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#8840, aired 2023-03-31ANCIENT VIPs $400: Claiming divine descent, Hatshepsut was one of the few women to rule in Egypt as this Pharaoh
#8840, aired 2023-03-31ANCIENT VIPs $800: In his play "The Frogs", he took a little dig at Euripides Aristophanes
#8840, aired 2023-03-31ANCIENT VIPs $1200: Though better known as "The Father of History", some critics called him "The Father of Lies" Herodotus
#8840, aired 2023-03-31ANCIENT VIPs $2,000 (Daily Double): The Hanging Gardens was one of many building projects credited to this king of Babylon who also appears in the book of Daniel Nebuchadnezzar
#8840, aired 2023-03-31ANCIENT VIPs $2000: One of Plato's 7 wise men of Greece, this statesman who reformed Athens' laws laid the foundations for democracy Solon
#8029, aired 2019-07-04B.C. VIPs $1600: Farmer/soldier Cincinnatus saved ancient Rome, then refused to stay on as a dictator, preserving this Roman form of govt. the republic
#6166, aired 2011-06-06ANCIENT VIPs $200: Although it's known that this Hun died on his wedding night in 453, it's not known how he died Attila
#6166, aired 2011-06-06ANCIENT VIPs $400: Demosthenes wrote that the second king of this name wasn't Greek but a "pestilent knave from Macedonia" Philip
#6166, aired 2011-06-06ANCIENT VIPs $600: Plato referred to this Athenian philosopher & mentor as "the justest man of that time" Socrates
#6166, aired 2011-06-06ANCIENT VIPs $800: At birth this ancient sage of China was given the name Ch'iu, meaning "hill", because he had a noticeable bulge on his head Confucius
#6166, aired 2011-06-06ANCIENT VIPs $1000: This "elder" Roman writer died in 79 A.D. while rescuing people from Mount Vesuvius' eruption Pliny (the Elder)
#1429, aired 1990-11-15ANCIENT VIPs $200: It was once believed that this Hun, who died on his wedding night, was murdered by his bride Attila
#1429, aired 1990-11-15ANCIENT VIPs $400: He was the 6th ruler of the Amorite dynasty of Babylon; you probably remember him for his code Hammurabi
#1429, aired 1990-11-15ANCIENT VIPs $600: Amenhotep IV of Egypt changed his name to this because he was so devoted to the god Aton Akhenaten
#1429, aired 1990-11-15ANCIENT VIPs $1000: This "Great" king of Persia was the son of Darius the Great & the Grandson of Cyrus the Great Xerxes
#1429, aired 1990-11-15ANCIENT VIPs $3,000 (Daily Double): Sennacherib, king of this country, made Nineveh his capital & built a magnificent new palace there Assyria
#732, aired 1987-11-10ANCIENT VIPs $100: Books about him were written by Plato & Xenophon, both students of his Socrates
#732, aired 1987-11-10ANCIENT VIPs $200: This Hebrew king taxed his people into rebellion, which may not have been too wise Solomon
#732, aired 1987-11-10ANCIENT VIPs $300: The period during which he ruled is often referred to as "The Golden Age of Athens" Pericles
#732, aired 1987-11-10ANCIENT VIPs $400: Uncle of Caligula and stepfather of Nero, this Roman emperor was poisoned by his wife, Nero's mother Claudius
#732, aired 1987-11-10ANCIENT VIPs $500: In the 6th century B.C., he conquered Babylon and made Persia the greatest empire in the world Cyrus the Great

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