
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