8th-century BC births

Hesiod ( or ; Hēsíodos; ) was an Ancient Greek poet generally thought to have been active between 750 and 650 BC, around the same time as Homer.

Isaiah ( or ; , Yəšaʿyāhū, "Yahweh is salvation"; also known as Isaias or Esaias from ) was the 8th-century BC Israelite prophet after whom the Book of Isaiah is named.

legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus

king of Assyria (722-705 B.C)

thumb|King Ahaz of Judah, from the Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral#Rose|north rose window of Chartres Cathedral thumb|Uzziah, Jotham, and Ahaz, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling#Ancestors of Christ|Sistine Chapel ceiling thumb|Ahaz, Hezekiah, and Manasseh, by Lucas van Leyden thumb|After the prophet Oded rebukes the Israelite army for its mistreatment of the captives from Judah, the men of Ephraim care for the captives and return them to their kinsfolk at Jericho. (2 Chronicles 28:8–15) Ahaz (; Akhaz; ) an abbreviation of Jehoahaz II (of Judah), "Yahweh has held" (; ''Ya'úḫazi [ia-ú-

thumb|King Uzziah of Judah, from the Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral#Rose|north rose window of Chartres Cathedral thumb|Uzziah, Jotham, and [[Ahaz, from the Sistine Chapel ceiling.]] thumb|Jehoram of Judah|Jehoram, Uzziah, and [[Jotham, by Lucas van Leyden]] Uzziah (; ‘Uzzīyyāhū, meaning "my strength is Yah"; ; ), also known as Azariah (; ‘Ăzaryā; ; ), was the tenth king of the ancient Kingdom of Judah, and one of Amaziah's sons. () Uzziah was 16 when he became king of Judah and reigned for 52 years. The first 24 years of his reign were as a co-regent with his father, Amaziah.

thumb|King Jotham of Judah, from the Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral#Rose|north rose window of Chartres Cathedral thumb|Jehoram of Judah|Jehoram, [[Uzziah, and Jotham, by Lucas van Leyden]] Jotham or Yotam (; ; ; "YHWH is perfect") was the eleventh king of Judah, and son of Uzziah and Jerusha, daughter of Zadok. Jotham was 25 years old when he began his reign, and he reigned for 16 years. Edwin R. Thiele concluded that his reign commenced as a coregency with his father, which lasted for 11 years. Because his father Uzziah was afflicted with tzaraath after he went into the Temple to

king of Lydia, 7th century BC

Bakenranef, known by the ancient Greeks as Bocchoris (Ancient Greek: , ; Latin: ) or Bochchoris (, ; Latin: ) was briefly a king of the 24th Dynasty of Egypt. Based at Sais in the western Delta, he ruled Lower Egypt from c. 725 to 720 BC. Though the Ptolemaic period Egyptian historian Manetho considers him the sole member of the 24th Dynasty, modern scholars include his father Tefnakht in that dynasty. Although Sextus Julius Africanus quotes Manetho as stating that "Bocchoris" ruled for six years, some modern scholars again differ and assign him a shorter reign of only five years, based on evi

Shepsesre Tefnakht (in ) was a prince of Sais and founder of the relatively short Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt; he rose to become a Chief of the Ma in his home city. He is thought to have reigned roughly 732 BCE to 725 BCE, or seven years. Tefnakht I first began his career as the "Great Chief of the West" and Prince of Sais and was a late contemporary of the last ruler of the 22nd Dynasty: Shoshenq V. Tefnakht I was actually the second ruler of Sais; he was preceded by Osorkon C, who is attested by several documents mentioning him as this city's Chief of the Ma and Army Leader, according to

Bēl-ibni was a Babylonian nobleman who served as King of Babylon for several years as the nominee of the Assyrian king Sennacherib.

king of Sparta

8th-century BC ruler of Zheng

Luli or Elulaios was king of the Phoenician city of Tyre (729–694 BC). During his reign, Tyre lost what remained of its power to Assyria.

Ammeris (Ancient Greek: ) was a governor of Sais attributed to the so-called "Proto-Saite Dynasty" of ancient Egypt.

Ruler of Wey in 719 BC

Ruler of Wey from 734 to 719 BC

Ešarra-ḫammat (, meaning "Ešarra is mistress") was a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as the primary consort of Esarhaddon (681–669 BC). Ešarra-ḫammat had been married to Esarhaddon for over a decade by the time he became king, having married him 695 BC. Few sources from Ešarra-ḫammat's lifetime that mention her are known, and she is thus chiefly known from sources dating to after her death in February 672 BC, an event which deeply affected Esarhaddon. Esarhaddon had a great mausoleum constructed for her, unusual for burials of Assyrian queens, and had her death recorded in the Babylonian Chro

ancient Assyrian queen