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  Macedonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
King Alexander I of Macedon (died 450 BC) was the first Macedonian king to play a significant role in Greek politics, promoting the adoption of the Attic dialect and culture.
The First Macedonian War (215 BC-205 BC) was fairly successful for the Macedonians but Philip was decisively defeated in the Second Macedonian War in (200 BC-197 BC).
Although he survived war with Rome, his successor Perseus of Macedon (reigned 179 BC-168 BC) did not; having taken Macedon into the Third Macedonian War in (171 BC-168 BC), he lost his kingdom and his life when he was defeated.
www.newlenox.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Macedonia   (5151 words)

  
 Bactria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Silver coin of Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Dynasty in 323 BC The Macedonians (and especially Seleucus I and his son Antiochus I) established the Seleucid Empire, and founded a great many Greek towns in eastern Iran, and the Greek language became for some time dominant there.
The paradox that Greek presence was more prominent in Bactria than in areas far more adjacent to Greece could possibly be explained by the supposed policy of Persian kings to deport unreliable Greek as colonists to this the most remote province of their huge empire.
The founder of the Indo-Greek Kingdom Demetrius I (205-171 BC), wearing the scalp of an elephant, symbol of his conquest of India.
www.marylandheights.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Bactria   (1194 words)

  
 Third Macedonian War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Third Macedonian War (171 BC - 168 BC) was a war fought between Rome and King Perseus of Macedon.
In 179 BC King Philip V of Macedon died and his talented and ambitious son, Perseus, took his throne.
Finally, Perseus was defeated by the legions of the Roman consul Lucius Aemlius Paullus at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC.
www.hartselle.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Third_Macedonian_War   (442 words)

  
 The Parthian Empire: 250 BC- AD 225   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 247 BC, Arsaces, a Parni leader, revolted against the Greek ruling and the Seleucid Empire advanced in the east.
In 92 BC, Mithridates II was able to conclude the first treaty between Parthia and Rome.
In 54 BC, The Roman general Crassus claimed he could conquer Parthian Mesopotamia, but in 53 BC, the Parthians defeated the Romans and Crassus was killed, by beheading.
campus.northpark.edu /history/WebChron/MiddleEast/Parthian.CP.html   (509 words)

  
 Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Parthians   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Parthian Empire at its greatest extent, c60 BC.
The Parthian Empire was the dominating force on the Iranian plateau beginning in the late 3rd century BCE, and intermittently controlled Mesopotamia between ca 190 BCE and 224 CE.
The Parthians were apparently very intent on maintaining good relations with China and also sent their own embassies, starting around 110 BC: "When the Han envoy first visited the kingdom of Anxi (Parthia), the king of Anxi dispatched a party of 20,000 horsemen to meet them on the eastern border of the kingdom...
www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Parthians   (3060 words)

  
 Cato the Elder   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Marcus Porcius Cato was born in 234 bc in Tusculum, a self-governing town of Latium (Lazio) fifteen miles south of Rome.
He was employed in several important cases; in the prosecution of M. Marienus and Publius Furius Philus for maladadministration in Spain (171) BC in the defence of the Rhodians from the charge of treachery toward Rome; and in other of equal moment.
The patricians continued to manifest their hatred of him as late as 153 BC when he was 81 yrs old Caius Cassius brought against him a serious accusation, the nature of which is not recorded, which compelled him to defend himself with ultimate success.
www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /cato.htm   (5418 words)

  
 Roman Project Map 5: 133 BC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
In 171 BC, endangered by it's neighbor Macedon, the allied kingdom of Pergamum asked Rome for aid.
However, a new ruler appeared in 149 BC and led the forces of a reunited Macedon against Rome.
Much of Spain was soon to fall, as the tribes that had been warring with Rome since 142 BC were defeated by Scipio Aemilianus in 133 BC.
www.travelin-tigers.com /zhs/hsrom05.htm   (367 words)

  
 170 BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Centuries: 3rd century BC - 2nd century BC - 1st century BC
Decades: 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC - 170s BC - 160s BC 150s BC140s BC 130s BC 120s BC
Years: 175 BC 174 BC 173 BC 172 BC 171 BC - 170 BC - 169 BC 168 BC 167 BC 166 BC 165 BC
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 174 BC - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Decades: 220s BC 210s BC 200s BC 190s BC 180s BC - 170s BC - 150s BC140s BC 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC
Years: 179 BC 178 BC 177 BC 176 BC 175 BC - 174 BC - 173 BC 172 BC 171 BC 170 BC 169 BC
In Rome, Quintus Fulvius Flaccus and become censors, and expel nine men from the Senate.
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 SC Wrestling Results February 2004
171 -- Devin Wright (Y) pin Massey, 1st period.
Battery Creek 48, Berkeley 15 103 -- double forfeit 112 -- BC won by forfeit 119 -- BC won by forfeit 125 -- BC won by forfeit 130 -- BC won by forfeit 135 -- Rally Hyrne (BER) def.
Zach Johnson, 16-9 140 -- Ben Mastrofilippo (BC) pinned Brent Dubay, first 145 -- Monte Middleton (BC) pinned Derek Winingham, second 152 -- Paul Armstrong (BC) pinned Daniel Chronbonski, first 160 -- BC won by forfeit 171 -- Kantata Simmons (BC) pinned Matt McBee, second 189 -- Jamal McNeil (BER) def.
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 List of wars - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
171 BC - 168 BC Third Macedonian War
58 BC - 50 BC Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars
49 BC - 45 BC Caesar's civil war
open-encyclopedia.com /List_of_wars   (1986 words)

  
 Bactria
Three rulers in the early second century BC issued coins in nickel (a first in the world).
This silver drachm of the sub-king Menander (160-145 BC) shows the mixing of Greek legend on the obverse and local Karosthi on the reverse.
The defeat of the last Indo-Greek king Hermaios by the Kushan Kujula Kadphises (c.1 BC) did not end coinage in the region.
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 Parthian Empire, page 1 (Arsaces I - Mithradates II)
In 247 BC, Arsaces, leader of a Scythian group in Central Asia called the Parni (a branch of the Dahae) is crowned king.
He overthrows the Seleucid governor of Parthia in 238 BC and establishes a new nation that lasts for almost 500 years.
Son of Priapatios and brother of Phraates I. Reign 171 - 138 BC.
www.grifterrec.com /coins/parthia/parthian.html   (659 words)

  
 Mithradates I (c. 171 - 138 B.C.)
The death of Antiochus IV in 164 B.C. would certainly have reduced pressure on Parthia from the west.
The best account appears to be that Timarkhos, Seleucid satrap of Media lost some territory in the area of Rhagae and farther east, to Mithradates I, while the Seleucid reconquest did not recover this land but did recapture Ecbatana.
Mithradates entered the royal city of Seleucia and was recognized as King on or before July 8, 141 B.C. Before October 141 B.C., Mithradates sovereignty was acknowledged as far south as Uruk.
www.parthia.com /mithradates1.htm   (1997 words)

  
 Mithradates I --  Encyclopædia Britannica
He had become a national hero by capturing Jugurtha, leader of an insurrection in Africa, and almost destroying (102–101 BC) a horde of German barbarians (the Cimbri and Teutones) who had...
After Alexander's death in 323 BC one of his generals, Seleucus, seized Babylon and founded the relatively short-lived Seleucid Dynasty, which lasted until 247 BC when Parthia, a small kingdom in northern Persia, broke away and brought Persia under its rule, building an empire that extended from the Bolan Pass to the Euphrates River.
In about 1000 BC in Byblos and other Phoenician and Canaanite centers, the sign was given a linear form (3), the source of all later forms.
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 SC Wrestling Results mid-January 2004
Thomas Dinwoodie, 12-6; 152 -- Rashaud Singleton (BHS) pinned Berry, second; 160 -- JI won by forfeit; 171 -- JI won by forfeit; 189 -- Aaron Greene (BHS) pinned Davis, 2nd; 215 -- JI won by forfeit; 275 -- Frasier (JI) pinned Ricky Dounias, 1st.
Singleton, 16-1; 160 -- Double forfeit; 171 -- BYR won by forfeit; 189 -- Greene (BHS) pinned Brookshire, 1st; 215 -- Double forfeit; 275 -- Bluhm (BYR) pinned Holmquist, 1st.
Thomas Dinwoodie, 7-5; 160 -- Adam Lypton (FD) pinned Rashaud Singleton, 2nd; 171 -- FD won by forfeit; 189 -- BC won by forfeit; 215 -- FD won by forfeit; 275 -- Craig LaChance (FD) pinned Ross Holmquist, 3rd.
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 Indo-Greek & Kushan coinage
It is the very first one to have ever been made in nickel.
This metal, used by three Bactrian rulers only in a short period of time (Euthydemos II, Agathocles and Pantaleon, between 190 and 160 BC), was never minted again until the 20th century AD.
For a good reason: nickel is usually associated in small quantities with copper and very difficult to separate from it.
www.geocities.com /jmd_brussels/IBKE.html   (524 words)

  
 FORVM's Fake Ancient Coin Reports
Baktrian Kingdom, Antimachos, 171-160 BC – 52 viewsAR tetradrachm
Baktrian Kingdom, Antimachos, 171-160 BC – 6 viewsAR tetradrachm
Baktrian Kingdom, Eukratides, 171-135 BC – 97 viewsIndo-Greek
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 CalendarHome.com - 2nd century BC - Calendar Encyclopedia
CalendarHome.com - 2nd century BC - Calendar Encyclopedia
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 Baktria - Ancient Greek Coinage - WildWinds.com
256-239 BC Diodotos I, revolted from the Seleucid empire during reign of Antiochos II Diodotos II, son of Diodotos I
160-155 BC Antimachos II Eukratides I, overthrew the dynasty of Euthydemos and Demetrios I
145-140 BC Eukratides II Menander I Soter, Indo-Greek successor to Apollodotos I in the south
www.wildwinds.com /coins/greece/baktria/i.html   (180 words)

  
 SV-BC Issue 171
SV-BC Issue 171: Packed updates in the $readmem proposal
From the 1/21/04 meeting: 171: After some discussion, Doug made an alternate proposal for this issue.
The issue on the web was updated to reflect the proposal.
www.eda.org /sv-bc/display_3.1a_issue.cgi?issue_num=171   (547 words)

  
 Tetradrachm - Just A Dollar
Estimate $5000 KINGS of BAKTRIA Circa 171-145 BC.
Frank L. Kovacs is an internationally known specialist in ancient coins, with 35 years in business in the San Francisco Bay Area.
circa 80 - 0 BC 'Soter Megas'/Imitative of Heliocles.
www.justadollar.us /collections/tetradrachm.php   (615 words)

  
 Learn more about 2nd century BC in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Learn more about 2nd century BC in the online encyclopedia.
You are here: Online Encyclopedia > 2nd century BC
Hint: Play with putting spaces before and after your words to see the different results you get.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /2/2n/2nd_century_bc.html   (149 words)

  
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 Rosters
There are 8 that were skipped because the 160, 171, and 189 extra rosters were full.
If there openings tomorrow JVs will be assigned to the weight.
The following wrestlers are not listed above, but my be assigned tomorrow if the weight class has nore more than 24 wrestlers.
www.baumspage.com /wr/vbjv/rosters.htm   (122 words)

  
 Chronology of Iran   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
One should remember that after the Sassanians in mid 7th C. almost all periods and dynasties started with an overall devastation of our entire land
(Mid - 7th century BC) Phraortes subdues the Persians.
549 BC Cyrus (559 - 30) defeats the Medes and founds Achaemenids.
www.iranairiatravel.com /travel/crnlgy.htm   (265 words)

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