8th-century BC monarchs

legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus

Romulus (, ) was the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Various traditions attribute the establishment of many of Rome's oldest legal, political, religious, and social institutions to Romulus and his contemporaries. Although many of these traditions incorporate elements of folklore, and it is not clear to what extent a historical figure underlies the mythical Romulus, the events and institutions ascribed to him were central to the myths surrounding Rome's origins and cultural traditions.

King of Urartu

Menua (; Meinua or Minua), was the fifth known king of Urartu from around 810 BC to 786 BC. In Armenian, Menua is rendered as Menua. The name Menua may be connected etymologically to the Ancient Greek names Minos and Minyas.

King of Urartu

King of Urartu

King of Urartu from 714 BC to 680 BC

Teleclus or Teleklos (Greek: Τήλεκλος) was the 8th Agiad dynasty king of Sparta during the eighth century BC. He was the son of King Archelaus and grandson of King Agesilaus I.

king of Sparta, son of Agesilaus I

king of Sparta

Alcmenes () or Alcamenes, Alkamenos, was the 9th king of Sparta of the Agiad dynasty, from 740 to 700 BC.

Charilaus (), also spelled Charilaos, Charillos, or Charillus, was a king of Sparta in the middle of the 8th century BC. He was probably the first historical king of the Eurypontid dynasty.

Erība-Marduk, inscribed mri-ba [dAMAR.UTU], was the king of Babylon, very speculatively ca. 769 – 761 BC. He was one of three Chaldaean tribal leaders to occupy the Babylonian throne during the course of the 8th century and would be looked back as the ancestor figure during future reigns of members of this group. A member of the Bīt-Yakin tribe, who was later to be given the title "re-establisher of the foundation(s) of the land," he was credited with restoring stability to the country after years of turmoil.

king of Sparta

Spartan king, son of Prytanis

king of Lydia

Šamsi (Old Arabic: ; ) was an Arab queen who reigned in the Ancient Near East, in the 8th century BCE. She succeeded Queen Zabibe (Arabic meaning "Raisin"). Tiglath-Pileser III, son of Ashur-nirari V and king of Assyria, was the first foreign ruler to bring the Arabs under his control. When Šamsi rebelled against him by joining an alliance forged by Rakhianu of Damascus, Pileser attacked and defeated Samsi, made her and her alliance partners surrender, and pay a tribute to remain in power. She ruled for 20 years and her successor was Queen Iatie, in about 700 BC.

thumb|Iranzu Iranzu was an important king of Mannae. He is said to have risen to power circa 725 BCE during a period of struggle between the Assyrians and the Urartians.

Ḫartapus or Kartapus was an Anatolian king who in the early 8th century BCE ruled a state in what is presently the region of Konya in modern Turkey.

mythical Sabine king in Roman mythology

Great Chief of the Ma

Pami or Pamiu (pȝ-mjw), wrongly read Pimay (pȝ-mȝj), was an ancient Egyptian prince, the son of a pharaoh named Shoshenq Meryamun, probably Shoshenq V. Pami was titled Chief of the Ma during his father's reign. He is known from a small inscribed talisman statue group in the Egyptian Museum at Cairo (CG 9430), depicting a god, probably Heryshaf, and a goddess, Ayt-Bastet. The last line of the text on the back of the piece reads "May his name endure before his father Heryshaf-King-of-the-Two-Lands, the Chief of Ma Pami, son of the Lord of the Two Lands Shoshenq Meryamun, living for eternity."

Utupurshi is the last known ruler of the kingdom of Diaokhi, a confederation of proto-Georgian tribes. His reign spanned over three decades during which he faced the expansionist policy of neighboring Urartu. He fought several battles against kings Menua and Argishti I in the first half of the 8th century BCE. His reign is documented through Urartian texts.