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  List of ancient Greeks - LearnThis.Info Enclyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Berenice II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
Hiero II of Syracuse - tyrant of Syracuse
Ptolemy II of Egypt - Ptolemaic ruler of Egypt
encyclopedia.learnthis.info /l/li/list_of_ancient_greeks.html   (1027 words)

  
 PERGAMUM, or PERGAMTS ... - Online Information article about PERGAMUM, or PERGAMTS ...
Attalus prudently connected himself with them and shared in their continuous success.
The splendour of Pergamurri was at its height under Eumenes II.
(Philadelphus), who ruled 159–138, and was succeeded by his nephew, Attalus III.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PAS_PER/PERGAMUM_or_PERGAMTS_mod_Bergam.html   (1446 words)

  
 PERGAMUM - LoveToKnow Article on PERGAMUM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The wealth of the state and the kings desire,to celebrate his victories by monuments of art led to the rise of the Pergamenian school in sculpture.
The splendour of Pergamum was at its height under Eumenes II.
Pergamum was the chief centre of the imperial cult under the early empire, and, in W. Ramsays opinion., was for that reason referred to in Rev. ii.
www.1911ency.org /P/PE/PERGAMUM.htm   (1147 words)

  
 Daniel and the Revelation - Daniel Chapter 11   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Especially was this the case with Ptolemy Philadelphus, the second king of Egypt, and Antiochus Theos, third king of Syria.
He had no sooner succeeded his father, Ptolemy Philadelphus, in the kingdom of Egypt, than, burning to avenge the death of his sister, Berenice, he raised an immense army, and invaded the territory of the king of the north, that is, of Seleucus Callinicus, who, with his mother, Laodice, reigned in Syria.
Constantine II and Constans quarreled, and Constans, being victor, gained the supremacy of the whole West.
biblicalstudies.qldwide.net.au /11_daniel.html   (18790 words)

  
 History of the Phoenician Canaanites
The Achaemenians, an Iranian dynasty under the leadership of Cyrus II, conquered the area in 538 B.C. Sidon became a principal coastal city of this empire.
At his wedding to the youthful Cleopatra, Attalus, the bride's uncle in a drunken fit implores the gods to give the couple a lawful heir to the kingdom.
Praises are sung to Queen Berenice, the mother of Philadelphus and Arsinoë, his sister-wife, one way of eulogizing the family of Ptolemy who patronize the festival.
www.phoenicia.org /history.html   (11618 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Eumenia
A titular see of Phrygia Pacatiana in Asia Minor, and suffragan to Hierapolis.
It was founded by Attalus II Philadelphus (159-138 B.C.) at the sources of the Cludrus and near the Glaucus, on the site of the modern Ishekli, the centre of a nahie in the vilayet of Brusa (1000 inhabitants).
The new city was named by its founder after his brother Eumenes.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05604b.htm   (247 words)

  
 Macedonian Rulers
This space/timeline is a schematic diagram of the tenure of major protagonists in the power struggles that shaped the history of Hellenism in the eastern Mediterranean basin during the last 3 centuries BCE.
It begins with the election of Philip II as leader (hegemon) of the league of Greek city states and ends with the death of Cleopatra VII in Egypt.
While this has classically been dubbed the "Hellenistic era" due to the spread of Greek culture, most of the ruling families of the era were actually Macedonians rather than natives of Hellas (Greece).
www.virtualreligion.net /iho/macedon.html   (559 words)

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