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  Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Full Texts
The Acharnians 425 BCE [At Eserver, formerly ERIS]
The Frogs 405 BCE [At Eserver, formerly ERIS]
The Wasps 422 BCE [At Eserver, formerly ERIS]
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 BCE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
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 Biblical history chronology
30 BCE - 10 CE: Hillel and Shammai
587 BCE: Destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple by the Babylonians and Nebuchadnezzar.
4 BCE - 6 CE: Archelaus ethnarch of Judea and Samaria.
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 BRIEF HISTORICAL BACKGROUND TO THE NEW TESTAMENT
During the latter half of the third century BCE, Rome engaged in a conflict for supremacy with Carthage; the resulting wars were known as the Punic wars.
Between 215-206 BCE, Rome, allied with the Aetolian League, Sparta, and Pergamum, defeated Philip V, king of the Macedonian kingdom, and his ally, the Achaian League, forcing Philip to agree to peace on terms favorable to the Romans and its allies (First Macedonian War).
In 40 BCE Antigonus, the son of Aristobulus II, allied with the Parthians, gained control of Jerusalem; a Hasmonean was once again king.
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 Hellenistic Period in Anatolia and Asia Minor
Hellenistic Period covers from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BCE, to the death of Cleopatra and annexation of Egypt by the Romans in 30 BCE.
When he died in Babylon, in 323 BCE, he left behind, a mentally ill half-brother, Philip Arrhidaeus who was hailed as Philip III, and his pregnant wife Roxane who had later given birth to a baby who was proclaimed Alexander IV of Macedon.
Decisions taken at the meeting held at Triparadeisus in 321 BCE., by the former generals of Alexander, and new warlords brought new regulations and led to the division of the Alexander's Empire.
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 Egyptian History: Graeco-Roman Dynasties   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
He died in 323 and, as son of Amen, was portrayed by the Egyptians with the god's horns.
Alexander's brother was raised to the throne by the army in 323.
Ptolemy II Philadelphus, (reigned 284-246 BCE), married to his full sister, Asinoe II, and sharing power with her, continued the reorganisation of Egypt, basing his decisions on facts gathered during extensive censuses.
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 Encyclopedia: Babylon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Ashurbanipal, or Assurbanipal, (reigned 668 - 627 BCE), the son of Esarhaddon and Naqia-Zakutu...
But following Alexander’s mysterious death in 323 BC in the palace of Nebuchadrezzar, his empire was divided amongst his generals, and decades of fighting soon began, with Babylon once again caught in the middle.
Reproduction of a Parthian warrior as depicted on Trajans Column 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.
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 diadochi   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
306 BCE - Ptolemy's navy was defeated by the navy of Demetrius near Cyprus.
301 BCE - The Battle of Ipsus was fought among Alexander's successors.
281 BCE - A battle was fought in Lydia among Alexander's Successors.
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 Malaspina Great Books - Alexander the Great (356 BCE-323 BCE)
Alexander the Great (356 BC - 323 BC) was King of Macedon; he unified Greece and conquered Persia,; Egypt and several other kingdoms.
On June 10, 323, before he had returned, he died of a sudden fever, in the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II.
By about 281 BCE, only two dynasties remained in Alexander's old empire -- the Selucid dynasty in the north and the Ptolemaic dynasty in the south.
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 Overheads - LIT 102 - Spring 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
56 BCE: the conference at Luca: the Triumvirate was renewed.
53 BCE: Crassus was defeated by the Parthians in the battle of Carrhae and lost his life.
44 BCE the Ides of March: killed by a conspiracy of aristocratic partisans led by Cassius and Brutus.
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 ArtLex on Hellenistic Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
The sculpture's fig leaf was added later as censorship in the interest of modesty.
Statuette of a veiled and masked dancer, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Hellenistic, bronze, height 8 1/16 inches (20.5 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
Statue of Eros sleeping, 3rd-2nd century BCE, Hellenistic, bronze, length 33 9/16 inches (85.24 cm), Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY.
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 Asian Art and Architecture: Art & Design 382/582
The style of the visual imagery of the Theravadin Buddhists of Lanka was, by contrast, mainly that of the Krishna Valley of the Dravida speaking, southeastern coast, however.
Chandragupta, the inaugurator of the Maurya dynasty, was a pragmatic ruler (321- 297 BCE) conquering most of north India’s Ganga and Indus regions, as far west as Afghanistan.
In 241 BCE he had carved seven pillar edicts advocating specifically Buddhist dharma, obedience to teachers and elders, non-killing, generosity, moderation, devotion, compassion, forgiveness, etc. He was particularly interested in advocating against sects splitting, and legitimated the forcible disrobing of those who refused to avoid actions leading in that direction.
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 Daniel 11
The first event is the desolation of the sanctuary in 167 BCE and is described in 8:11-14; (see footnote 4) 11:31; 12:10-12 (see footnote 5).
The second event is the desolation of the city of Jerusalem in 70 CE and is described in Daniel 7:21; 9:27; 12:7, which was preceded by the events of 66 CE, when the Roman armies surrounded the city.
The 1335th day was the offering of the 1st sacrifice on the new alter in 164 BCE, which would align the end of the 1290 days with the start of the work in repairing the sanctuary.
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 GEOG 405.3 History of Geographic Thought   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Alexander's rule, 323 BCE, to Roman takeover, 30 BCE.
Lucretius (99 - 55 BCE): Pleasure and tranquility against social struggle and political violence; atomic structure of matter.
Diogenes of Sinope, 412 - 323 BCE: Founder of the loose sect of Cynics; notion of Cosmopolis
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 Greek Gods
Indo-Europeans, originally from central Asia, beginning in 4th millennium bce, migrated in all directions, and destruction of original settlements in Greece appears around 2100 bce.
His death in 323 bce started break-up of his empire, but Greek culture became "world" culture.
31 bce Alexandria fell into Roman hands at death of Cleopatra VII, last of the ruling descendants of the generals of Alexander.
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 Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Greece
Herodotus (c.490-c.425 BCE): On the Kings of Sparta, c.
Xenophon (c.428-c.354 BCE): The Polity of the Spartans, c.
Herondas (aka Herodas) (c.300-250 BCE): A Mother and Her Truant Son, from The Third Mime, c.
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 alex
His son, Alexander the Great was only twenty years old when he took the throne, but he already had experience in political leadership, and had led his own army.
During the brief period between 336 and 323 BCE, he built on Macedon's Greek conquests and created the largest empire the world had yet seen, replacing and surpassing even the Persian Empire.
The era of Alexander was cut short when he died of a fever in Babylon in 323 BCE at the age of 33.
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 Aristotle (384-322 BCE.): General Introduction [Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy]
He is said to have given two kinds of lectures: the more detailed discussions in the morning for an inner circle of advanced students, and the popular discourses in the evening for the general body of lovers of knowledge.
At the sudden death of Alexander in 323 BCE., the pro-Macedonian government in Athens was overthrown, and a general reaction occurred against anything Macedonian.
In this hiding place they were discovered about 100 BCE by Apellicon, a rich book lover, and brought to Athens.
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 Ancient Greece   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Aeschylus - Dramatist - (525 - 456 BCE)
Thucydides - Historian - (460 - 404 BCE)
Ancient Greeks-Homer and the Illiad and the Odyssey (850 BCE)
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 Alexander the Great * People, Places, & Things * Greek Mythology: From the Iliad to the Fall of the Last Tyrant
(356-323 BCE) King of Makedon (Macedon) from 336-323 BCE; conqueror of the Greek city states and the Persian Empire, Asia Minor, Egypt and India.
Alexander was the son of king Philip II and Olympias; when Philip married his second wife, Kleopatra (Cleopatra), Alexander’s direct ascension to the throne was jeopardized; it is assumed that Alexander and Olympias were responsible for the deaths of Kleopatra, her son and her father.
After occupying and plundering Babylon, Alexander pursued Darius into eastern Persia and, in 331 BCE, found the dead body of Darius which had been left by the Persian generals as a symbol of complete surrender.
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 Uchronia: The Alternate History List
323 BCE — Toynbee, Arnold J. "If Alexander the Great had Lived On".
323 BCE — Sen, Jai, Seijuro Mizu, Umeka Asayuki, and Shino Yotsumoto.
c 200 BCE — Somtow, S.P. The Aquiliad III: Aquila and the Sphinx
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 History in Review - Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora
Jews in the Mediterranean Diaspora: From Alexander to Trajan (323 BCE - 117 CE), By John M. Barclay.
Until recently, students embarking upon the study of Jewish life in the Diaspora between 323 BCE - 117 CE, quickly found that a basic text on this subject did not exist.
John M. Barclay, a lecturer in Biblical Studies at the University of Glasgow, did a great service for everyone interested in classical history when he undertook the monumental task of compiling a comprehensive survey of the Jewish diaspora communities from 323 BCE to 117 CE.
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 The death of Alexander the Great
However, the information taken from it seems sound, even though there are some very strange elements in it (see note 3).
Alexander died on 11 June 323 BCE, in the late afternoon; this can be deduced from the so-called Astronomical diaries, a Babylonian source.
Several scholars have argued for 13 June and 10 June, but the first of these dates is based on an inaccurate Greek source that uses a confused Egyptian calendar, and the second is based on inaccurate reading of the Astronomical diary.
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 Ptolemy-Jerusalem through Coins
After the death of Alexander In 323 BCE, Ptolemy, one of Alexander's generals was appointed Satrap of Egypt.
In 321 BCE, Seleukos I was allotted the Satrapy of Babylon.
Seleukos I solidified his rule in Syria in 312 BCE and controlled most of Alexander's empire while Ptolemy ruled Jerusalem, Judaea and Egypt.
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 FreisslerSoft Books BCE
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The Tribes of Yahweh: A Sociology of the Religion of Liberated Israel, 1250-1050 Bce
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 Internet Ancient History Sourcebook: Hellenistic World
Alexander (356-323 BCE): Speech, from Arrian (c.85/90-after 146/6 CE) The Campaigns of Alexander.
Cicero (105-43 BCE): De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum [At Epicurus] or
Written by a Greek resident of Alexandria in Egypt during the first century BCE, this text is one of the oldest surviving accounts of the countries on Africa's east coast.
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2000 BCE as part of wider movement of Indo-European peoples.
Rome achieves political dominance in Italy, W. Mediterranean, E. Mediterranean, Asia Minor, and finally Europe through wars from 3rd to the 1st centuries BCE.
Initial borrowing of Greek culture — arts, literature, mythology — followed by development of distinctly Latin forms by the end of the 1st century BCE.
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 *** The House of Ptolemy: Kings, Queens, and the Rest of the Royal Ptolemies ***
--- Titulature Of The Pharaohs: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305-30 BCE)
This relief was probably made after her death when she had been made a goddess and was called the "daughter of the god Amun."
Coma Berenices (Bernice's Hair), is the 'hair of Queen Berenice' of Egypt, which became a constellation around 230 BCE.
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 AncientCoins.htm   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Heraios c.5 BCE - 45 CE Kujulu Kapdphises c.
Alexander III 333 - 303 BCE Ptolemies 304 - 200 BCE Seleucids 200 - 161 BCE
652-615 BCE Alyattes c.610-561 BCE Coresus c.561-546 BCE.
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 Slides for lecture of November 12, 2002
Map of eastern hemisphere, showing extent of Alexander's Empire at the time of his death in 323 BCE
Alexander mosaic, mosaic depicting Alexander and Darius, the Persian king at the battle of the Issos, Roman copy of a painting, ca.
Temple of Olympian Zeus (the Olympieion), constructed 175-164 BCE
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