Cleopatra was the queen of Egypt who came to Tarsus to meet Mark Antony, and entered the city through Cleopatra's Gate.
Alexander the Great was a Macedonian king and conqueror who passed through Tarsus in 333 BC, and nearly died after bathing in the Cydnus river.
Julius Caesar was a Roman dictator and general who briefly renamed Tarsus as Juliopolis to flatter himself, and was plotted against by Cassius Longinus there.
Cassius Longinus was a Roman senator and conspirator who planned to kill Julius Caesar in Tarsus in 47 BC, but failed to do so.
Pompey was a Roman general and statesman who captured Tarsus from the Cilician pirates in 67 BC, and brought it under Roman rule.