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  List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD
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 Aeschines - Encyclopedia.com
Both he and Demosthenes were members of the embassy to Philip in 348 BC, and afterward Demosthenes bitterly and baselessly accused Aeschines of accepting Macedonian bribes.
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 Teacher Appreciation: ARISTOTLE OF STAGIRA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
In 342 BC he was invited by Philip of Macedon to educate his son, Alexander (later, the Great).
He returned to Athens (335 BC) and opened a school (the Lyceum); his followers were called Peripatetics, supposedly from his practice of walking up and down restlessly during his lectures.
After Alexander's death (323 BC), there was strong anti-Macedonian sentiment in Athens; Aristotle was accused of impiety and, perhaps with Socrates' fate in mind, escaped to Chalcis in Euboea, where he died the next year.
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 Index of Roman Laws
Lex Caecilia Didia - (98 BC) - forbade the "tacking" of desperate measures in one omnibus bill and enacted that a regular interval of 3 market-days must elapse between the promulgation of a measure and its voting in the assembly.
Lex Hortensia (287 BC) -by plebeian dictator Q. Hortensius, said that resolutions of the Concilium Plebis (plebiscita) should have the force of law and bind the whole community, important measure for the voice of the plebs.
Lex Pompeia (89 BC) - by consul Cn.
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 Acropolis of Lindos - Rhodes Greece (Rhodos, Rodos) archaeological sites and historic monuments
After it was burnt down in 342 BC, the present temple was built with the propylaea and the monumental staircase.
BC the cult of Zeus Polieus was introduced, although Athena remained the principal deity of the sanctuary.
In the Roman period the priest Aglochartos planted olive trees on the spot, and according to an inscription the Sanctuary of Psithyros was built close to the Temple of Athena (2nd c.
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 List of Roman laws
Lex Acilia repetundarum (123 BC) - repetundae procedures
The first decree was issued in 121 BC, due to riots provoked by Gaius Gracchus.
Twelve Tables – The first set of Roman laws published by the Decemviri in 451 BC, which would be the starting point of the elaborate Roman constitution.
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 TIMELINE 2nd MILLENIUM B.C. page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
[Hammond Almanac, p.789] 520-465 BC Xerxes I, King of Persia was the son of Darius I and grandson of Cyrus, founder of the Persian Empire.
paraphrased from the visually strong HyperHistory c.518-c.438 BC Pindar, Greek Poet, was born in Boetia, central Greece, and is considered the greatest of the Greek choral lyricists.
c.250 BC "Archimedes studied the equilibrium of planes and the centre of gravity of planes and deduced the laws of the levers.
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 Philip II Father of Alexander The Great, Silver Tetradrachm Coins
In 347 BC, Philip advanced to the conquest of the eastern districts about the Hebrus, and compelled the submission of the Thracian prince Cersobleptes.
In 336 BC, when the invasion of Persia was in its very early stage, Philip was assassinated, and was succeeded on the throne of Macedon by his son Alexander the Great.
Philip II was the champion on the 106th Olympics, in 356 BC on single horse race (this coin).
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 Academics
This is a broad program that focuses on the variety of tasks a manager may face; however, the elective options are varied enough that the student may choose to emphasize finance or personnel.
Prerequisites: BC 165, BC 166, BN 104, and BK 101.
This course is a continuation of BC 165 and includes further study of financial accounting along with an introduction to management accounting.
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 Alexander of Epirus - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was placed on the throne of Epirus by Philip in 342 BC (J 8.6.7-8; D 16.72.1).
To build closer familial ties, and obligations towards the Macedonian king, he married his niece, Cleopatra, in 336 BC (D 16.91.4—93.2; J 9.6.1, 9.7.7), during the celebrations of which Philip was assassinated.
Philip had probably suggested the marriage in order to create a more direct tie with his brother-in-law—at least one ancient author suggests that Olympias was attempting to persuade Alexander to make war on her estranged husband (J 9.7.7).
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 Aristotle
In 342 BC send to Macedonia on request of king Philippus, the king assigned him for the education of Alexander, the king’s son, who later would be known as Alexander the Great.
In 335 BC he returned to Athens, here he established the Lykaion (Lyceum).
The reaction of Aristotle to the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC was explained as anti-Macedonically, after this reactions he was accused of collaboration and blasphemy.
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 Athens Features | Fodor's Online Travel Guide
Socrates (469 BC-399 BC) and his disciple Plato (circa 429 BC-347 BC) debate the fundamental questions of knowledge and meaning.
146 BC Rome annexes Greece and Macedonia as provinces.
In 48 BC Julius Caesar defeats Pompey at Pharsalus; in 42 BC Caesar's heir, Octavian, defeats Brutus at Philippi; in 31 BC Octavian defeats Mark Antony at Actium and becomes, as Augustus, the first Roman emperor
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Whether because of their perceived characteristics, such as beauty, wildness, ferocity, swiftness, or wisdom, or because animals played some part in the issuing city's history or makeup, many different kinds of animals were used as coin types with frequently beautiful effect.
The first coins portraying Greeks, whether living or dead, developed only after the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC His own coin portraits are therefore posthumous; the coins struck for Alexander during his lifetime in which his features are merged with those of his ancestral hero Heracles cannot be counted as true portraits.
This spectacular coin may commemorate the victory of Dionysius I over the Carthaginian general Himilcon and the deliverance of Syracuse from its Punic siege in 396 BC The reverse of the coin is signed by Euaenetus, one of the most renowned coin designers of antiquity.
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 Aristotle
Aristotle was born in 384 BC in Stagira, on the northwest coast of the Aegean Sea.
His father was a friend and the physician of the king of Macedonia, and the lad spent most of his boyhood at the court (see Macedonia).
In 342 BC, Philip II invited Aristotle to return to the Macedonian court and teach his 13-year-old son Alexander.
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 The History of Alexandria - Alexander the Great
Alexander the Great (356-323 BC) was king of the Macedonians and one of the greatest generals in history.
In 343 or 342 BC, Philip hired the great philosopher Aristotle to tutor Alexander.
He died at the age of 32 on June 10, 323 BC His body was placed in a glass coffin in a special tomb in Alexandria.
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 Classics Section - WSU Foreign Languages & Cultures   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The Classical Age (ca 2000 BC to 500 AD) refers to the ancient Greek and Roman worlds.
Greek literature comprizes the two greatest epic poems (Illiad and Odyssey) of Homer (ca 900 BC), the passionate love poems of Sappho (ca 610-530 BC), the tragedies of Aesthylus (525/524-456/455 BC), Sophocles (ca 496-406 BC) and Euripides (ca 484-406 BC), as well as the comedies of Aristophanes (ca 450-388 BC) and Menander (342-292 BC).
It was during the Pax Romana (27 BC - 180 AD) the height of the Roman Empire surfaced when arts and literature flourished.
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 Classical Greek Online: Lesson 9
Aristotle was born in Macedonia in 384 BC.
In 367 BC he went to Athens to study with Plato.
Plato had a high regard for him, calling him the "intellect of his school." He stayed in Athens until the death of Plato in 347 BC, and after several residences elsewhere he was invited in 342 BC by Philip of Macedonia to instruct his son, Alexander, who was then 13.
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 MSN India - Teachers Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
He was trained first in medicine, and then in 367 BC he was sent to Athens to study philosophy with Plato.
In Athens, he was associated with Plato's Academy until Plato's death in 347 BC.
In 342 BC, he was called by Philip of Macedon to tutor his son, Alexander.
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ANCIENT COINS GREEK Thessaly No.: 19 Estimate: £ 200 Skotoussa, Drachm, 450-400 BC, forepart of horse right, rev SK-O, corn-grain in deep incuse square, 5.64g, 1h (SNG Cop 250 var; BMC 1).
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x Thessaly, Larissa (c.390-370 BC), AR Drachm, 6.2g, head of nymph Larissa facing, inclined to right, her hair bound with ampyx, but loose at sides, rev. AP, horse grazing right (Lorber 67; Herrmann pl.8,4), reverse slightly off centre, toned, about extremely fine Estimate £...
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In 310 BC, he went to Mitylene to set up a school.
In 306 BC he returned to Athens, and started his school, the Epicurean.
In 270 BC, at the age of 72, Epicurus died of what we would call a kidney stone but at the time was called a stone in the bladder and left his garden to Hermachus who left it to Polystratus after his death.
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 CalendarHome.com - 347 BC - Calendar Encyclopedia
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 EGYPTIAN FAIENCE EYE OF HORUS AMULET
This attractive antiquity measures 2 cm and is dated 715 - 342 BC, the Late Period.
Faience is a inexpensive ceramic paste made from crushed quartz and is thought to be a forerunner of glass.
The process was known from before 2000 BC and the recipe was a closely guarded secret.
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 Directory of Pages each page represents one object in the collection
Artist not recorded / Tetradrachm of Philip II / 359-336 B.C. Artist not recorded / Tetradrachm of Philip II / 359-336 B.C. Artist not recorded / Rhyton, plastic / 350-300 B.C. Artist not recorded / Rhyton, plastic / 350-300 B.C. Not Available / Rosette (from a diadem?): / ca.
Unknown / Funerary figurine of Duam / 664 BC - 525 BC
Unknown / Canopic jar of Pa-f-heri- / 750 BC - 342 BC
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 Timeline of Rome
The Gracchi Brothers: Tiberius and Gaius Gracchi both became tribunes of the plebs in the late 2 nd century BC, and both challenged traditional senate authority.
First to hold office was Tiberius, who fought to redistribute public land in Italy to the poor.
PART I: Early Roman history is based on two sources: ancient Roman literature and modern archeology.
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 Ref: Hellenist and Roman Age (325 BC - 450 AD) By Miles Hodges   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
Diogenes, who was a contemporary of Plato and Aristotle, laid out an important part of the Hellenistic world-view with his Cynicism.
When Macedonia was defeated by Rome in 168 BC he was brought as a political prisoner to Rome.
But he was able to use this misfortune to intervene on behalf of his Greek compatriots to secure fairly gentle treatment by the Romans of the Greeks (the Romans tended to be quite impressed with Greek civilization anyway.)
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 IT Comic Time Line
882 BC Fred, the lord of evil, was born to Maria and Stewert.
He is then sentanced to 200 years in jail, to end 664 BC.
259 BC Fred commits yet another crime, and gets yet another 200 years in prision.
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He who labors diligently need never despair; for all things are accomplished by diligence and labor.
Menander (342 BC - 292 BC), The Woman Possessed with a Divinity
Menander (342 BC - 292 BC), Unidentified fragment
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 Antiquities from GoAntiques / Page 269
Description: A bronze figure of Osiris, 26th /30th Dynasty, holding the crook and flail and wearing a braided beard with curled tip and the atef-crown, 664-342 BC.
Description: A Large Celtic Belt Buckle made of bronze from the second century B.C. with punched out design around the edges and in the central and two pairs of holes...
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 Phil 101 Notes Aristotle
The following period, from 348 to 342 BC was a time of rapid intellectual growth, for Aristotle, but it was also a time in which he became absorbed into the political future of Greece.
In 342 BC, Aristotle was asked to return to Macedonia to tutor Phillip's son, Alexander.
The period from 336 to the time of Alexander's death in 323 BC was the period of Aristotle's true creativity.
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