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  Africa - Province of the Roman Empire
By 146 BCE, Carthage was destroyed and Rome, having taken control of Spain and Africa, was soon to be the undisputed master of the world.
In 118 BCE, Jugurtha attempted the reunification of the smaller kingdoms under his rule.
Caesar defeated Juba at the battle of Thapsus in 46 BCE, and with this victory, all of North Africa was firmly and permanently in the control of Rome.
www.unrv.com /provinces/africa.php   (862 words)

  
  Dayuan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Also in 106–101 BCE, during their conflict against China, the country of Dayuan is said to have been an ally with the neighbouring tribes of the Kang-Kiu (Sogdians).
According to the Han Chronicles the Yuezhi suffered another defeat around 155 BCE, against the Wusun, and fled south from the Ili river area, by-passed the urban civilization of the Dayuan in Ferghana, and re-settled north of the Oxus in modern-day Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, definitively cutting Dayuan from contact with the Greco-Bactrian kingdom.
Around 130 BCE, at the time of Zhang Qian’s embassy to Central Asia, the Dayuan were described as inhabitants of a region corresponding to the Ferghana, to the west of the Chinese empire.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dayuan   (1928 words)

  
 A CHRONOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
771 BCE The Chou dynasty in China is forced to abandon its western capital in Hao, of the Wei River Valley and move its seat eastward to Loyang due to the threat of a barbarian invasion.
400-300 BCE The Celts settle in the Danube-Sava basin.
312 BCE Seleucus Nicator, one of Ptolemy's generals in Syria, establishes a kingdom ranging from Syria in the west to India in the east (approximately the scope of the ancient Assyrian or Babylonian Empires) and founds the Seleucid empire.
www.humanitas-international.org /perezites/archive/timeline.htm   (19687 words)

  
 Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Rome
The Landings of Caesar in Britain, 55 and 54 BCE [At Athenapub]
Horace (65-8 BCE): Secular hymn, and Vergil (70-19 BCE): Aeneid, VI.ii.789-800, 847-853.
A Roman Harvest Sacrifice, from Cato, On Agriculture 134, 160 BCE [At enteract.com]
www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/asbook09.html   (3452 words)

  
 Ta-Yuan - China-related Topics TA-TD - China-Related Topics
Also in 106 BCE106andndash;101 BCE, during their conflict against China, the country Ta-Yuan is said to have been an ally with the neighbouring tribes of the Kang-Kiu (Sogdians).
According to the Han DynastyHan Chronicles the Yuezhi suffered another defeat around 155 BCE, against the Wusun, and fled south from the Ili river area, by-passed the urban civilization of the Ta-Yuan in Ferghana, and re-settled north of the Oxus in modern-day Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, definitively cutting Ta-Yuan from contact with the Greco-Bactrian kingdom.
Around 130 BCE, at the time of Zhang Qian???s embassy, the Ta-Yuan were described as inhabitants of a region corresponding to the Ferghana, to the west of the Chinese empire.
www.famouschinese.com /virtual/Ta-Yuan   (1913 words)

  
 TheStreet.com: BCE's Nortel Distribution Leaves U.S. Investors in a Tax Bind
This is not an issue for Canadian BCE shareholders; Canadian rules allow the transaction to be tax-free in Canada.
BCE shareholders will receive 0.78 of a Nortel common share for each share of BCE they own.
So if BCE shareholders wait for the ex-dividend date to sell their shares, it may be too late, says Willens.
www.thestreet.com /funds/taxes/876659.html   (827 words)

  
 CHRONO-FILE for BIBLICAL and EARLY CULTURES Section-4a   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Between 285 BCE and 130 BCE the Septuagint is translated.
In the second half of 167 BCE, supposedly Antiochus sent his general Apollonius to Jerusalem at the head of an army of mercenaries to end feuding among the locals.
This rise of Caesar to Dictator status marks the end Roman rule by leading statesmen of the Republic, and after some minor power adjustments,...the leaders of Rome would be known as 'Emperors' as opposed to 'Kings,'...a term that would forever be associated with the usurping methods of conquest.
hometown.aol.com /eilatlog/chronofile/timeculture_S_04a.html   (2354 words)

  
 O tempora! O mores! The Oratory of Cicero
In this last era of the Roman republic, Rome herself was forced to juggle many demands at once: those of the lower classes, those of her allies within Italy, and those of the wide world outside Italy.
Gaius Marius was born in 157 BCE in the town known as Cirrhaeaton.
Marcus Tullius Cicero was born on January 3, 106 BCE, in the town of Arpinum of the Volscian highlands.
www.skidmore.edu /academics/classics/courses/1999spring/cl201/cl201pro/cl201tem.html   (4007 words)

  
 Franz Valery-Marie Cumont + Marcus Tullius Cicero
It was also on this date, January 3, 106 BCE, that Roman statesman and orator Marcus Tullius Cicero was born in Arpinum, which is modern Arpino, Italy.
At the peak of his political career, as Consul, in 63 BCE, Cicero exposed the Catiline conspiracy to overthrow Rome.
Belatedly attempting to flee Rome, Cicero was murdered on 7 December 43 BCE.
www.ronaldbrucemeyer.com /rants/0103almanac.htm   (654 words)

  
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Greek systems were introduced to Rome in 155 BCE by an embassy of philosophers of the Academic (Platonic), Peripatetic (Aristotelian) and Stoic schools.
In Rome it was best represented by CICERO (106-43 BCE); SENECA (4 BCE-65 CE), who tutored the emperor Nero; and the emperor MARCUS AURELIUS (161-180 CE), who wrote his Meditations in Greek.
The principal concern of Epicureanism is ethical; its physics is based on the atomism of the Greek philosopher DEMOCRITUS (460-370 BCE).
web.ics.purdue.edu /~kdickson/romanphilosophy.html   (1355 words)

  
 Hist5
Earlier, in 89 BCE, Mithridates invaded parts of Asia massacring all the Roman inhabitants of the province.
Gnaeus Pompeius, born in 106 BCE, supported the victorous patrician Cornelius Sulla in the civil war against the supporters of the populist Gaius Marius (84-78 BCE).
In an extremely fragmentary text that appears to be a record of the proper rotation of priests based on a six-year cycle (4Q323-24), there are references to historical events around the time of the appearance of the Romans in Palestine.
www.abu.nb.ca /Courses/NTIntro/InTest/Hist5.htm   (2692 words)

  
 late_republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Many contemporary Romans, reflecting on the civic troubles of Rome in the 1st century BCE, looked back at the events surrounding the Gracchi as the start of it all.
Between 107-100 BCE Marius was consul six times, and reformed the army by conscripting people from the lower classes.
This was a further step in the "Romanization" of the Italian peninsula, which increasingly came to provide political leaders at Rome and also troops for the army.
classics.uc.edu /hooker/cc112_2000/late_republic.html   (1116 words)

  
 /FIRST AND FINAL ADD - MO239 - BCE reports 2005 results/
On December 16, 2005, BCE announced its decision to sell its stake in CGI and that CGI would purchase 100 million of the class A shares held by BCE.
As at December 31, 2005 BCE has accounted for CGI as a discontinued operation and no longer proportionally consolidates its financial results.
(8) At the BCE Consolidated level, Third Party Preferred Shares reflected in the financial statements of subsidiaries are included in non-controlling interest on the balance sheet.
www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-01-2006/0004272100&EDATE=   (909 words)

  
 syllabus
The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.
My precept to all who build, is, that the owner should be an ornament to the house, and not the house to the owner.
In words are seen the state of mind and character and disposition of the speaker.
comp.uark.edu /~lkday/wordsofwisdom.html   (607 words)

  
 BCE: Schema di sottoscrizione del capitale della BCE
BCE: Schema di sottoscrizione del capitale della BCE
Lo schema di sottoscrizione del capitale della BCE sarà esteso il 1° maggio 2004, con l’ingresso di dieci nuovi Stati membri nell’UE.
Il 1° maggio 2004 il capitale sottoscritto della BCE aumenterà pertanto a EUR 5.564.669.247,19.
www.ecb.int /press/pr/date/2004/html/pr040426.it.html   (255 words)

  
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Gnaeus Pompeius, better known as Pompey, was born on September 29, 106 BCE, four years before Julius Caesar.
In 59 BCE Pompey returned to Rome to find that tensions between himself and Crassus had grown.
Crassus had other plans, and by 57 BCE both men were in Italy with their armies.
www.saintjoe.edu /~daved/PAPERS/c3ppr2.html   (720 words)

  
 JEWISH WAR AGAINST SLAVERY
(Regent) Alexandra 1 from 105 BCE to 79 BCE.
continued to rule after the death of her husband Alexander 1 from 79 to 70/69 BCE.
BCE, and he was finally put to death by King Herod in 31 BCE.
www.angelfire.com /wi/famtree/longwr1.html   (1081 words)

  
 BCE: Clé de Répartition pour la Souscription au Capital de la BCE
BCE: Clé de Répartition pour la Souscription au Capital de la BCE
Par conséquent, le 1er mai 2004, le capital souscrit de la BCE sera porté à 5 564 669 247,19 euros.
Les décisions afférentes de la BCE sont disponibles sur le site Internet de la BCE et seront publiées prochainement au Journal officiel de l’Union européenne.
www.ecb.int /press/pr/date/2004/html/pr040426.fr.html   (353 words)

  
 Cicero and the Rhetoric of War
Marcus Tullius Cicero, who lived from 106 BCE - 43 BCE, not only involved himself in the domestic and foreign affairs of the Roman empire, but he also taught Roman citizens, as he would instruct us, to commit themselves to public service.
His main means of engagement was through rhetoric, by which Cicero meant the ability to speak wisely and eloquently about public affairs.
This is why we must use public discourse to instruct and to inspire, but we should also think about public discourse, critically and with some trepidation.
www.ncsu.edu /chass/communication/www/alumnicircle/cwt/zagacki.htm   (1393 words)

  
 Late Republic (133-27 BCE)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Marius and Sulla- The Revolts in Afrcia (113 - 78 BCE)
Sallust - Historian - (86 - 34 BCE)
Spartacus Revolt of the Slaves (73 BCE - 71 BCE)
www.boundaryschools.com /perley/kencon/pages/laterepublic.html   (138 words)

  
 Cicero readings
In 70 BCE, Cicero prosecuted Gaius Verres, then governor of the Greek island of Sicily, for numerous improprities, including embezzlement, theft, extortion, and murder.
As for your library collection, be sure you don’t betroth it to anyone else, even though you might find an ardent suitor, because I am saving up all my leftover crops so that I can acquire it as a haven in my old age.
I had only just arrived from Arpinum when a letter from you was delivered to me. At the same time I received Avianus’ letter in which there is a very generous offer to enter the debt, when he came, on whatever day I wish.
home.att.net /~b.b.major/cicero.htm   (2560 words)

  
 Persia: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History
88/87- Mithridates II ascended to the throne in ***130 BCE.
In 92 BCE?, Mithridates II was able to conclude the first treaty between Parthia and Rome establishing the Euphrates as a mutual boundary.
Ardashir I, son of Papak and a descendant of Sasan, was the ruler of one of the several small states into which Persia had gradually been divided.
www.juyayay.com /outline/persia   (3623 words)

  
 Sepphoris By James F. Strange
This attack took place shortly after the accession of Alexander in 106 BCE.
By 63 BCE Sepphoris and all Galilee were under the severe rule of Rome.
About 55 BCE Gabinius, proconsul in Syria, located one of the Roman Synedria or Councils in Sepphoris.
www.bibleinterp.com /articles/sepphoris.htm   (1676 words)

  
 Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.09.11
Here, arranged year by year beginning with 106 BCE, the year of Cicero's birth, is a detailed inventory of Cicero's life, works, and letters.
Finally, for years (unlike the year 63 BCE) from which letters of Cicero survive, there is also a section (C) that lists the letters of that year, each annotated with an indication of any variations in the way modern editors have dated them.
The second major section of the Cronologia Ciceroniana ends not with the last year of Cicero's life, but with an additional section (entitled "anno indeterminato") dealing with the works and letters of Cicero that cannot be precisely dated.
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/2005/2005-09-11.html   (1240 words)

  
 Text Introduction   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cicero and Catullus represent the Latin of the Ciceronian Age (70-30 BCE), Ovid the Latin of the Augustan period (30 BCE-17 CE), and Pliny the Younger Silver Age Latin (18-138 CE).
All were born in Italy and came to Rome in early manhood; three of them, Cicero, Ovid, and Pliny the Younger, were drawn to the capital for the purpose of studying rhetoric.
Cicero (106-43 BCE) was born in Arpinum, into a family of equestrian rank;
www.iona.edu /latin/textintro.html   (523 words)

  
 Wars between the Jews and Romans: Pompey
The Roman politician Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (106-48 BCE), better known as Pompey, was one of the greatest generals of his age.
In the seventies, he had pacified Hispania, and on his return to Italy, he had put an end to the slave revolt led by Spartacus.
Antipater's son Herod managed to bring him home, but Hyrcanus was no longer high priest and Herod, who became king, had him executed in 31 BCE.
www.livius.org /ja-jn/jewish_wars/jwar01.htm   (1044 words)

  
 Ancient Roman History Timeline III
Was elected tribune of the people in 133 BCE, and fought for reforms of benefit to the plebeians.
Marius was Roman general and statesman who led the popular party in the civil war of 88 to 86 BCE.
He was elected tribune of the people in 123 BCE, and attempted the continuation of popular reforms.
www.exovedate.com /ancient_timeline_three.html   (1309 words)

  
 78-63 BCE: Crassus, Pompey and the Coming Storm
Pompey and Crassus share the consulship in 70 BCE
New popularis on the scene in 70 BCE: Gaius Julius Caesar, nephew of Julia and Gaius Marius; connections to Iulus <-- Aeneas <-- Venus
Crassus proposes the enfranchisement of Gallia Transpadana (recall the Social War of 90-88 BCE)
www.skidmore.edu /classics/courses/2004fall/hi202/crassus-pompey.html   (277 words)

  
 Lifelong Learning: Distant Mirrors Dimly Lit - The Ancients
The most famous of ancient physicians; the many medical tracts surviving under his name may not all be his.
Author of a history covering Rome from its irgins to 9 BCE in 142 books.
Greek historian of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE).
www.abc.net.au /rn/learning/lifelong/features/classics/ancients.htm   (363 words)

  
 Courses Spring 2003
You will substantially enlarge your Latin reading skills and learn more about the tumultuous Roman politics of the 1st century BCE that caused the end of the Roman republic.
84-54 BCE), the “James Dean” of Roman poets.
Even though Catullus died young, at the age of 30, he and his fellow Neoterics ("New Poets") managed to revolutionize Latin poetry.
www.willamette.edu /cla/classics/spring2003   (687 words)

  
 Epicurus [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
Epicurus is one of the major philosophers in the Hellenistic period, the three centuries following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE (and of Aristotle in 322 BCE).
Epicurus was born around 341 BCE, seven years after Plato's death, and grew up in the Athenian colony of Samos, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.
Epicurus died from kidney stones around 271 or 270 BCE.
www.utm.edu /research/iep/e/epicur.htm   (5535 words)

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