Encyclopedia - 2nd Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 2nd Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 2nd century BC - Events. 175 BC - Antiochus IV Epiphanes, took possession of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch: Encyclopedia - Antioch
Antioch on the Orontes (Greek Αντιοχεια ἡ επι Δαφνη) is located on the eastern side (left bank) of the Orontes River ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 152 Bc: Encyclopedia - 152 Bc
Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC - 150s BC - 140s BC 130s BC ...   » Read the article

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Encyclopedia - Hipparchus Astronomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hipparchus Astronomer - Lunar And Solar Theory
Hipparchus astronomer - Motion of the Moon. Hipparchus also studied the motion of the Moon and confirmed the accurate values for some p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Ancient Rome - Institutions
See also Roman military structure. Military history of ancient Rome - Roman army. "The Roman Army" is the name given by English-speake...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Leader Of The Jews
Jonathan was one of the sons of Mattathias Maccabaeus. His father was a Kohen credited as the founding figure of the rebellion of the Mac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viriathus: Encyclopedia Ii - Viriathus - Viriathus' Life
Little is known about Viriathus. He may have been a shepherd, the occupation of most of the Lusitanians. He was known among the Lusitania...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Portugal
Portugal's name derives from the Roman name Portus Cale (Latin for Warm Port). Cale was the name of an early settlement located at the mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhou Yafu: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhou Yafu - Early Career
Zhou's father, Zhou Bo (周勃) was one of the key generals for Liu Bang during the Chu Han Contention who would continue to play importa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demetrius Ii Nicator: Encyclopedia Ii - Demetrius Ii Nicator - Defeat And Captivity
In 139 BCE Parthian activity forced Demetrius to take action. He marched against Mithradates I, king of Parthia and was initially success...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Jing Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Jing Of Han - The Rebellion Of The Seven States
The issue of dealing with powerful princes would soon erupt into a war later known as the Rebellion of the Seven States. Emperor Jing alr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch - History Of Antioch
Antioch - Prehistory. The site appears not to have been found wholly uninhabited. A settlement, Meroe, boasting a shrine of Anait, call...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Republic - History Of The Roman Republic
Roman Republic - The legendary founding of Rome — 753 BC. The origins and early history of Rome are very uncertain. While there are q...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Affirmation Of Portugal
In 1095, Portugal separated almost definitely from the Kingdom of Galicia, both under the rule of the Kingdom of Leon, just like Castile ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Moorish Rule And The Reconquista
In 711, the Islamic Moors (mainly Berber with some Arab) invaded the Iberian Peninsula, destroying the Visigothic Kingdom. Many of the ou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Roman Lusitania
In 219 BCE, the first Roman troops invaded the Iberian Peninsula. Within 200 years, almost the entire peninsula was dominated, becoming p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Early History
Portugal has been inhabited for at least 500,000 years, first by Neanderthals and then by homo sapiens. In the early first millennium BCE...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Discoveries Odyssey: Glory Of The Empire
During the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal eclipsed most other nations in terms of economic, political, and cultural influence and it h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viriathus: Encyclopedia Ii - Viriathus - Conquest Of Lusitania By Rome
In the 3rd century BC, Rome started its conquest of the Iberian Peninsula. At first, things were very easy for the Romans. The consul Ser...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viriathus: Encyclopedia Ii - Viriathus - Lusitanian War
Viriathus never forgot the Roman treachery. Later, when some Lusitanian leaders prepared to make a new agreement with the Romans after a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Viriathus: Encyclopedia Ii - Viriathus - Viriathus' Death
The Roman senate did not accept the treaty made by Servilius Cipianus with the Lusitanians. However, the Romans did things differently th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhou Yafu: Encyclopedia Ii - Zhou Yafu - Death
In 143 BC, on one occasion, Zhou was summoned to dinner with the emperor, when the emperor had a large piece of meat placed before him, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - The Third Republic
The Carnation Revolution of 1974, an effectively bloodless left-wing military coup, installed the Third Republic. Broad democratic reform...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - New State Estado Novo
Political chaos, several strikes, harsh relations with the Church, and considerable economic problems aggravated by a disastrous military...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Pombaline Era
In 1738, Sebastião de Melo, the talented son of a Lisbon squire, began a diplomatic career as the Portuguese Ambassador in London and la...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Crises Of The Nineteenth Century
In 1807 Portugal refused Napoleon's demand to accede to the Continental System of embargo against the United Kingdom; a French invasion u...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - The First Republic
The First Republic has, over the course of a recent past, lost many historians to the New State. As a result, it's difficult to attempt a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Portugal: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Portugal - Decline Of The Empire
From the 16th century, Portugal gradually saw its wealth decreasing. Even if Portugal was officially an autonomous state, the country was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Victory Over Apollonius.
Jonathan proved grateful. In 147 BC, Demetrius II Nicator, a son of Demetrius I Soter, started claiming the throne against Alexander Bala...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hipparchus Astronomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hipparchus Astronomer - Babylonian Sources
Many of the works of Greek scientists - mathematicians, astronomers, geographers - have been preserved up to the present time, or some as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hipparchus Astronomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hipparchus Astronomer - Geometry And Trigonometry
Hipparchus is recognised as the first mathematician who compiled a trigonometry table, which he needed when computing the eccentricity of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hipparchus Astronomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hipparchus Astronomer - Astronomical Instruments And Astrometry
Hipparchus is credited with the invention or improvement of several astronomical instruments, which were used for a long time for naked-e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hipparchus Astronomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hipparchus Astronomer - Life And Work
Most of what is known about Hipparchus comes from Ptolemy's (2nd century) Almagest ("the great treatise"; ed. [Toomer 1981]), with additi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Jing Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Jing Of Han - Late Reign
The late reign of Emperor Jing was marked by an incident for which he was much criticized -- the death of Zhou Yafu, who had been instrum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Jing Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Jing Of Han - Early Life And Career As Crown Prince
Emperor Jing was born to Emperor Wen, then Prince of Dai, and Consort Dou, one of his favorite consorts, in 188 BC. He was his father's o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Jing Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Jing Of Han - Early Reign
Emperor Jing largely continued his father's policy of non-interference with the people and reduction of tax and other burdens. He continu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Jing Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Jing Of Han - Middle Reign And Succession Issues
In 153 BC, because Empress Bo did not have a son, Emperor Jing created his oldest son Liu Rong (劉榮) crown prince. This made Liu Rong'...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hipparchus Astronomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hipparchus Astronomer - Star Catalogue
After that, in 135 BC, enthusiastic about a nova in the constellation of Scorpius, he measured with an equatorial armillary sphere eclipt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hipparchus Astronomer: Encyclopedia Ii - Hipparchus Astronomer - Precession Of The Equinoxes 146 Bc-130 Bc
Hipparchus is perhaps most famous for having been the first to measure the precession of the equinoxes. There is some suggestion that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Diodotus Tryphon
This made Diodotus Tryphon suspicious; he went with an army to Judea, invited Jonathan to Scythopolis for a friendly conference, and pers...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Ancient Rome - Events
Military history of ancient Rome - Patterns of Roman wars. The first Roman wars were wars of expansion and defence, aimed at protecting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Republic - Government Institutions
The first and most important institution of the Roman Republic was the Roman Senate. Inside the Senate there were two unofficial parties:...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Friendship With Rome And Sparta.
As Demetrius II did not keep his promise, Jonathan thought it better to support the new king when Diodotus Tryphon and Antiochus VI seize...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Under Demetrius Ii.
In 145 BC, the Battle of Antioch resulted in the final defeat of Alexander Balas by the forces of his father-in-law Ptolemy VI. Ptolemy h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - Turn Of Fate
However Jonathan was not idle. He continued activities against the Jews influenced by the Hellenistic civilization. Two years after the d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonathan Maccabaeus: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonathan Maccabaeus - High Priest.
But Jonathan must have used this peaceful period to good advantage, for he was soon in possession of great power. An important external e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Republic: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Republic - Figures Of The Republic
Roman Republic - Early Republic. Lucretia Lucius Junius Brutus Cincinnatus Appius Claudius the Censor Samnite wars Punic wars, Carthag...   » Read the article