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  Controversy over the use of CE and BCE to identify dates in history
BCE stands for "Before the common era." It is expected to eventually replace BC, which means "Before Christ," or "Before the Messiah.
Most theologians and religious historians believe that the approximate birth date of Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus) was in the fall, sometime between 7 and 4 BCE, although we have seen estimates as late as 4 CE and as early as the second century BCE.
Although CE and BCE were originally used mainly within theological writings, the terms are gradually receiving greater usage in secular writing, the media, and in the culture generally.
www.religioustolerance.org /bce.htm   (1737 words)

  
  Amphictyonic League - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Great Amphictyonic League was founded circa 1100 BCE for the protection and administration of the temple of Apollo in Delphi and temple of Demeter in Anthela, near Thermopylae.
In 356 BCE Phocians captured and sacked Delphi and sacred war was declared against them.
After a ten-year war Phocians were expelled from the League in 346 BCE and their two votes were given to Macedonians who had helped to defeat them.
www.open-encyclopedia.com /Amphictyony   (402 words)

  
 Olympias - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The marriage was stormy and in the fall of 357 BC, Olympias being neglected and in anger went back to Epirus where she spent the winter.
Late in spring of 356 BC, under pressure from her uncle the Epirotan king she returned to Pella -the Macedonian capital- pregnant.
Alexander was promptly born late July, 356 BC.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Olympias   (712 words)

  
 Philippi
Philippi: town in eastern Macedonia, founded by king Philip II, famous for the double battle in 42 BCE that marked the end of the Roman republic.
It was only natural that the plains west of Philippi were to become the theater of an important battle.
In October 42 BCE, two Roman armies approached each other: Brutus and Cassius, the assassins of Julius Caesar and defenders of the Roman republic, arrived from the east, and a bit later, the triumvirs Marc Antony and Octavian arrived from the west, wishing to avenge the murder of Caesar.
www.livius.org /phi-php/philippi/philippi.html   (712 words)

  
 homepage\people
King David: (1030-960 BCE?) The second king of Israel and one of the greatest figures in the history of the Jews.
Hannibal: (247-183 BCE) Great military leader of the city-state of Carthage who in the Punic Wars with Rome, crossed an army (with elephants) over the Alps and invaded Rome from the north.
Cleopatra: (69-30 BCE) Queen of ancient Egypt, she was the last ruler in the dynasty founded by Ptolemy I. Jesus Christ: (1st century) Believed by Christians to be the divine Son of God.
www.list.org /~mdoyle/people.html   (1543 words)

  
 Regents Prep Global History & Geography: Famous People Vocabulary List
He is responsible for the expansion of his empire, the stability his administration gave to it, and the increasing of trade and cultural diffusion.
Alexander the Great : (356 BCE-323 BCE) He conquered most of the ancient world from Asia Minor to Egypt and India, which began the Hellenistic culture which was a blending of Greek, Persian, Indian, and Egyptian influences.
BCE) Greek scientist who first stated that the Earth revolved around the Sun, and rotated on its axis.
regentsprep.org /Regents/global/vocab/topic.cfm?topic=q   (4692 words)

  
 Regents Prep Global History & Geography: Movement of People & Goods Vocabulary List
Hellenistic : Time period from the late 4th century BCE to the 1st century CE that was characterized by Greek achievement and a blending of Persian, Egyptian, Greek, and Indian cultures due to the empire of Alexander the Great.
New Kingdom : (1550 BCE - 1100 BCE) Period in ancient Egyptian history characterized by strong pharaohs who conquered an empire that stretched from Nubia in the south, to the Euphrates River in Mesopotamia.
The Perisan Empire dominated the Middle East from the middle of the 6th century BCE to about the end of the 5th century BCE, Its greatest ruler was Dairus I. Persia was later conquered by Alexander the Great.
regentsprep.org /Regents/global/vocab/topic.cfm?topic=l   (3101 words)

  
 euro.tesoro.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
La BCE pubblica inoltre un elenco di istituzioni esenti dall'obbligo per motivi diversi da quelli di riorganizzazione.
Se tale prova non può essere presentata per i titoli di debito emessi con scadenza contrattuale fino a due anni, l'istituzione può applicare una deduzione forfettaria all'ammontare in essere dei propri titoli di debito emessi con scadenza contrattuale fino a due anni dall'aggregato soggetto a riserva.
L'importo di tali deduzioni forfettarie viene pubblicato dalla BCE nello stesso modo in cui viene pubblicato l'elenco di cui all'articolo 2, paragrafo 3.
www.euro.tesoro.it /euroleggi/Normativa%20comunitaria/D_BCE/(34)%2098RegBCE2818.asp   (2193 words)

  
 Timebase Multimedia Chronography(TM) - Timebase 2000-01
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 /showcase/chronography/timebase/b-c-e.htm   (5647 words)

  
 Anatolia: Hellenic and Roman Times: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Alexandria Troas- founded in 300 BCE by Antigonus I- it was originally called Antigonia and soon thereafter conquered by Lysimachus, King of Macedonia.
399 BCE After Alexander's death Lysimachus' officer Philetairos took control of the city upon learning of Lysimachus' death in battle in Syria.
(167 BCE) the Roman Senate proclaimed Lycia and Caria to be free.
www.juyayay.com /outline/anatolia/politics07.html   (593 words)

  
 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]
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.
www.fordham.edu /halsall/ancient/asbook08.html   (890 words)

  
 The use of CE and BCE  to identify dates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
BCE stands for "Before the common era." It is expected to replace BC, which means "Before Christ." BC and BCE are also identical in value.
Although CE and BCE were originally used mainly within theological writings, the terms are gradually receiving greater usage in secular writing, the media, and in the culture generally.
We probably get more critical E-mails about the use of CE and BCE than about any other single topic, other than homosexuality, abortion in the Bible, and whether Roman Catholics, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witnesses are actually Christians.
66.30.116.105 /~msf/Articles/www.religioustolerance.org/ce.html   (1640 words)

  
 EPHESUS
After the tragic fire in 356 BCE (tradition holds that Herostratos set that temple aflame to make a name for himself), the city took a long time to recover.
They were defeated by the Romans at Magnesia (189 BCE) and Ephesus was turned over to control by Pergamum, until in 133 BCE Ephesus came under direct Roman rule.
The monumental triple gate to the commercial agora from the Library of Celsus was dedicated to Augustus' family in 4/3 BCE.
www.enjoyturkey.com /Tours/Interest/Biblicals/ephesus.htm   (1295 words)

  
 index.htm
Alexander III (Alexander the Great) 356- 323 BCE
Antigonus Gonatas II 277-239 BCE (ancient Macedonian King)
Antigonus III Doson 229-220 BCE (ancient Macedonian King)
www.worldcoincatalog.com /Index   (107 words)

  
 The truth about Macedonia
In the 106th Olympics, in 356 BCE, he won the race, riding his horse.
In the 108th Olympics, in 348 BCE, he was the winner of the two colt chariot.
9.During the 128th Olympics, in 268 BCE and in the 129th Olympics, in 264 BCE, a woman from Macedonia won the competition.
www.network54.com /Forum/post?forumid=22270&messageid=1110139856   (259 words)

  
 A to Z Kids Stuff Greece
Around 1250 BCE the city of Troy in northern Turkey was raided.
The Athenian statesman Cleisthenes (570-508 BCE) is regarded as the founder of Athenian democracy.
In 431 BCE these alliances went to war against each other in a conflict called the Peloponnesian War.
www.atozkidsstuff.com /greece.html   (869 words)

  
 ArtLex on Hellenistic Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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.
www.artlex.com /ArtLex/h/hellenistic.html   (391 words)

  
 A CHRONOGRAPHY OF POLITICAL AND RELIGIOUS CONFLICT
BCE Trier becomes the first permanent settlement in Germany, and according to some historians.
53 BCE Parthians defeat the Romans at Carrhae (Harran) in northern Syria and Crassus is killed.
52 BCE The Han Chinese empire succeeds in subjugating Turkish-speaking nomands from the northern steppes.
www.humanitas-international.org /perezites/archive/timeline.htm   (19687 words)

  
 - LEARNERS: BURNING LIBRARIES (BCE) -
In retaliation for Sardis, the Persians razed the Greek colony of Miletus (494 BCE).
  In 373 BCE the ancient city of Helike on the Gulf of Corinth, was destroyed by an earthquake and submerged under the sea by a tsunami.
In 48 BCE the inhabitants of Alexandria blockaded Caesar.
peaceworld.freeservers.com /130BURNINGLIBRARIES1.htm   (9310 words)

  
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Julius Caesar made him ruler of Palestine in 55 BCE and he became king of the Jews with the aid of Marc Antony in 37 BCE.
Indian epic poem composed between 200 BCE and 200 CE, it concerns a dynastic struggle of the 9th century BCE.
Originally composed in Hebrew about 200 BCE by Jesus ben Sirach, it was probably translated into Greek in about 132 BCE by his grandson.
www.well.com /user/aquarius/authlist.htm   (3717 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Xenophon of Lampsakos [2nd century-1st century BCE]: wrote a short account of islands in the Outer Ocean [later quoted by Alexander Polyhistor after 47 BCE], likely inspired by Pytheas' writings on the subject.
Pytheas is believed to have left Massalia around 330 BCE and travelled to Britain, then Iceland, and a little further beyond to the north before turning around and penetrating east into the Baltic Sea.
(a) 113-101 BCE: The Cimbri in northern Jutland (Denmark).
www.anctil.org /users/eric/rs-notes.html   (15905 words)

  
 What do BCE and CE stand for?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Descendant of anti-Semitic tribe of Amalek and prime minister of the Persian Empire in the 5th century b.c.e.
The miraculous departure of the Israelites from Egyptian bondage in 1312 BCE.
The 2nd Temple was built in 350 BCE and was destroyed in 70 CE.
www.askmoses.com /qa_detail.html?h=195&o=140289   (6542 words)

  
 Greek and Hellenic Philosophy, Science and Humanities: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
He was the author of the first 'universal history', beginning with the mythical origins of Greece up until 356 BCE in 29 books However this was distinctly a history of Greece not a history of the world; called 'universal' as it was PanHellenic.
Timaeus (340-256 bce) of Tauremenium FGrH 566 illustrates the translation from Attic to Hellenistic literature; exiled from Sicily 317 BCE Polybius devotes nearly the whole of book xii to an attack on Timaeus Diod.
Duris of Samos, a pupil of Theophrastus, became tyrant of Samos and wrote a history of greece from 370 bce at least to the death of Lysimachus [ FHG,2.468 and fr.
www.juyayay.com /outline/greece/culture02.html   (774 words)

  
 HISTORY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Alexander (helper of man) Janneus was born in 104 BCE and died in 78 BCE, the son of John Hyrcanus, the Maccabean ruler.
Antonius Marcus was born 83 BCE and died in 30 BCE.
Servius Sulpicius Galba was born 3 BCE and died 69 CE.
www.lebtahor.com /historytimeline/historylist.htm   (7145 words)

  
 September 20
Alex was born in 356 BCE to Philip II who was king of Macedonia and Olympias who was a princess of Epirus.
It was spring of 334 BCE when he crossed the Hellespont into Turkey with an army of 35,000 Macedonian and Greek troops, 5000 cavalry and 160 support ships.
In 331 BCE Alexander did a pilgrimage to the great temple of Amon-Ra, god of the sun.
webpages.charter.net /astroweaver/history/sept20.html   (1411 words)

  
 Lexpert: Deal
On May 26, 2004, BCE Inc. sold its controlling interest in BCE Emergis Inc. through the issuance of 65,906,781 subscription receipts.
Each subscription receipt entitled the holder to acquire one common share of BCE Emergis, upon the unconditional declaration by BCE Emergis of a special cash distribution of $1.45 per common share to its shareholders which condition was satisfied at a special shareholders’ meeting held on June 16, 2004.
The Independent Committee of the Board of Directors of BCE Emergis was represented by Robert Paré, Michel Boislard and Daniel Yelin as well as Alain Ranger (tax) of Fasken Martineau DuMoulin.
www.lexpert.ca /deal.php?id=2248   (211 words)

  
 Dennis's “Greatest Moments In History” / 333 BCE: Alexander's Victory at Issus
Until the 5th century BCE, Macedonia (or Macedon) was a barbaric land, whose people were related to the Greeks but lived in neolithic villages rather than in urban centers, and they had little industry to speak of.
By the middle of the 4th century BCE, Macedonia was almost fully Hellenized, and gaining influence.
Alexander was born in July 356 BCE, and was Philip's son by Olympias, daughter of the king of Epirus (another recently-Hellenized kingdom in modern Albania).
pages.cthome.net /djhalnon/alexander.html   (1652 words)

  
 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.
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.
Many eponymous towns remained: Alexandrias, Alexandropolises and other Alexvilles dotting the landscape of this odd cosmopolitan mish-mash he had conquered.
www.malaspina.org /home.asp?topic=./search/details&lastpage=./search/results&ID=416   (1038 words)

  
 wiki/356 BC Definition / wiki/356 BC Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
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