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Encyclopedia - 356 Bc: Encyclopedia - 356 Bc
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Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great
Alexander the Great (in Greek Μέγας Αλέξανδρος, transliterated Megas Alexandros; born in Pella, Macedon, in July, 356 BC, ...   » Read the article

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Centuries: 5th century BC - 4th century BC - 3rd century BC Decades: 400s BC 390s BC 380s BC 370s BC 360s BC - 350s BC - 340s BC 330s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shang Yang: Encyclopedia Ii - Shang Yang - Reforms
Before Shang Yang's arrival in 361 BC, Qin was a backwards state. The vast majority of his reforms were taken from policies instituted el...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek - Origins
There are several theories about the origins of the Greek language. One theory suggests that it originated with a migration of proto-Gree...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Temple Of Artemis: Encyclopedia Ii - Temple Of Artemis - History
The sacred site at Ephesus was far older than the Artemisium. Pausanias understood the shrine of Artemis there to be very ancient. He sta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Period Of Conquests
Alexander the Great - The defeat of the Persian Empire. Alexander's army had crossed the Hellespont with about 40,000 soldiers---primar...   » 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 - Roman Dictator: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Dictator - Powers And Abilities
The dictatorship was limited to six months, and no instances occur in which a person held this office for a longer time, save for the dic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Dictator: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Dictator - Powers And Abilities
The dictatorship was limited to six months, and no instances occur in which a person held this office for a longer time, save for the dic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syracuse Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - Syracuse Italy - History
Syracuse Italy - Ancient age. The area of what is today Syracuse was settled since very ancient times, as showed by the findings in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Period Of Conquests
Alexander the Great - The defeat of the Persian Empire. Alexander's army had crossed the Hellespont with about 42,000 soldiers---primar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippi: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippi - Origins
Philippi was founded by the king of Macedon, Philip II, on the site of the Thasian colony of Crenides (Κρηνἱδες, "Fountains"), n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Period Of Conquests
Alexander the Great - The defeat of the Persian Empire. Alexander's army had crossed the Hellespont with about 42,000 soldiers---primar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Death
On the afternoon of June 10 - 11, 323 BC, Alexander died of a mysterious illness in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon. He was ju...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - The Army Of Alexander The Great Before The Battle Of Gaugamela
The army of Alexander was, for the most part, that of his father Philip. It was composed of light and heavy troops and some engineers, me...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Legacy And Division Of The Empire
After Alexander's death, his empire was divided among his officers, mostly with the pretense of first preserving a united kingdom. Later,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Alexander's Marriages And Sexuality
Alexander's greatest emotional attachment is generally considered to have been to his companion, cavalry commander (chiliarchos) and prob...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Alexander's Legend
Alexander was a legend in his own time. His court historian Callisthenes portrayed the sea in Cilicia as drawing back from him in proskyn...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Dictator: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Dictator - A New Dictatorate And Abolition
After a 120-year lapse, and the falling out of Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the latter marched on Rome and had himself appoin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Syracuse Italy: Encyclopedia Ii - Syracuse Italy - Main Sights
Syracuse Italy - Ancient buildings. The Temple of Apollo, adapted to a church in Byzantine times and to a mosque under Arab rule. The ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Early Life
Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of Epirote princess Olympias. According to Plutarch (Alexander 3.1,3), Olympias wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Dictator: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Dictator - Establishment And History
On the establishment of the Roman republic the government of the state was entrusted to two consuls, that the citizens might be the bette...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek - Hellenistic Greek - Koiné
As Greeks colonized from Asia Minor to Egypt to the Middle East, the Greek language began to evolve into multiple dialects. Alexander the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Ancient Sources
The ancient sources for Alexander's life are, from the perspective of ancient history, relatively numerous. Alexander himself left only a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Early Life
Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of Epirote princess Olympias. According to Plutarch (Alexander 3.1,3), Olympias wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Greek: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Greek - Ancient Greek Dialects
In the archaic and classical periods, there were three main dialects of the Greek language: Aeolic, Ionic, and Doric, corresponding to th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Alexander's Character
Modern opinion on Alexander has run the gamut from the idea that he believed he was on a divinely-inspired mission to unite the human rac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Dictator: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Dictator - Establishment And History
On the establishment of the Roman republic the government of the state was entrusted to two consuls, that the citizens might be the bette...   » 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 - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Alexander's Marriages And Sexuality
Alexander's greatest emotional attachment is generally considered to have been to his companion, cavalry commander (chiliarchos) and prob...   » 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 - Philippi: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippi - The Byzantine And Ottoman Era
Already weakened by the Slavic invasions at the end of the 6th century, which ruined the agrarian economy of Macedonia, and probably also...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippi: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippi - The Roman Era
The city reappears in the sources during the Roman civil war that followed the assassination of Julius Caesar. His heirs Mark Antony and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippi: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippi - The Early Christian Era
The first church attested in the city is a small building that was probably originally a small prayer house. This Basilica of Paul, ident...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Temple Of Artemis: Encyclopedia Ii - Temple Of Artemis - Ephesian Artemis
Artemis was the Greek goddess, the virginal huntress and twin of Apollo, who supplanted the Titan Selene as Goddess of the Moon. Of the O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Temple Of Artemis: Encyclopedia Ii - Temple Of Artemis - Architecture And Art
Most of the physical description and art within the Temple of Artemis comes from Pliny, though there are different accounts and the actua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alexander The Great: Encyclopedia Ii - Alexander The Great - Death
On the afternoon of June 10 - 11, 323 BC, Alexander died of a mysterious illness in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon. He was on...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Roman Dictator: Encyclopedia Ii - Roman Dictator - A New Dictatorate And Abolishment
After a 120 year lapse, and the falling out of Gaius Marius and Lucius Cornelius Sulla, the latter marched on Rome and had himself appoin...   » Read the article