Encyclopedia - Sramana: Encyclopedia - Sramana
A Sramana (Sramati tapasyatiti Sramanah) is one who performs acts of mortification or austerity. According to the definition, a being is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sramana: Encyclopedia Ii - Sramana - Sramanas In Western Litterature
Sramana - Nicolaus of Damascus c.10 CE. Nicolaus of Damascus is famous for his account of an embassy sent by an Indian king "named Pand...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus - Early Life
Augustus was born in Rome with the name Gaius Octavius Thurinus. His father, also Gaius Octavius, came from a respectable but undistingui...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus - Rise To Power
When Caesar was assassinated in March 44 BC, Octavius was with the army at Apollonia, in what is now Albania. When Caesar's will was read...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus - Octavian Becomes Augustus: The Creation Of The Principate
The Western half of the Empire had sworn allegiance to Octavian prior to Actium in 30 BC, and after Actium and the defeat of Antony and C...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus - Reign
Having gained power by means of great audacity, Augustus ruled with great prudence. In exchange for near absolute power, he gave Rome 40 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Caesar: Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Caesar
The conspiracy to assassinate Julius Caesar involved a number of high ranking Romans who did assassinate Julius Caesar on March 15, 44 B....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah
In compiling the history of ancient Israel and Judah, there are many available sources, including the Jewish Tanakh (partially the Old Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus - Succession
Augustus' control of power throughout the Empire was so absolute that it allowed him to name his successor, a custom that had been abando...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus - Augustus's Legacy
Augustus was deified soon after his death, and both his borrowed surname, Caesar, and his title Augustus became the permanent titles of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Augustus: Encyclopedia Ii - Augustus - Augustus In Popular Culture
In the HBO television series "Rome", young Octavian is portrayed by Max Pirkis. Augustus was ranked #18 on Michael H. Hart's list of the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Conspiracy Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Conspiracy Caesar - History
The following passage is part of an eyewitness account of this conspiracy written by Nicolaus of Damascus, a few years after the assassin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism And The Roman World: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism And The Roman World - Pandion Embassy
Roman historical accounts describe an embassy sent by the "Indian king Pandion (Pandya?), also named Porus," to Caesar Augustus around 13...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Ancient Maritime History: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Ancient Maritime History - Roman Connection
Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar in 26 BC commissioned his prefect in Egypt, Aelius Gallus, to capture the port of Aden to attack the Ethiop...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sramana: Encyclopedia - Sramana
A Sramana (Sramati tapasyatiti Sramanah) is one who performs acts of mortification or austerity. According to the definition, a being is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah
In compiling the history of ancient Israel and Judah, there are many available sources, including the Jewish Tanakh (partially the Old Te...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism And The Roman World
Several instances of interaction between Buddhism and the Roman world are documented by Classical and early Christian writers. Buddhism a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia - Aristotle
Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs 384 BCE – March 7, 322 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism And The Roman World: Encyclopedia - Buddhism And The Roman World
Several instances of interaction between Buddhism and the Roman world are documented by Classical and early Christian writers. Buddhism a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia - Aristotle
Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs 384 BC – March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia - Aristotle
Aristotle (Greek: Αριστοτέλης Aristotelēs 384 BCE – March 7, 322 BCE) was an ancient Greek philosopher, student of Plato an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pandyan Kingdom: Encyclopedia - Pandyan Kingdom
The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient state at the tip of South India, founded around the 6th century BCE. It was part of the Dravidian cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascus: Encyclopedia - Damascus
Damascus (Arabic officially دمشق Dimashq, colloquially ash-Sham الشام) is the capital city of Syria. It is often referred to as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Ancient Maritime History: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Ancient Maritime History - House Of Ptolemy
Around 116 BC an interesting incident that had happened in Egypt was reported by Posidonius (ca. 135 BC - 51 BC (also spelled Poseidonius...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascus: Encyclopedia Ii - Damascus - History
Damascus - Ancient. Excavations at Tell Ramad on the outskirts of the city have demonstrated that Damascus has been inhabited as early ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism And The Roman World: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism And The Roman World - Western Knowledge Of Buddhism
Some knowledge of Buddhism existed quite early in the West. In the 2nd century CE, Clement of Alexandria, the father of Christian dogmati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cadusii: Encyclopedia Ii - Cadusii - History
Cadusii - Before the Persian empire. They appear to have been constantly at war with their neighbours. First subjected by the Assyrians...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Biography
Aristotle - Early life and studies at the Academy. Aristotle was born at Stageira, a colony of Andros on the Macedonian peninsula of Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Cursus Honorum
Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 70 BC, at the age of 30, as stipulated in the Roman cursus honorum. This off...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Biography
Aristotle - Early life and studies at the Academy. Aristotle was born at Stageira, a colony of Andros on the Macedonian peninsula of Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Cursus Honorum
Caesar was elected quaestor by the Assembly of the People in 70 BC, at the age of 30, as stipulated in the Roman cursus honorum. This off...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Biography
Aristotle - Early life and studies at the Academy. Aristotle was born at Stageira, a colony of Andros on the Macedonian peninsula of Ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Early History
The Mousterian Neanderthals were the earliest inhabitants of the area known to archaeologists, and have been carbon-dated to c. 200,000 B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Ethics
Although Aristotle wrote several works on ethics, the major one was the Nicomachean Ethics, which is considered one of Aristotle's greate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Metaphysics
Aristotle - Aristotle's four causes. Aristotle names four "causes" of things, but the word cause (Greek: αἰτἱα, aitia) is not us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Critics
Aristotle has been criticised on several grounds. His analysis of procreation is frequently criticised on the grounds that it presuppose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Bibliography
Note: Bekker numbers are often used to uniquely identify passages of Aristotle. They are identified below where available. Aristotle - M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Epistemology
Aristotle - Logic. Main article: Aristotelian logic For more details on this topic, see Non-Aristotelian logic. Aristotle "says th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - The Loss Of His Works
Though we know that Aristotle wrote many elegant treatises (Cicero described his literary style as "a river of gold"), the originals have...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Egyptian Domination
The narrative behind how the Israelites became slaves, or if they did at all, is still unclear. A few historians believe that this may ha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Metaphysics
Aristotle - Aristotle's four causes. Aristotle names four "causes" of things, but the word cause (Greek: αἰτἱα, aitia) is not us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Epistemology
Aristotle - Logic. Main article: Aristotelian logic For more details on this topic, see Non-Aristotelian logic. Aristotle "says th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Ethics
Although Aristotle wrote several works on ethics, the major one was the Nicomachean Ethics, which is considered one of Aristotle's greate...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Critics
Aristotle has been criticised on several grounds. His analysis of procreation is frequently criticised on the grounds that it presuppose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Early Life
Caesar was born in Rome into a well-known patrician family (gens Julia), which supposedly traced its ancestry to Julus, the son of the Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Bibliography
Note: Bekker numbers are often used to uniquely identify passages of Aristotle. They are identified below where available. Aristotle - M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - The First Triumvirate And The Gallic War
In 60 BC (or 59 BC) the Centuriate Assembly elected Caesar senior Consul of the Roman Republic. His junior partner was his political enem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Chronology
... See also:Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar - Early life, Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum, Julius Caesar - The First Triumvir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Family
Wives First marriage to Cornelia Cinnilla Second marriage to Pompeia Sulla Third marriage to Calpurnia Pisonis Children Julia Caesaris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Honours
Caesar was ranked #67 on Michael H. Hart's list of the most influential figures in history. Was voted the title Divus, or "god," after hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Family
Wives First marriage to Cornelia Cinnilla Second marriage to Pompeia Sulla Third marriage to Calpurnia Pisonis Children Julia Caesaris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Roman Conquests
In 63 BCE, Pompey conquered the region and made it a client kingdom of Rome. In 6 CE, Caesar Augustus made it a Roman province under a pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Military Career
Historians place the generalship of Caesar on the level of such geniuses as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon Bonaparte. Al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Literary Works
Caesar was considered during his lifetime to be one of the finest orators and authors of prose in Rome—even Cicero spoke highly of Caes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - The Civil War
In 50 BC, the Senate, led by Pompey, ordered Caesar to return to Rome and disband his army because his term as Proconsul had finished. Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - After The War
Caesar returned to Italy in September 45 BC. Among his first tasks he filed his will, naming Octavian as the heir to everything he had in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Assassination
The fear of Caesar becoming king continued when someone placed a diadem on the statue of Caesar on the Rostra. The tribunes, Gaius Epidiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Aftermath
Caesar's death also marked, ironically, the end of the Roman Republic, for which the assassins had struck him down. The Roman middle and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The Patriarchal Period
The patriarchal period begins with Abraham. The Bible places the events surrounding Abraham (originally Abram) circa 1800 BCE, give or ta...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Period Of The Judges
The Hebrews migrated into Canaan circa 1200 BCE, a time when the great powers of the region were neutralized by troubles of various kinds...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascus: Encyclopedia Ii - Damascus - Historical Sites
Damascus has a wealth of historical sites dating back to many different periods of the city's history. Since the city has been built up w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Epistemology
Aristotle - Logic. Main articles: Aristotelian logic, and [[{{{2}}}]], and [[{{{3}}}]], and [[{{{4}}}]], and [[{{{5}}}]] For more de...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Methodology
Aristotle defines philosophy in terms of essence, saying that philosophy is "the science of the universal essence of that which is actual...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Indian Ancient Maritime History: Encyclopedia Ii - Indian Ancient Maritime History - Journeys To The East And Later Centuries
Amaury De Reincourt in his book, Soul Of India, records that "The brightest sun shining over Southeast Asia in the first centuries A.D. w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - The First Triumvirate And The Gallic War
In 60 BC (or 59 BC) the Centuriate Assembly elected Caesar senior Consul of the Roman Republic. His junior partner was his political enem...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Early Life
Caesar was born in Rome into a well-known patrician family (gens Julia), which supposedly traced its ancestry to Julus, the son of the Tr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Damascus: Encyclopedia Ii - Damascus - Geography
Damascus lies about 80 km inland from the Mediterranean Sea, sheltered by the Anti-Lebanon Mountains. It lies on a plateau 680 meters abo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Epistemology
Aristotle - Logic. Main article: Aristotelian logic For more details on this topic, see Non-Aristotelian logic. Aristotle "says th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Bibliography
Note: Bekker numbers are often used to uniquely identify passages of Aristotle. They are identified below where available. Aristotle - M...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Critics
Aristotle has been criticised on several grounds. His analysis of procreation is frequently criticised on the grounds that it presuppose...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Epistemology
Aristotle - Logic. For more details on this topic, see Non-Aristotelian logic. Aristotle "says that 'on the subject of reasoning' he...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Metaphysics
Aristotle - Aristotle's four causes. Aristotle names four "causes" of things, but the word cause (Greek: αἰτἱα, aitia) is not us...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism And The Roman World: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhism And The Roman World - Buddhism And Gnosticism
Early 3rd century–4th century Christian writers such as Hippolytus and Epiphanius write about a Scythianus, who visited India around 50...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - The Civil War
In 50 BC, the Senate, led by Pompey, ordered Caesar to return to Rome and disband his army because his term as Proconsul had finished. Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - After The War
Caesar returned to Italy in September, 45 BC. Among his first tasks he filed his will, naming Octavian as his sole heir. The Senate had a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - Roman Conquests
In 63 BCE, Pompey conquered the region and made it a client kingdom of Rome. In 6 CE, Caesar Augustus made it a Roman province under a pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Honours
Caesar was ranked #67 on Michael H. Hart's list of the most influential figures in history. Was voted the title Divus, or "god," after hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The Period Of Captivity
In 722 BCE, the Assyrians, under Shalmaneser, and then under Sargon, conquered Israel (the northern Kingdom), destroyed its capital Samar...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The Period Of The Kingdoms Of Israel And Judah
In 922 BCE, the Kingdom of Israel was divided. Judah, the southern Kingdom, had Jerusalem as its capital and was led by Rehoboam. It was ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Ancient Israel And Judah - The United Monarchy
Increasing pressure from the Philistines and other neighboring tribes forced the Israelites to unite under one king. The notion of kingsh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Chronology
... See also:Julius Caesar, Julius Caesar - Early life, Julius Caesar - Caesar's cursus honorum, Julius Caesar - The First Triumvir...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Family
Wives First marriage to Cornelia Cinnilla Second marriage to Pompeia Sulla Third marriage to Calpurnia Pisonis Children Julia Caesaris...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Aftermath
Caesar's death also marked, ironically, the end of the Roman Republic, for which the assassins had struck him down. The Roman middle and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Assassination
The fear of Caesar becoming king continued when someone placed a diadem on the statue of Caesar on the Rostra. The tribunes, Gaius Epidiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar As Jesus?
The scholar Francesco Carotta makes a very strong case of the possibility that Caesar's life and achievements were in fact the basis on w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Caesar's Literary Works
Caesar was considered during his lifetime to be one of the finest orators and authors of prose in Rome—even Cicero spoke highly of Caes...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Julius Caesar: Encyclopedia Ii - Julius Caesar - Military Career
Historians place the generalship of Caesar on the level of such geniuses as Alexander the Great, Genghis Khan and Napoleon Bonaparte. Alt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aristotle: Encyclopedia Ii - Aristotle - Aristotle's Ethics
Although Aristotle wrote several works on ethics, the major one was the Nicomachean Ethics, which is considered one of Aristotle's greate...   » Read the article