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 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC Years: 155 BC 154 BC 153 BC 152 BC 151 BC - 150 BC - 149 BC 148 BC 147 BC 146 BC 145 BC 150 BC - Events. Alexander Balas becomes ruler of the Seleucid Empire. Hipparchus determines the distance to the Moon, and builds the first astrolabe (approximate dates). Start of Third Punic War, caused ...

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Persian Empire, Persian Empire - The name Persia, Persian Empire - The rise and fall of empires in Persia, Persian Empire - The first Persian state: Achaemenid Persia 648 BC-330 BC, Persian Empire - Hellenistic Persia 330 BC-150 BC, Persian Empire - Parthian Persia 150 BC-AD 226, Persian Empire - Sassanid Persia AD 226-650, Persian Empire - Islam and Persia 650-1219, Persian Empire - Persia under the Turkic rule 1037-1219, Persian Empire - Persia under the Mongols and their successors 1219-1500, Persian Empire - A new Persian empire: the Safavids 1500-1722, Persian Empire - Persia and Europe 1722-1914, Persian Empire - Persia in World War One 1914-1918, Persian Empire - Persia after World War One 1919-1935, Persian Empire - List of Kings and Emperors of Persia

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The city of Acre (Hebrew עַכּוֹ, Standard Hebrew ʻAkko, Tiberian Hebrew ʻAkkô; Arabic عكّا ʻAkkā ▶ (help·info); also Accho, Acco, and St.-Jean d'Acre), is in Western Galilee in the North District, Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), at the end of 2003 the city had a total population of 45,600. It stands on a low promontory at the northern extremity of the Bay of Acr ...

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Acre Israel - Notable sights and places in Acre
Acre Israel - The walls Acre Israel - The Great Mosque Acre Israel - Hamam al Basha Acre Israel - The citadel Acre Israel - The Knights' Halls
Acre Israel - History
Acre Israel - The Greek and Roman periods Acre Israel - Arab rule and the Crusades Acre Israel - Ottoman rule Acre Israel - The British Mandate Acre Israel - Israeli rule

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Capernaum (Kfar Nahum) was a settlement on the shore of the Sea of Galilee. The site is a ruin today, but was inhabited from 150 BC to about AD 750. The town is mentioned in the New Testament: in the Gospel of Luke it was reported to have been the home of the apostles Peter, Andrew, James and John, as well as the tax collector Matthew. In Matthew 4:13 the town was reported to have been the home of Jesus himself. According to Luke, Jesus taught in the synagogue in Capernaum, and a building which may have been a synagogue of that ...

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Capernaum - Etymology Capernaum - Recovery of Capernaum Capernaum - Archaeological Discoveries Capernaum - History Capernaum - Description Capernaum - The House of St Peter
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Capernaum - The synagogue Capernaum - Fishing vessel Capernaum - Papal visit

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The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). Persia's earliest known kingdom was the proto-Elamite Empire, followed by the Medes; but it is the Achaemenid Empire that emerged under Cyrus the Great that is usually the earliest to be called "Persian." Successive states in Iran before 1935 are collectively called the Persian Empire by Western historians. Persian Empire - The name Persia. Persia has long ...

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Persian Empire - The name Persia Persian Empire - The rise and fall of empires in Persia
Persian Empire - The first Persian state: Achaemenid Persia 648 BC-330 BC Persian Empire - Hellenistic Persia 330 BC-150 BC Persian Empire - Parthian Persia 150 BC-AD 226 Persian Empire - Sassanid Persia AD 226-650 Persian Empire - Islam and Persia 650-1219 Persian Empire - Persia under the Turkic rule 1037-1219 Persian Empire - Persia under the Mongols and their successors 1219-1500 Persian Empire - A new Persian empire: the Safavids 1500-1722 Persian Empire - Persia and Europe 1722-1914 Persian Empire - Persia in World War One 1914-1918 Persian Empire - Persia after World War One 1919-1935
Persian Empire - List of Kings and Emperors of Persia

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Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna Aeneas Romulus Numa Early Kings Pontifex Maximus Rex Sacrorum Vestal Virgins Flamen Dialis The ...

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Pontifex Maximus - Etymology Pontifex Maximus - Origins duties and development of the Pagan Pontifices Pontifex Maximus - Legacy
Pontifex Maximus - Christian usage Pontifex Maximus - The tradition of sovereign as High Priest Pontifex Maximus - Popular culture
Pontifex Maximus - Incomplete list of Pontifices maximi Pontifex Maximus - Furthermore

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Balbus, literally "stammerer", was the name of several Roman families. Of the Acilii Balbi, one Manius Acilius Balbus was consul in 150 BC, another in 114. To another family belonged T. Ampius Balbus, a supporter of Pompey, but afterwards pardoned by Julius Caesar (cf. Cic. ad Fam. vi. 12 and xiii. 70). We know also of Q. Antonius Balbus, praetor in Sicily in 82 BC, and Marcus Atius Balbus, who married Julia, a sister of Caesar, and had a daughter Atia, mother of Augustus. The most important of the name were the two Cornelii Balbi, natives of Gades (Cádiz): Lucius Cornelius Balbus (major)

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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 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC Years: 150 BC 149 BC 148 BC 147 BC 146 BC - 145 BC - 144 BC 143 BC 142 BC 141 BC 140 BC 145 BC - Events. In the Battle of Antioch, Ptolemy VI Philometor defeats the Seleucid usurper Alexander Balas, but dies in the battle. Ptolemy VII becomes king of Egypt briefly, then is assassinated by Ptolemy VII ...

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The Seleucid Empire was one of several political states founded after the death of Alexander the Great, whose generals squabbled over the division of Alexander's empire. There were over 30 kings of the Seleucid dynasty from 323 to 60 BC. Seleucid Empire - The partition of Alexander's empire 323-281 BC. Alexander the Great had conquered the Persian Empire within a short time-frame and died young, leaving an expansive empire of partly Hellenized culture without adult heir. Therefore his generals ...

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Seleucid Empire - The partition of Alexander's empire 323-281 BC Seleucid Empire - An overextended domain
Seleucid Empire - Greco-Bactrian secession 250 BC Seleucid Empire - Parthian secession 250 BC
Seleucid Empire - Eclipse and revival Seleucid Empire - The power of Rome and renewed disintegration Seleucid Empire - Civil war and further decay Seleucid Empire - Collapse of the Seleucid Empire Seleucid Empire - Seleucid rulers Seleucid Empire - In modern media

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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 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC Years: 157 BC 156 BC 155 BC 154 BC 153 BC - 152 BC - 151 BC 150 BC 149 BC 148 BC 147 BC 152 BC - Events. Macedonian uprisings, sometimes called the Fourth Macedonian War, broke out when Andriscus, supposed son of Perseus, led a rebellion against Rome and temporarily united Macedon. Jonathan Maccabae ...

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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 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC Years: 154 BC 153 BC 152 BC 151 BC 150 BC - 149 BC - 148 BC 147 BC 146 BC 145 BC 144 BC 149 BC - Events. Third Punic War declared; Rome lands an army in Africa to begin the Battle of Carthage. With Roman help, Nicomedes II overthrows his father Prusias II as king of Bithynia. Andriscus, the ...

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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 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC Years: 159 BC 158 BC 157 BC 156 BC 155 BC - 154 BC - 153 BC 152 BC 151 BC 150 BC 149 BC 154 BC - Events. Outbreak of the Lusitanian War and Celtiberian War 154 BC - Births. Gaius Gracchus, brother of Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus the Roman tribune

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Vulgar Latin (in Latin, sermo vulgaris) is a blanket term covering the vernacular dialects of the Latin language spoken mostly in the western provinces of the Roman Empire until those dialects, diverging still further, evolved into the early Romance languages — a distinction usually assigned to about the ninth century. This spoken Latin differed from the literary language of classical Latin in its pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar. Some features of Vulgar Latin did not appear until the late Empire. Other features ...

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Vulgar Latin - Vowels Vulgar Latin - Consonants Vulgar Latin - Evidence of changes
Vulgar Latin - Vocabulary Vulgar Latin - Grammar
Vulgar Latin - The loss of the noun case system Vulgar Latin - The Romance articles Vulgar Latin - Gender: loss of the neuter Vulgar Latin - Prepositions multiply Vulgar Latin - Adverbs Vulgar Latin - Verbs

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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 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC Years: 151 BC 150 BC 149 BC 148 BC 147 BC - 146 BC - 145 BC 144 BC 143 BC 142 BC 141 BC 146 BC - Events. Carthage falls to Roman forces under Scipio Aemilianus. Carthage was to be completely destroyed by order of the Roman Senate, despite Scipio's protests. End of the Third Punic War Battle of Corint ...

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Jonathan was one of the sons of Mattathias Maccabaeus. His father was a Kohen credited as the founding figure of the rebellion of the Maccabees against Antiochus IV Epiphanes of the Seleucid Empire. However Mattathias died in 167 BC while the rebellion was only begining. He was survived by Jonathan and his brothers Eleazar, Johanan, Judas Maccabeus, Simon Maccabaeus. They were sworn to continue the rebellion of their father. Judas soon became thei ...

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Jonathan Maccabaeus, Jonathan Maccabaeus - Leader of the Jews, Jonathan Maccabaeus - Turn of fate, Jonathan Maccabaeus - High Priest., Jonathan Maccabaeus - Victory over Apollonius., Jonathan Maccabaeus - Under Demetrius II., Jonathan Maccabaeus - Friendship with Rome and Sparta., Jonathan Maccabaeus - Diodotus Tryphon

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Persian Empire - The first Persian state: Achaemenid Persia 648 BC–330 BC. Main articles: Achaemenid dynasty, and [[]], and [[]], and See also:

Persian Empire, Persian Empire - The name Persia, Persian Empire - The rise and fall of empires in Persia, Persian Empire - The first Persian state: Achaemenid Persia 648 BC–330 BC, Persian Empire - Hellenistic Persia 330 BC–150 BC, Persian Empire - Parthian Persia 150 BC–AD 226, Persian Empire - Sassanid Persia AD 226–650, Persian Empire - Islam and Persia 650–1219, Persian Empire - Persia under the Turkic rule 1037–1219, Persian Empire - Persia under the Mongols and their successors 1219–1500, Persian Empire - A new Persian empire: the Safavids 1500–1722, Persian Empire - Persia and Europe 1722–1914, Persian Empire - Persia in World War One 1914–1918, Persian Empire - Persia after World War One 1919–1935, Persian Empire - List of Kings and Emperors of Persia

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The complete surviving works are Pneumatica (Greek, c. 60), Automata (Greek), Mechanics (Arabic), Metrics (Arabic), Dioptra (Arabic). In optics, Hero proposed that light travels along the shortest geometric path. This view is no longer accepted, having been replaced by the least-time principle. In geometry, the formula for finding the area of any triangle knowing only the lengths of its sides is known as Hero's or Heron's Formula. wher ...

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Starting about 113 BC, Emperor Wu appeared to begin to display further signs of abusing his power. He began to incessantly tour the commanderies, initially nearby Chang'an, but later extending to much farther places, worshipping the various gods on the way, perhaps again in the search of immortality. He also had a succession of magicians whom he honored with great things, even, in one case, making one a marquess and marrying a daughter to him. (That magician, after he was exposed to be a fraud, however, was executed.) Emperor Wu's expenditur ...

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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 after he became emperor, in 156 BC. When she was pregnant, she claimed that she dreamed a sun falling into her womb. In 153 BC, Prince Che was created the Prince of Jiaodong. As Emperor Jing's empress Empress Bo had no sons, his oldest son Liu Rong (劉榮), born of his other favorite concubine Consort Li (栗姬), was created crown prince in 153 BC. Consort Li was arrogant and jealous, and she hoped to ...

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Empress Wang Zhi, Empress Wang Zhi - Family background and first marriage, Empress Wang Zhi - As consort to the crown prince and then emperor, Empress Wang Zhi - As empress, Empress Wang Zhi - As empress dowager

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History of Belgium - Prehistory. Around 400,000 BC Neandertals lived on the edge of the Meuse river, near the village of Spy. From 30,000 BC on the inhabitants were Homo sapiens. Neolithic vestiges exist at Spiennes where there was a silex mine. Image:Belgicaromana.gif The first signs of the Bronze age date 1750 BC. From 500 BC Celtic tribes settled and traded with the Mediterranean world. From 150 BC the first coins were in use. The earliest named inhabitants of Belgium were the Belgae (after whom the modern Belgium is named). ...

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History of Belgium, History of Belgium - Before independence, History of Belgium - Prehistory, History of Belgium - Antiquity, History of Belgium - Pre-romanesque period, History of Belgium - Romanesque period, History of Belgium - Gothic period, History of Belgium - Burgundian Netherlands, History of Belgium - The Spanish Netherlands, History of Belgium - Austrian Netherlands, History of Belgium - French period, History of Belgium - United Kingdom of the Netherlands, History of Belgium - Independence, History of Belgium - From the independence to WWI, History of Belgium - Laicity and catholicism, History of Belgium - Industrial revolution, History of Belgium - The first school war 1879-1884, History of Belgium - The rise of the socialist party and of the trade unions, History of Belgium - The Congolese colony, History of Belgium - Historicism and Art Nouveau, History of Belgium - From WWI to WWII, History of Belgium - World War I, History of Belgium - Between the wars, History of Belgium - World War II, History of Belgium - After WWII, History of Belgium - The royal question, History of Belgium - Post-war economic growth, History of Belgium - European and international integration, History of Belgium - The second school war 1950-1959, History of Belgium - The Congo crisis 1960-1965, History of Belgium - The linguistic wars, History of Belgium - The rise of the federal state, History of Belgium - The fall of the Belgian economic miracle, History of Belgium - The Marc Dutroux Scandal, History of Belgium - The rise of the Green parties, History of Belgium - The rainbow government 1999-2003, History of Belgium - Reference

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