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Encyclopedia - 246 Bc: Encyclopedia - 246 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC - 240s BC - 230s BC 220s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia - Library Of Alexandria
The Royal Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt was once the largest in the world. It is generally assumed to have been founded at ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 243 Bc: Encyclopedia - 243 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC - 240s BC - 230s BC 220s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coma Berenices: Encyclopedia - Coma Berenices
Coma Berenices (Latin for Berenice's Hair) is a traditional asterism that has since become a constellation. It is located near Leo, and w...   » 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 - 250 Bc: Encyclopedia - 250 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 300s BC 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC - 250s BC - 240s BC 230s 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 - 249 Bc: Encyclopedia - 249 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC - 240s BC - 230s BC 220s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 3rd Century Bc: Encyclopedia - 3rd Century Bc
(2nd millennium BC - 1st millennium BC - 1st millennium) 3rd century BC - Events. The first two Punic Wars between Carthage and Rome ov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 247 Bc: Encyclopedia - 247 Bc
Centuries: 4th century BC - 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC Decades: 290s BC 280s BC 270s BC 260s BC 250s BC - 240s BC - 230s BC 220s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Library Of Alexandria: Encyclopedia Ii - Library Of Alexandria - Overview
One story holds that the Library was seeded with Aristotle's own private collection, through one of his students, Demetrius Phalereus. An...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Ptolemaic Egypt
In 332 BC Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, conquered Egypt, with little resistance from the Persians. He was welcomed by the Egyptia...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coma Berenices: Encyclopedia Ii - Coma Berenices - Notable Deep Sky Objects
Although Coma Berenices is not a large constellation, it contains eight Messier objects. The constellation is quite rich in galaxies, con...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Africa
List of assassinated people - Algeria. Hiempsal, (117 BC), co-ruler of Numidia, by Jugurtha François Darlan, (1942), French Admiral, ...   » 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 - 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 - Praetor: Encyclopedia Ii - Praetor - Additional Praetors And Their Duties
When the territories of the state were extended beyond the limits of Italy, new praetors were made. Thus two praetors were created in 227...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serapeum: Encyclopedia Ii - Serapeum - Destruction Of The Serapeum
Bishop Theophilus of Alexandria was Nicene patriarch when the decrees of emperor Theodosius I forbade public observances of any but Chris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Praetor: Encyclopedia Ii - Praetor - Praetorship
The Praetorship was originally a kind of third consulship, and the chief functions of the praetor were a portion of the functions of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Serapeum: Encyclopedia Ii - Serapeum - Excavation And Egyptian Chronology
The Serapeum was discovered by Auguste Mariette, who excavated most of the complex. Unfortunately his notes of the excavation were lost, ...   » 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 - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Europe
List of assassinated people - Austria. Karl von Stürgkh, (1916), Prime Minister of Austria Franz Birnecker, (1923), Austrian labour r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Praetor: Encyclopedia Ii - Praetor - Miscellaneous
The Praetors existed with varying numbers to a late period in the Empire. A person who had been ejected from the Roman Senate could recov...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coma Berenices: Encyclopedia Ii - Coma Berenices - History And Mythology
Coma Berenices has been known as an distinct asterism since ancient Greek times. Eratosthenes referred to the it as both "Ariadne's Hair"...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In The Americas
List of assassinated people - Argentina. Pedro Aramburu, (1970), former president of Argentina executed by the Montoneros Carlos Prats...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Persian And Arab Conquests
The Persian occupation of Egypt, beginning in 619 or 618, was one of the triumphs in the last Sasanian war against Byzantium. Khosrow II ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek And Roman Egypt - Roman Egypt
In 30 BC, following the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire as the province Aegyptus, governed by a prefect selecte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Coma Berenices: Encyclopedia Ii - Coma Berenices - Notable Features
Coma Berenices contains the North Galactic Pole, at right ascension 12h 51.42m and declination 27° 07.8′ (epoch J2000.0). The constell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Assassinated People: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Assassinated People - Assassinations In Asia
List of assassinated people - Afghanistan. Habibullah Khan, (1919), emir of Afghanistan Mohammed Nader Shah, (1933), king of Afghanist...   » Read the article