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Encyclopedia - 188 Bc: Encyclopedia - 188 Bc
Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC Decades: 230s BC 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC - 180s BC - 170s BC 160s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire
The Seleucid Empire was one of several political states founded after the death of Alexander the Great, whose generals squabbled over th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 185 Bc: Encyclopedia - 185 Bc
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Encyclopedia - 187 Bc: Encyclopedia - 187 Bc
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Encyclopedia - Asia Province: Encyclopedia - Asia Province
The Roman province of Asia was the administrative unit added to the late Republic, a Senatorial province governed by a proconsul who was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antiochus Iv Epiphanes: Encyclopedia - Antiochus Iv Epiphanes
Antiochus IV Epiphanes (Επιφανής, Greek: Manifest) (c. 215–163 BC, reigned 175–163 BC), was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleuc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 191 Bc: Encyclopedia - 191 Bc
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Encyclopedia - 184 Bc: Encyclopedia - 184 Bc
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Encyclopedia - 183 Bc: Encyclopedia - 183 Bc
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Encyclopedia - 186 Bc: Encyclopedia - 186 Bc
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Encyclopedia - 190 Bc: Encyclopedia - 190 Bc
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Encyclopedia - 192 Bc: Encyclopedia - 192 Bc
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Encyclopedia - Antiochus Iii The Great: Encyclopedia - Antiochus Iii The Great
Antiochus III the Great, (c. 241–187 BC, ruled 223–187 BC), younger son of Seleucus II Callinicus, became ruler of the Seleucid Empir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paculla Annia: Encyclopedia Ii - Paculla Annia - Rites
In 188 BC, Paculla admitted men for the first time to participate - although it is now believed that men had participated before that. Th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - 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 Hell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lü Clan Disturbance: Encyclopedia Ii - Lü Clan Disturbance - Emperor Hui's Death And Total Domination Of The Political Scene By Grand Empress Dowager Lü
When Emperor Hui died in autumn 188 BC, his son (but this parentage is disputed) Liu Gong ascended to the throne as Emperor Qianshao. How...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marius: Encyclopedia Ii - Marius - Early Career
Marius was born ca. 157 BC in the town of Arpinum in southern Latium. The town had been conquered by the Romans in the late fourth centur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Lü Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Lü Zhi - As Empress Dowager
Empress Dowager Lü quickly exerted even more influence on the reign of her son than even she did as empress. The first targets that she ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch Pisidia: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch Pisidia - Tour Of Antioch
Arriving at Antioch from the west, visitors can see the Fortifications and structures of various periods. Architectural fragments of the ...   » 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 - Thracian Chersonese: Encyclopedia Ii - Thracian Chersonese - History
The Thracian Chersonese was originally inhabited by Thracians. Settlers from Ancient Greece, mainly of Ionian and Aeolian stock, founded ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hannibal: Encyclopedia Ii - Hannibal - Background And Early Career
Hannibal Barca ("mercy of Baal"), son of Hamilcar Barca, was born in 247 BC. After Carthage's defeat in the First Punic War, Hamilcar set...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Hui Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Hui Of Han - Early Life And Years As Crown Prince
How Liu Ying's childhood was like is not completely clear. What is known is that he was not his father Liu Bang's oldest son -- that woul...   » 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 - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - 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 Hell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Lü Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Lü Zhi - Life During Chu Han Contention
In 207 BC, after the fall of Qin, in which Liu Bang played a major role but in doing so offended Xiang Yu, who wanted the glory for himse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch Pisidia: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch Pisidia - The Sanctuary Of Men Askaenos
A sanctuary exists on the neighbouring hill east of Antioch, which is about 1600 m high, that 6 km away from Antioch(3.5 km as the crow f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Lü Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Lü Zhi - Family Background And Marriage To Liu Bang
Lü Zhi's father Lü Wen (呂文) was the county magistrate for Danfu (單父) during late Qin Dynasty. When her eventual husband Liu Ban...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - The Power Of Rome And Renewed Disintegration
But Antiochus' glory was not to last for long. Following his erstwhile ally Philip's defeat at the hands of Rome in 197 BC, Antiochus now...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch Pisidia: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch Pisidia - Archaeology
Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell, British chaplain at Izmir between 1822-1834 was the first person who defined and studied the city when in 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch Pisidia: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch Pisidia - Acropolis And Fortifications
The city, like other Hellenistic colonies, was founded on a hill for ease of defence. The steep valley of the River Anthius in the east p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch Pisidia: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch Pisidia - City Plan
Most of the city has not been excavated and questions like, for example, the relationship between the Theatre and the Cardo Maximus canno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Lü Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Lü Zhi - As Empress
Despite Emperor Gao's victory over Xiang, there would still be many unpacified areas of the empire for years, requiring the new emperor t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Lü Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Lü Zhi - As Grand Empress Dowager
Quickly, Grand Empress Dowager Lü tried to carry out something that Emperor Gao had prohibited -- making her kin princes. (Emperor Gao h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lü Clan Disturbance: Encyclopedia Ii - Lü Clan Disturbance - The Coup D'etat Against The Lüs And Their Total Destruction
That would not be how the plan actually went, however. In autumn 180 BC, Liu Xiang did indeed start a military campaign with his own forc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lü Clan Disturbance: Encyclopedia Ii - Lü Clan Disturbance - Emperor Wen's Ascension To The Throne
The political propaganda of the conspirators was to protect Emperor Houshao against the Lü conspiracy, but once the Lüs were slaughtere...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - In Modern Media
The Seleucid Empire is one of a number of factions in the 2004 PC game Rome: Total War. The Jewish Maccabees, who expelled the Seleucid, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - An Overextended Domain
Nevertheless, even before Seleucus' death, the vast eastern domains of the Seleucids were proving difficult to assert control over. Seleu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Lü Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Lü Zhi - As Grand Empress Dowager
Quickly, Grand Empress Dowager Lü tried to carry out something that Emperor Gao had prohibited -- making her kin princes. (Emperor Gao h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch Pisidia: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch Pisidia - History Of Antioch
Antioch Pisidia - Prehistory. It has been a tradition for all researchers writing the history of the city to claim that the city dates ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Lü Zhi: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Lü Zhi - Death
In 180 BC, Grand Empress Dowager Lü was making sacrifices to the gods at Bashang. As she was returning to the capital after the sacrific...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Eclipse And Revival
By the time Antiochus II's son Seleucus II Callinicus came to the throne around 246 BC, the Seleucids seemed to be at a low ebb indeed. A...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Hannibal: Encyclopedia Ii - Hannibal - Anecdotes
Cicero offers a story of Hannibal while at the court of Antiochus III. Hannibal attended a lecture by a certain Phormio, a philosopher, t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hannibal: Encyclopedia Ii - Hannibal - Place In History
Hannibal's name is commonplace in popular culture, an objective measure of his influence on Western European history. The author of the 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paculla Annia: Encyclopedia Ii - Paculla Annia - Witch-hunt
As claimed by the historian Max Dashu, as early as the second century BC, major elements of European witchcraft as described by persecuti...   » 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 - Marius: Encyclopedia Ii - Marius - Pontus And The First Civil War
, 88-84 BC. After the conclusion of the Social War, Mithradates of Pontus began his bid to conquer the eastern provinces and invaded Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marius: Encyclopedia Ii - Marius - Run For The Consulship
By 108 BC, Marius conceived the desire to run for the Consulship. Seeking permission from Metellus to go to Rome to do so, he was urged t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marius: Encyclopedia Ii - Marius - Cimbri And Teutoni
The arrival of the Cimbri in Gaul in 109 BC and their complete defeat of M. Junius Silanus had resulted in unrest among the Celtic tribes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marius: Encyclopedia Ii - Marius - Showdown With The Germans
In 102 BC the Cimbri returned from Hispania into Gaul and together with the Teutoni decided to invade Italy. The Teutoni were to head sou...   » 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 - 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 - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Civil War And Further Decay
After the death of Antiochus IV Epiphanes, the Seleucid Empire became increasingly unstable. Frequent civil wars made central authority t...   » 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 - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - Collapse Of The Seleucid Empire
By 100 BC, the once formidable Seleucid Empire encompassed little more than Antioch and some Syrian cities. Despite the clear collapse of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Seleucid Empire: Encyclopedia Ii - Seleucid Empire - In Modern Media
The Seleucid Empire is one of a number of factions in the 2004 PC game Rome: Total War. The Jewish revolt Maccabee who expelled the Seleu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Hui Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Hui Of Han - Marriage And Children
In winter 192 BC, Emperor Hui married Empress Zhang, a marriage that would not yield any children. However, whether Emperor Hui actually ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Hui Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Hui Of Han - Reign As Emperor
Immediately upon Prince Ying's ascension to the throne as Emperor Hui, Empress Lü, now empress dowager, became the effective lead figure...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antioch Pisidia: Encyclopedia Ii - Antioch Pisidia - Geography
The city is surrounded by, on the east the deep ravine of the Anthius River which flows into Lake Egirdir, with the Sultan Mountains to t...   » Read the article