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Encyclopedia - 84 Bc: Encyclopedia - 84 Bc
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catullus: Encyclopedia - Catullus
Gaius Valerius Catullus (ca. 84 BC-ca. 55 BC) was one of the most influential Roman poets of the 1st century BC. Of Catullus's life, litt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catiline: Encyclopedia - Catiline
Lucius Sergius Catilina (108 BC?–62 BC), known in English as Catiline, was a Roman politician of the 1st century BC who is best known f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 86 Bc: Encyclopedia - 86 Bc
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 87 Bc: Encyclopedia - 87 Bc
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Encyclopedia - 88 Bc: Encyclopedia - 88 Bc
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Encyclopedia - Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia - Marcus Licinius Crassus
Marcus Licinius Crassus Dives (Latin: M·LICINIVS·P·F·P·N·CRASSVS·DIVES¹) (ca. 115 BC–53 BC) was a Roman general and politician ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 54 Bc: Encyclopedia - 54 Bc
54 BC - Events. Roman Republic Consuls: Appius Claudius Pulcher and Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus Gallic Wars July - Julius Caesar's s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 89 Bc: Encyclopedia - 89 Bc
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Encyclopedia - 85 Bc: Encyclopedia - 85 Bc
Centuries: 2nd century BC - 1st century BC - 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC - 80s BC - 70s BC 60s BC 50s 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 - Cicero: Encyclopedia - Cicero
Marcus Tullius Cicero (standard English pronunciation [ˈsɪsərəʊ]; Classical Latin pronunciation [ˈkikero]) (January 3, 106 BC – D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 52 Bc: Encyclopedia - 52 Bc
52 BC - Events. Roman Republic Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Scipio and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Pompey marries Cornelia Met...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucius Cornelius Sulla: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucius Cornelius Sulla - In The East. The First Civil War
As the consul of Rome, Sulla prepared to depart once more for the East, in order to fight the first Mithridatic War, by the appointment o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Of The Britons: Encyclopedia Ii - King Of The Britons - Kings Of The Britons
King of the Britons - House of Troy. Brutus I (Brute) 1149–1125 BC Locrinus (Locrine) 1125–1105 BC Queen Gwendolen 1105–1090 BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mithridates Vi Of Pontus: Encyclopedia Ii - Mithridates Vi Of Pontus - History
Mithridates was the son of Mithridates V of Pontus, called Euergetes. Mithridates spent much of his early career as a fugitive. To clear ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Military History Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Ancient Rome - Institutions
See also Roman military structure. Military history of ancient Rome - Roman army. "The Roman Army" is the name given by English-speake...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Shangguan: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Shangguan - Role In The Subsequent Succession Crisis
Empress Shangguan's grandfather Huo rejected Liu Xu (劉胥), the Prince of Guangling and the only surviving son of Emperor Wu, from succ...   » 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 - Huo Guang: Encyclopedia Ii - Huo Guang - Service Under Emperor Zhao
Emperor Zhao, as the youngest son of Emperor Wu, drew jealousy from his older brothers, and in his reign there were multiple conspiracies...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - King Of The Britons: Encyclopedia Ii - King Of The Britons - Kings Of The Britons
King of the Britons - House of Troy. Brutus I (Brute) 1149–1125 BC Locrinus (Locrine) 1125–1105 BC Queen Gwendolen 1105–1090 BC ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Zhao Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Zhao Of Han - Middle Reign And The Struggle Between Shangguan And Huo
In 82 BC, a man whose appearance was similar to the former Crown Prince Ju suddenly appeared at the palace, claiming that he was in fact ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Catiline: Encyclopedia Ii - Catiline - Life
Catiline - Family background. Catiline was born in 108 BC (or possibly slightly earlier) to a family of declining social and financial ...   » 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 - 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 - Cicero: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicero - Biography
Cicero was born in Arpinum and killed at Formia while fleeing from political enemies. "It is no exaggeration", wrote Taylor (as cited in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Early Life
Marcus Licinius Crassus was the son of a former consul and censor, Publius Licinius Crassus Dives. He came from a respectable, well-estab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Shangguan: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Shangguan - As Empress
Because of her young age (and her husband's young age as well), it was unlikely that Empress Shangguan had significant power at court aft...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - Empress Shangguan: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Shangguan - Background And Marriage To Emperor Zhao
Lady Shangguan's grandfathers Huo Guang and Shangguan Jie (along with ethnic Xiongnu official Jin Ridi (金日磾)) were co-regents for t...   » 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 - Lucius Cornelius Sulla: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Retirement
With a lifetime dictatorship in his hands, Sulla was elected consul for the second time in 80 BC, but within a year he took the decision ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy
Crassus' death is important for a number of reasons. While one of the most successful businessmen in Roman history, he still hungered for...   » 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 - Lucius Cornelius Sulla: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Dictator At Rome
Determined to regain control of Rome, Sulla marched back to Italy. After a period of idleness, Sulla's army defeated the Samnite forces o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huo Guang: Encyclopedia Ii - Huo Guang - Death And Subsequent Destruction Of The Huo Clan
In 68 BC, Huo Guang became ill and died. Emperor Xuan and Empress Dowager Shangguan made the nearly-unprecedent act of personally attendi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huo Guang: Encyclopedia Ii - Huo Guang - The Prince He Incident And The Installation Of Emperor Xuan
In 74 BC, Emperor Zhao died at age 21 without issue -- and therefore without an heir. Even though Emperor Zhao had living older brothers,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huo Guang: Encyclopedia Ii - Huo Guang - Service Under Emperor Xuan
In 73 BC, Huo offered to return all authority to Emperor Xuan, but the emperor declined and reaffirmed that all important matters were to...   » 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 - Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Licinius Crassus - The Revolt Of Spartacus
Crassus had worked his way up to serving as praetor when the revolt of Spartacus and other ex-gladiators flamed into a general slave insu...   » 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 - Lucius Cornelius Sulla: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Dictator At Rome
Determined to regain control of Rome, he marched on the city. After a period of idleness, Sulla's army defeated the Samnite forces of Pon...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucius Cornelius Sulla: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Retirement
With a lifetime dictatorship in his hands, Sulla was elected consul for the second time in 80 BC, but in the next year he took the decisi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucius Cornelius Sulla: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Early Years
Sulla was born into an impoverished branch of the Cornelii gens, or family, of aristocratic patrician stock but without influence in the ...   » 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 - Emperor Zhao Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Zhao Of Han - Birth And Childhood Before Ascending The Throne
In 94 BC, then-Prince Fuling was born to a favorite concubine of Emperor Wu, Consort Zhao, who carried the title Lady Gouyi (鉤弋夫人...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Zhao Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Zhao Of Han - Late Reign
After the incident, Huo stamped out anyone who could be considered to be a conspirator, gaining a reputation for autocracy and heavy-hand...   » 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 - Military History Of Ancient Rome: Encyclopedia Ii - Military History Of Ancient Rome - Events
Military history of ancient Rome - Patterns of Roman wars. The first Roman wars were wars of expansion and defence, aimed at protecting...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Disaster In Parthia
In an attempt to counter Caesar’s and Pompey’s growing fame and power, Crassus had intended to use Syria as a base for operations aga...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Consulship And The First Triumvirate
Because of their work in the slave rebellion, the two men overcame their differences, ran for, and were elected to, the consulship, in 70...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Marcus Licinius Crassus: Encyclopedia Ii - Marcus Licinius Crassus - Legacy
Crassus' death is important for a number of reasons. While one of the most successful businessmen in Roman history, he still hungered for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cicero: Encyclopedia Ii - Cicero - Works
Cicero - Speeches. Of his speeches, eighty-eight were recorded, but only fifty-eight survive. (Some of the items below are more than on...   » 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 - Mithridates Vi Of Pontus: Encyclopedia Ii - Mithridates Vi Of Pontus - Culture
Two curious legends are told of Mithridates VI of Pontus. First, he was supposed to have had a prodigious memory. He could speak twenty-f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emperor Zhao Of Han: Encyclopedia Ii - Emperor Zhao Of Han - Early Reign And Marriage
Early in Emperor Zhao's reign, Huo, Jin, and Shangguan served as coregents, with the key decisions being made by Huo. The palace was run ...   » Read the article