LYCURGUS, Spartan lawgiver, whose severe regulations made the Spartans a race of warriors, is said to have flourished in the ninth century B.C.
LYSIAS, Greek orator, born B.C. 458, died 373, wrote 230 orations, of which only 35 remain.
MACHIAVELLI, Florentine statesman and historian, born 1469, died 1527.
MAILLET, French writer, born 1656, died 1738, consul in Egypt and at Leghorn.
MARTIAL, Roman poet, born B.C. 43.
MASSINISSA, King of Numidia, born B.C. 238, died 148.
MAZARIN, JULES, cardinal, and first minister of Louis XIV. (1602–61). {p256}
NABIS, Spartan tyrant, died B.C. 192, noted for his cruelty.
NERO, Roman emperor, born B.C. 37, died 67.
OCTAVIUS, became Emperor Augustus.