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Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 190s BC 180s BC 170s BC 160s BC 150s BC - 140s BC - 130s BC 120s BC ...   » 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 - Skopje: Encyclopedia - Skopje
Skopje (Macedonian: Скопје, Albanian: Shkupi, Serbian/Croatian: Skoplje, Bulgarian: Скопие; Ottoman Turkish: Üsküb, Greek: ...   » Read the article

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

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Encyclopedia - Aquileia: Encyclopedia - Aquileia
Aquileia (Friulian Acuilee, Slovene Oglej), an ancient Roman town of Italy, at the head of the Adriatic at the edge of the lagoons, about...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dou Wen: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Dou Wen - As Empress Dowager
After Emperor Wen died in 157 BC, Crown Prince Qi succeeded to the throne as Emperor Jing, and Empress Dou became empress dowager. He bec...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Masinissa: Encyclopedia Ii - Masinissa - Involvement In The Second Punic War
After the Carthaginian invasion of Europe and subsequent campaigns in Iberia and Italy during the Second Punic War, the Romans had sought...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollonia City: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollonia City - Apollonia Illyria
The most important of the several Apollonias was the one in Illyria (modern Albania), known as Apollonia (κατ' Εριδαμνον or �...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Thessaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaly - Geography
Its geography consists of a ring of mountains surrounding a central plain: Trikala and Larissa lowlands. It has a distinct summer and win...   » 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 - Empress Wang Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhi - As Consort To The Crown Prince And Then Emperor
Both Zhi and her sister Xixu became favored by Crown Prince Qi, and she, then known as Consort Wang, bore him a son, Liu Che, shortly aft...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - Skopje: Encyclopedia Ii - Skopje - History
Skopje - Classical era. The site of modern Skopje has been inhabited since at least 3500 BC; remains of Neolithic settlements have been...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Africa During The Classical Period: Encyclopedia Ii - North Africa During The Classical Period - The Roman Era
Increases in urbanization and in the area under cultivation during Roman rule caused wholesale dislocations of Berber society. Nomadic tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhi - As Empress
Remembering the lesson of Empress Bo's and Consort Li's fate, despite her honored position as empress, Empress Wang did not try to assert...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Africa During The Classical Period: Encyclopedia Ii - North Africa During The Classical Period - Carthage And The Berbers
Phoenician traders arrived on the North African coast around 900 BC and established Carthage (in present-day Tunisia) around 800 BC. By t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - North Africa During The Classical Period: Encyclopedia Ii - North Africa During The Classical Period - Vandals And Byzantines
Led by their king, Gaiseric, some 80,000 Vandals, a Germanic tribe, crossed into Africa from Spain in 429. In the following year, the inv...   » 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 - Masinissa: Encyclopedia Ii - Masinissa - Later Life
With Roman backing he established his own kingdom of Numidia, west of Carthage, with Cirta (present day Constantine) as its capital city....   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Thessaly: Encyclopedia Ii - Thessaly - History
Thessaly was home to an extensive Neolithic culture around 2500 BC. Mycenaean settlements have also been discovered, for example at the s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dou Wen: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Dou Wen - As Empress To Emperor Wen
After Prince Heng became emperor in the aftermaths of the Lü Clan Disturbance, then-Consort Dou, as the mother of his oldest son Prince ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Dou Wen: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Dou Wen - Early Life
Empress Dou was born into a poor family in Qinghe (清河, in modern Xingtai, Hebei). She had two brothers, Dou Zhangjun (竇長君) and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apollonia City: Encyclopedia Ii - Apollonia City - Apollonia Cyrenaica
Apollonia in Cyrenaica (modern Libya) was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhi - Family Background And First Marriage
Wang Zhi's father was named Wang Zhong (王仲). Her mother Zang Er (臧兒) was a granddaughter of Zang Tu, the one-time Prince of Yan u...   » Read the article