Encyclopedia - 1 Bc: Encyclopedia - 1 Bc
1 BC was the last BC year. 1 BC - Events. Year zero for the different conventions that historians and astronomers use for "BC" years. 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Antiochus Ii Theos: Encyclopedia - Antiochus Ii Theos
Antiochus II Theos (286–246 BC), was an emperor of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire who reigned 261–246 BC). He succeeded his father A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anno Domini: Encyclopedia - Anno Domini
Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi ("In the Year of Our Lord Jesus Christ"), commonly shortened to Anno Domini ("In the Year of the Lord"), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia - Wang Mang
Wang Mang (王莽, pinyin: Wáng Măng) (45 BC–October 6, 23), courtesy name Jujun (巨君), was a Han Dynasty official who seized the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Board Game: Encyclopedia - Board Game
A board game is any game played on a board (that is, a premarked surface) with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. Simple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1st Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 1st Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) The 1st century BC starts on January 1, 100 BC and ends on December 31, 1 BC. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xin Dynasty: Encyclopedia - Xin Dynasty
The Xin Dynasty (新朝, meaning New Dynasty) (8-23) was a "dynasty" (even though, contrary to the usual meaning of a dynasty, it had but...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astronomical Year Numbering: Encyclopedia - Astronomical Year Numbering
Astronomical year numbering is based on AD/BC / CE/BCE year numbering, but follows normal decimal integer numbering more strictly. Thus, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia - Herod The Great
Herod I, also known as Herod the Great, was a Roman client-king of Judaea (c. 74 BC - March 4 BC in Jerusalem). The details of his biogra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1: Encyclopedia - 1
1 - Births. Jesus, according to the anno Domini era created by Dionysius Exiguus in 525 as argued by one scholar, Georges Declercq, in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 0s Bc: Encyclopedia - 0s Bc
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC 20s BC 10s BC - 0s BC - 0s 10s 20s 30s 40s Years: ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aulus Plautius: Encyclopedia Ii - Aulus Plautius - Career
Little is known of Aulus Plautius's early career. An inscription reveals he was involved in the suppression of a slave revolt in Apulia, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Early Imperial Roman Consuls: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Early Imperial Roman Consuls - 1st Century
AD 1 C. Iulius Caesar, L. Aemilius Paullus 2 P. Vinicius, P. Alfenus Varus 3 L. Aelius Lamia, M. Servilius 4 Sex. Aelius Catus, C. Sentiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consort Feng Yuan: Encyclopedia Ii - Consort Feng Yuan - As Imperial Consort
Feng Yuan became a consort to Emperor Yuan in 47 BC, the second year of his reign. She quickly became a favorite of his, along with Conso...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Cheng Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Cheng Of Han - Emperor Cheng's Women Troubles And Lack Of An Heir
Emperor Cheng was a womanizer with many favorites. His first favorite was Empress Xu (created 31 BC), from the clan of his murdered grand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Ping Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Ping Of Han - Family Background And Life As Imperial Prince
Then-Liu Jizi was born in 9 BC. His father Liu Xing (劉興) was the youngest son of Emperor Yuan and the younger brother of Emperor Chen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympiad: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympiad - Ancient Olympics
For the ancient Olympics, the Olympiad was a period of four years starting with the games at Olympia. By modern reckoning, the first reco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anno Domini: Encyclopedia Ii - Anno Domini - Earlier Calendar Epochs
Anno Domini dating was not the initial choice of Christians in the Mediterranean world; it was not adopted in Western Europe until after ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiberius: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiberius - Early Life
Tiberius Claudius Nero was born on 16 November 42 BC to Tiberius Nero and Livia Drusilla. From his birth in a noble family¹, Tiberius wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Julio-claudian Dynasty
The Julio-Claudian dynasty was composed of the Iulii Caesares and the Claudii Nerones, two distinguished patrician families in the waning...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Mang - Early Reign: Mistakes
Early in his reign, now-Emperor Wang Mang was self-confident and believed that he now had the power to implement his ideals of restoring ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consort Fu: Encyclopedia Ii - Consort Fu - Domination Of Her Grandson's Reign
Emperor Cheng died suddenly in 7 BC, and Prince Xin ascended the throne as Emperor Ai. Almost immediately, the issue of the roles of Prin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Andong: Encyclopedia Ii - Andong - History
Around 1 BC Andong was founded by the Jinhan people, and it was known as Gochang. During the Three Kingdoms period, the area was controll...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infanticide: Encyclopedia Ii - Infanticide - Explanations For The Practice
Many historians believe the reason to be primarily economic, with more children born into families than the family is prepared to support...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Board Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Board Game - History
Board games have a long history and have been played in most cultures and societies; some even pre-date literacy skill development in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Zhao Feiyan: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Zhao Feiyan - Early Life And Life As Imperial Consort To Emperor Cheng
It is not known when Zhao Feiyan was born. According to historical accounts, she was a daughter of two hereditary servants of imperial pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Zhengjun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhengjun - The Reemergency Of Wang Mang During The Reigns Of Emperor Ping And Emperor Ruzi And Wang Mang's Usurpation Of The Throne
When Emperor Ai died, his male favorite (commonly believed to be homosexual lover) Dong Xian was in command of the armed forces and was t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - Date Of Herod's Death
Some chronologers hold that he died in the year 5 or 4 BC. Their chronology is based to a large extent on Josephus’ history. In dating ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Ai Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Ai Of Han - As Emperor
Emperor Ai of Han - Early reign -- optimism. Emperor Ai, aged 20 at his ascension, quickly ended Emperor Cheng's practice of delegating...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dong Xian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dong Xian - Relationship With Emperor Ai And Quick Ascension To Great Power
Circa 4 BC, Dong had by this point become a favorite of Emperor Ai's. It was described that whenever Emperor Ai visited places outside th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Ping: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Ping - Young Widowhood And Temporary Status As Empress Dowager
Circa 5, Emperor Ping, having grown older, appeared to have grown out of a heart condition that he suffered earlier, and it became fairly...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Board Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Board Game - Luck, Strategy And Diplomacy
One way of defining board games are between those based upon luck and strategy. Some games, such as chess, have no luck involved. Childre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Severan Dynasty
The short-lived Severan dynasty came into the purple primarily not by vote of the Senate like the Julio-Claudii but rather by the point o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - From Domitian To Severus
In March 193, the Imperial dignity was quite literally and quite openly auctioned off by the mutinous Praetorian Guard, with Titus Flaviu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Nervan-antonine Dynasty
The Nervan-Antonine dynasty was a largely artificial one, chiefly built out more of adoption than blood relations, as in the Julio-Claudi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Year Of The Four Emperors
The year 69 is often called the "Year of the Four Emperors" because it saw four usurpers successively claim the purple. The fourth Empero...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiberius: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiberius - Continuing Legacy
In the Bible, Tiberius is mentioned by name only once, in Luke 3:1 (stating that John the Baptist entered on his public ministry in the f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiberius: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiberius - Final Years
The Sejanus affair appears to have greatly depressed Tiberius. A close friend and confidant had betrayed him. His withdrawal from public ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Zhao Feiyan: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Zhao Feiyan - As Empress Dowager
Emperor Cheng died suddenly in 7 BC, apparently from a stroke (although historians also report the possibility of an overdosage of aphrod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Zhao Feiyan: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Zhao Feiyan - As Empress
After Feiyan was created empress, she began to lose favor from Emperor Cheng, while her sister Hede received the nearly exclusive affecti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Zhengjun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhengjun - Role During Emperor Ai's Reign
When Emperor Ai ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Wang received the title that she is later most known for -- Grand Empress Dowager Wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Flavian Dynasty
The Flavian dynasty was composed of the Flavii Vespasiani, a middle-class family of plebeian stock. A relatively short-lived dynasty of 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Severan Dynasty Restored
The Severi, in addition to being the second dynasty d'épée, are also the first Roman dynasty to have been restored to the purple. The r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiberius: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiberius - Tiberius And Sejanus
Sejanus hailed from Volsinii in Etruria, from the equites family of Lucius Seius Strabo, who also shared the Praetorian Prefecture until ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Ping: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Ping - Life During Xin Dynasty
Traditional historical accounts described Empress Wang as an unhappy widow during her father's reign, still bearing seeds of loyalty in h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consort Feng Yuan: Encyclopedia Ii - Consort Feng Yuan - As Princess Dowager
In 33 BC, Emperor Yuan died, and Crown Prince Ao ascended the throne as Emperor Cheng. Prince Xing went to his principality at Xindu, and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consort Fu: Encyclopedia Ii - Consort Fu - Years As Imperial Consort
It is not known when exactly Consort Fu became a consort to Emperor Yuan, but it is known that it happened during his years as crown prin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Consort Fu: Encyclopedia Ii - Consort Fu - As Princess Dowager
After Emperor Cheng's death, Prince Kang went to his Principality of Shanyang. Consort Fu received the title of princess dowager. She was...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aulus Plautius: Encyclopedia Ii - Aulus Plautius - Relatives
Plautius was a (probably distant) relative of Claudius's first wife, Plautia Urgulanilla. Quintus Plautius, who was consul in 36, was pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Zhengjun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhengjun - Marriage To Crown Prince Liu Shi Later Emperor Yuan And Accession As Empress
In the middle of the 50s BC, Consort Sima, the favorite consort of Crown Prince Liu Shi (later Emperor Yuan) died from an illness. Crown ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Emperor Principate: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Emperor Principate - Macrinus And Diadumenianus
Macrinus came from an equestrian family; Dio Cassius writes that he was a Moor from Caesarea. Note that he did not style himself "Caesar"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dong Xian: Encyclopedia Ii - Dong Xian - Early Career
It is unclear when Dong became a court official, but it is known that early in Emperor Ai's reign (which lasted from 7 BC to 1 BC), Dong ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Zhengjun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhengjun - Empress Dowager During Reign Of Emperor Cheng And The Aggrandization Of Power By The Wang Clan
After the death of Emperor Yuan and the accession of Emperor Cheng, Empress Wang became empress dowager. Prince Kang, as was customary wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Zhengjun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhengjun - Empress During Reign Of Emperor Yuan And Struggles With Consort Fu
In 47 BC, Emperor Yuan created Prince Ao, Empress Wang's son, Crown Prince. Emperor Yuan was a relatively non-womanizing emperor, but he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Wang Zhengjun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Wang Zhengjun - Emperor Cheng's Women Troubles And Lack Of An Heir
Emperor Cheng was a womanizer with many favorites. His first favorite was Empress Xu (created 31 BC), from the clan of his murdered grand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Mang - Regency And Buildup Of Personality Cult
Emperor Ai died suddenly in 1 BC, without heir. In decisive action, Grand Empress Dowager Wang seized power back from Emperor Ai's male f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Board Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Board Game - Luck Strategy And Diplomacy
One way of defining board games are between those based upon luck and strategy. Some games, such as chess, have no luck involved. Childre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - Herod In The New Testament
Herod the Great plays a minor role in The Gospel according to Matthew (ch. 2), which describes an event known as the Massacre of the Inno...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Ai Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Ai Of Han - Family Background And Early Life As The Prince Of Dingtao
Emperor Ai was born to Prince Liu Kang of Dingtao (劉康), the brother to then-reigning Emperor Cheng and son to Emperor Yuan, and his w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Ai Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Ai Of Han - As Crown Prince
Whether Emperor Cheng was formally adopting Prince Xin would quickly become a major controversy. Emperor Cheng viewed the fact that he cr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Cheng Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Cheng Of Han - The Aggrandization Of Power By The Wang Clan
After the death of Emperor Yuan and the accession of Emperor Cheng, Empress Wang became empress dowager. Prince Kang, as was customary wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Cheng Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Cheng Of Han - Birth And Career As Crown Prince
Emperor Cheng was born circa 51 BC to then-Crown Prince Liu Shi (later Emperor Yuan) and one of his consorts, Consort Wang (later more co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - Achievements
Herod has entered posterity as a ruthless ruler and on account of his cruelty, not least to close members of his own family; but he was a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - Herod's Family Trees
--- = married | = descended from ... = sibling dt = daughter b = born ? = not included here or unknown Alexandra --- Alexander ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - 30s Bc
39 BC-37 BC War against Antigonos. After the winning of Jerusalem and victory over Antigonos, Marc Antony executes Antigonos. 36 BC Herod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - Biography
Herod the Great arose from a wealthy, influential Idumaean family. The Idumaeans, successors to the Edomites of the Hebrew Bible, settled...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - 20s Bc
29 BC Josephus writes that Herod had great passion and also great jealousy concerning his wife Mariamne. She learns of Herod's plans to m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - 10s Bc
Circa 18 BC Herod travels for the second time to Rome. 14 BC Herod supports the Jews in Anatolia and Cyrene. Owing to the prosperity in J...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - Marriages And Children
1. married Doris Son Antipater, executed 4 BC 2. married Mariamme (I.), daughter of Hasmonean Alexandros Son Alexandros, executed 7 BC...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Herod The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Herod The Great - 0s Bc
9 BC The inauguration of Caesarea Maritima is a marvellous spectacle with a festival. Owing to the course of the war against the Nabatean...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Ping Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Ping Of Han - Early Reign And Wang Mang's Aggrandization Of Power
Almost immediately after Emperor Ping took the throne, Wang Mang began to carry out a regime to return governmental structure to ancient ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Ping Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Ping Of Han - The Lü Kuan Incident And Wang Mang's Seizure Of Absolute Power
Wang Mang's son Wang Yu (王宇) disagreed with his father's dictatorial regime and program to build up his personality cult, afraid that...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Mang - Retirement During Emperor Ai's Reign
After Wang Mang's resignation, he was initially requested by Emperor Ai to remain at the capital Chang'an and periodically meet him to gi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Mang - First Tenure As The Commander Of The Armed Forces
After Wang Mang was promoted to this position -- effectively the highest in the imperial government -- he became even better known for hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Mang - As Acting Emperor
Because the young Emperor Ping had not had any children by his wife Empress Wang or any of his concubines, there was no heir. Further, by...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Mang - Middle Reign: Agrarian Rebellions
For a while, despite the failures of Wang's policies, the people were generally obedient. About 17, as the burdens from the wars and the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiberius: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiberius - Heir To Augustus
Tragedy worked for the benefit of Tiberius. In 2, Lucius Caesar died of an illness at Massilia. Augustus, resistant to the idea of allowi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Mang - Late Reign: Hopelessness
In 22, Wang Mang finally saw that (as many of his officials had tried to tell him earlier) that the agrarian rebellions were posing a muc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wang Mang: Encyclopedia Ii - Wang Mang - Early Life And Career
Wang Mang was the son of Wang Man (王曼), the younger brother of Empress Wang Zhengjun, and his wife Qu (渠, family name unknown), bor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anno Domini: Encyclopedia Ii - Anno Domini - History Of Anno Domini
As the Roman Empire declined, imperial regnal year dating became sloppy, but remained the norm for 400 years in Christian Church circles....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infanticide: Encyclopedia Ii - Infanticide - Infant Euthanasia
Joseph Fletcher, founder of situational ethics and a euthanasia proponent, proposed that infanticide be permitted in cases of severe birt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Infanticide: Encyclopedia Ii - Infanticide - Infanticide In History
Infanticide was common in all well-studied ancient cultures, including those of ancient Greece, Rome, India, China, and Japan. The practi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Early Imperial Roman Consuls: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Early Imperial Roman Consuls - 1st Century Bc
33 Imperator Caesar Divi filius II, L. Volcacius Tullus 32 Cn. Domitius Ahenobarbus, C. Sosius 31 Imp. Caesar Divi filius III, M. Valeriu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Early Imperial Roman Consuls: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Early Imperial Roman Consuls - 2nd Century
101 Imp. Caesar Nerva Traianus Augustus IV, Q. Articuleius Paetus 102 L. Iulius Ursus Servianus II, L. Licinius Sura II 103 Imp. Caesar N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anno Domini: Encyclopedia Ii - Anno Domini - Alternative Methods In The Modern Era
The French Revolution and the Italian Fascists each seriously attempted to displace the Anno Domini system by instead dating from their o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympiad: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympiad - Modern Olympics
For the modern Olympics the term was long used to indicate the games themselves, but the IOC now uses them to indicate a period of four y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tiberius: Encyclopedia Ii - Tiberius - Early Reign
The accession of Tiberius proved intensely awkward. After Augustus had been buried and deified, and his will read and honored, the Senate...   » Read the article