Aegyptus

This article is about the Aegyptus from Greek mythology. For the Book of Abraham reference, see Egyptus. In Greek mythology, Aegyptus, or properly Aígyptos in Greek ("supine goat"), was the king of Egypt (which took its name from his, according to folk etymology; see the article Copt), the son of Belus and father of fifty sons who were all but one murdered by the fif ...

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(Most of the gods and goddesses had Roman equivalents.) See also family tree of the Greek gods and the list of Greek mythological creatures. List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals. List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus. Aphrodite - Goddess of beauty and Love Apollo - God of healing, light, and poetry, patron of scribes Arês - God of war Artemis - Goddess of the hunt and the moon Athena - G ...

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• List of Greek mythological characters - Greek mythological characters
• List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals
• List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus
• List of Greek mythological characters - Other deities
• List of Greek mythological characters - Primeval gods
• List of Greek mythological characters - Titans
• List of Greek mythological characters - The Hundred-Handed
• List of Greek mythological characters - Cyclopes
• List of Greek mythological characters - River gods
• List of Greek mythological characters - Nymphs
• List of Greek mythological characters - Giants
• List of Greek mythological characters - Mortals
• List of Greek mythological characters - A-B
• List of Greek mythological characters - C-G
• List of Greek mythological characters - H-L
• List of Greek mythological characters - M-P
• List of Greek mythological characters - R-Z

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Belus in Latin or Belos in accurate Greek transliteration is one of: Belus - Persons. Ba‘al: a title ("lord") in northwest Semitic languages, often applied to particular gods. Bel: a title ("lord") in Akkadian, especially applied to the Babylonian god Marduk but also used of other gods. Belus (Babylonian): the Greek Zeus Belos and Latin Jupiter Belus as translations of the Babylonian god Bel Marduk or an euhemerized version of ...

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Belus (Greek Belos) the Egyptian is in Greek Mythology a son of Poseidon by Libya. He was a King of Egypt and father of Aegyptus and Danaus and (usually) brother to Agenor. Belus Egyptian - More genealogical information. Apollodorus (2.1.4) claims that Aegyptus and Danaus were twins and that their mother was Anchinoe (otherwise unknown) and that she was daughter of the river Nile. He says that it was Euripides who added Cepheus and Phineus as additional sons of Belus. Belus ruled in Egypt, and Agenor ...

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• Belus Egyptian - More genealogical information
• Belus Egyptian - A unique alternate tradition
• Belus Egyptian - Belus and Bel Marduk
• Belus Egyptian - Belus and Ba‘al

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In Greek mythology and history, Xanthus ("yellow"; also Xanthos) is the name of several individuals and creatures. Xanthus is the name of one of Achilles' horses; see Balius and Xanthos. Xanthus is one of the Mares of Diomedes. Xanthus is a son of Phaenops who was killed by Diomedes. Xanthus is the name of one of Hector's horses. Xanthus is the gods' name for Scamander. Xanthus was a Theban king, the son of Ptolemy. He was killed ...

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Lynceus is the name of two people from Greek mythology. Lynceus was a descendant of Belus through Aegyptus, twin brother of Danaus, who had fifty daughters, the Danaides, and Aegyptus had fifty sons (including Lynceus). Aegyptus commanded that his sons marry the Danaides and Danaus fled to Argos, ruled by King Pelasgus with his daughters. When Aegyptus and his sons arrived to take the Danaides, Danaus gave them to spare the Argives the pain of a battle. However, he instructed his daughters to kill their husbands on their weddin ...

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Danaus, or Danaos ("sleeper") was a Greek mythological character, twin brother of Aegyptus and son of Belus, a mythical king of Egypt. The myth of Danaus is a foundation legend (or re-foundation legend) of Argos, one of the foremost Mycenaean cities of the Peloponnesus. In Homer's Iliad, "Danaans" ("tribe of Danaus") and "Argives" commonly designate the Greek forces opposed to the Trojans. Danaus had fifty daughters, the Danaides, and his twin brother, Aegyptus, had fifty sons. Aegyptus commanded that his s ...

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Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the "Military Anarchy" or the "Imperial Crisis" ) is a commonly applied name for the crumbling and near collapse of the Roman Empire between 235 and 284 caused by the three simultaneous crises of external invasion, internal civil war and economic collapse. The changes in the institutions, society, economic life and eventually religion were so profound and fundamental, the "Crisis of the Third Century" is increasingly seen as the watershed marking the difference between the classic ...

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In 332 BC Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, conquered Egypt, with little resistance from the Persians. He was welcomed by the Egyptians as a deliverer. He visited Memphis, and went on pilgrimage to the oracle of Amun at the Oasis of Siwa. The oracle declared him to be the son of Amun. He conciliated the Egyptians by the respect which he showed for their religion, but he appointed Greeks to virtually all the senior posts in the country, and founded a new Greek city, Alexandria, to be the new capital. The wealth of Egypt could now be harnessed for Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire. Early in ...

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History of Greek and Roman Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Ptolemaic Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Ptolemy I, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Ptolemy II, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Ptolemy III, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - The decline of the Ptolemies, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - The later Ptolemies, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Roman Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Roman rule in Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Christian Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Byzantine Egypt, History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Persian and Arab Conquests

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History of Africa - Portuguese. With the Battle of Ceuta Africa had ceased to belong solely to the Mediterranean world. Among those who fought there was one, Prince Henry "the Navigator," son of King John I, who was fired with the ambition to acquire for Portugal the unknown parts of Africa. Under his inspiration and direction was begun that series of voyages of exploration which resulted in the circumnavigation of Africa and the esta ...

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History of Africa, History of Africa - Paleolithic, History of Africa - Evolution of hominids and Homo sapiens in Africa, History of Africa - Neolithic prehistoric cultures, History of Africa - North Africa, History of Africa - Sub-Saharan Africa, History of Africa - History of North Africa 3500 B.C. - 1500 A.D., History of Africa - Ancient Egypt, History of Africa - Phoenician Greek and Roman colonization, History of Africa - Dark Age, History of Africa - Islamisation, History of Africa - History of Sub-Saharan Africa until 1500 A.D., History of Africa - Medieval empires, History of Africa - European exploration and conquest, History of Africa - Portuguese, History of Africa - 19th Century European explorers, History of Africa - Partition among European Powers, History of Africa - Conflicting ambitions of the European powers, History of Africa - The Berlin Conference of 1884-85, History of Africa - 20th Century: 1900-1945, History of Africa - Africa at the start of the 20th century, History of Africa - Interbellum, History of Africa - World War II, History of Africa - Postcolonial era:1945-present, History of Africa - Decolonization, History of Africa - Postcolonial Relationship with Europe, History of Africa - The Cold War in Africa, History of Africa - Pan-Africanism, History of Africa - Central Africa, History of Africa - East Africa, History of Africa - North Africa, History of Africa - Southern Africa, History of Africa - West Africa

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Roman Governor - Imperial provinces. After Augustus established the principate, the Emperor himself was the direct governor of Rome's most important provinces (called imperial provinces) and, even in the provinces he did not directly govern, was senior to other provincial governors through holding imperium maius, or supreme imperium. In imperial provinces, the Emperor would appoint legates to govern in his name. The Emperor had sole say in the appointing of these legates, who were lower in rank than other provincial governors, as officially they were only represen ...

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Roman Governor, Roman Governor - Duties of the governor, Roman Governor - Republican governors, Roman Governor - Imperial governors, Roman Governor - Imperial provinces, Roman Governor - Senatorial provinces, Roman Governor - Equestrian procurator, Roman Governor - Late Imperial Governors, Roman Governor - Sources and References

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List of Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Greek mythological characters, List of Greek mythological characters - Immortals, List of Greek mythological characters - The twelve gods of Olympus, List of Greek mythological characters - Other deities, List of Greek mythological characters - Primeval gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Titans, List of Greek mythological characters - The Hundred-Handed, List of Greek mythological characters - Cyclopes, List of Greek mythological characters - River gods, List of Greek mythological characters - Nymphs, List of Greek mythological characters - Giants, List of Greek mythological characters - Mortals, List of Greek mythological characters - A-B, List of Greek mythological characters - C-G, List of Greek mythological characters - H-L, List of Greek mythological characters - M-P, List of Greek mythological characters - R-Z

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Trajan - Early life and rise to power. Trajan was the son of M. Ulpius Traianus, a prominent senator and general from the famous gens Ulpia. The family had settled in the province of Hispania Baetica in what is now Andalusia, a province that was as utterly Romanized as southern Hispania. Trajan himself was just one of many well-known Ulpii in a line that continued long after his own death. He was born on September 18, 53, in the city of Italica. As a young man, he rose through the ranks of the Roman ...

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Trajan, Trajan - Life of Trajan, Trajan - Early life and rise to power, Trajan - Dacian Wars, Trajan - Expansion in the East, Trajan - A period of peace, Trajan - The Empire at its maximum extent, Trajan - Trajan's legacy

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Internally the empire faced runaway hyperinflation caused by years of coinage devaluation. This had started earlier under the Severan emperors who enlarged the army by one quarter and doubled the base pay. As each of the short-lived emperors took power they needed ways to raise money quickly to pay the military's "acession bonus" and the easiest way to do so was by simply cutting the silver in coins with less valuable metals. This had the predictable effect of causing runaway inflation and by the time Diocletian came to power the old coinage ...

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Crisis of the Third Century, Crisis of the Third Century - History, Crisis of the Third Century - Economic Impact

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Roman Navy - Early history. The Romans were originally a land power based in the Italian mainland, and were wary of the sea. In the First Punic War (264 BC - 241 BC), the Carthaginians, a power rooted in sea trade, were able to exploit their strength at sea in their struggles with the Roman Republic. Since most of the conflict in the war was overseas (especially in Sicily), Rome saw that it needed to build a fleet in order to develop an effective military response. The result was the rapid construct ...

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Roman Navy, Roman Navy - History, Roman Navy - Early history, Roman Navy - Late Republic, Roman Navy - Major events, Roman Navy - Admirals, Roman Navy - Roman Navy composition, Roman Navy - Fleets, Roman Navy - Ports

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Apollodorus (2.1.4) claims that Aegyptus and Danaus were twins and that their mother was Anchinoe (otherwise unknown) and that she was daughter of the river Nile. He says that it was Euripides who added Cepheus and Phineus as additional sons of Belus. Belus ruled in Egypt, and Agenor ruled over Sidon and Tyre in Phoenicia. Aegyptus ruled over Egypt and Arabia, and Danaus ruled over Libya. Apollodorus also claims that Agenor was Belus' twin brother. According to Pherycides (3F21) Belus also had daughter named Damno who married her uncl ...

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Belus Egyptian, Belus Egyptian - More genealogical information, Belus Egyptian - A unique alternate tradition, Belus Egyptian - Belus and Bel Marduk, Belus Egyptian - Belus and Ba‘al

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Legio XXII Deiotariana - Origin of the legion. The legion was levied by Deiotarus, king of the Celtic tribe of the Tolistobogii, who lived in Galatia, modern Turkey. Deiotarus become an ally of the Roman Republic general Pompey in 63 BC, who named him king of all the Celtic tribes of Turkey, which were collectively known as Galatians (hence the name Galatia for the region). Deiotarus levied an army and trained it with Roman help; the army, in 48 BC, was composed of 12,000 infantrymen and 2,000 horse ...

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Legio XXII Deiotariana, Legio XXII Deiotariana - Legion history, Legio XXII Deiotariana - Origin of the legion, Legio XXII Deiotariana - Early history BC, Legio XXII Deiotariana - Later history CE

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For the remainder of the history of the Roman Empire and well into the era of the Byzantine Empire, every new emperor after Trajan was honored by the Senate with the prayer felicior Augusto, melior Traiano, meaning "may he be luckier than Augustus and better than Trajan". Unlike many lauded rulers in history, Trajan's reputation has survived undiminished for nearly nineteen centuries. The Christianization of Rome resulted in further embellishment of his legend: it was commonly said in medieval times that Pope Gregory I, through ...

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Trajan, Trajan - Life of Trajan, Trajan - Early life and rise to power, Trajan - Dacian Wars, Trajan - Expansion in the East, Trajan - A period of peace, Trajan - The Empire at its maximum extent, Trajan - Trajan's legacy

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During the time of the Roman Republic, the Senate was in charge of appointing governors to Rome's provinces. This was done by appointing promagistates to serve, either by random casting of lots or by senatus consultum (advice of the Senate); however, these appointments were not legally binding and could be overruled by Roman assemblies. The governor's level of authority was determined by what type of imperium he possessed. Most provinces were governed by propraetors who had served an annual term in the praetorship the ye ...

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Roman Governor, Roman Governor - Duties of the governor, Roman Governor - Republican governors, Roman Governor - Imperial governors, Roman Governor - Imperial provinces, Roman Governor - Senatorial provinces, Roman Governor - Equestrian procurator, Roman Governor - Late Imperial Governors, Roman Governor - Sources and References

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The governor of any Roman province had many tasks to carry out during his administration. Firstly, he was responsible for taxation and financial management. Depending on the basis of his appointment, he was either the Emperor's personal agent, or the Senate’s financial agent, and had to supervise the local authorities, the private tax collectors, and levy taxes. A governor could mint coins and negotiate with wealthy institutions such as temples and private money-lenders that could advance money. The governor was also the province's ...

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Roman Governor, Roman Governor - Duties of the governor, Roman Governor - Republican governors, Roman Governor - Imperial governors, Roman Governor - Imperial provinces, Roman Governor - Senatorial provinces, Roman Governor - Equestrian procurator, Roman Governor - Late Imperial Governors, Roman Governor - Sources and References

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