Concepts
On this page, you will find an overview of the mental concept of Antiquity, from acropolis to ziggurat, from ephor to tetrarch, from barbarian to tyrant.
There are 132 items in Concepts:
Astronomical Diaries
Astronomical Diaries: collection of Babylonian texts in which astronomical observations and political events are recorded.The Omen Catalogue Astronomical text mentioning the…Barbarians
Barbarian (Greek βάρβαρος): Greek and Roman expression, often pejorative, to indicate the nations they perceived as wild and uncivilized. A Persian…Batavian Revolt
Batavian revolt: the rebellion of the Batavians (a Germanic tribe) against the Romans in 69-70 CE. After initial successes by their commander Julius Civilis, the Batavians were ultimately defeated by the Roman general Quintus Petillius Cerialis.The Year of the Four…Building Orders and Capitals
Building order: a style of (Graeco-Roman) building design. Reconstructed capital from Xanten Although there used to be complex rules to determine the…Caesar
Caesar: title of the intended successor to the Roman throne. It is derived from the name of Gaius Julius Caesar. Adoption…Calendar, Babylonian
Babylonian Calendar: the first calendar to use the "Cycle of Meton".Like all other calendars, the Babylonian calendar had twelve lunar months (about 354 days) and a problem to make these fit the solar year (about 365 days). In the western…Calendar, Jewish
Jewish Calendar: derived from a Babylonian model, the Jewish calendar combines lunar months and solar years, and is still in use.The Jewish year consists of twelve months of each 29 or 30 days. A regular year, therefore, has 354 days…Carian War (280-279; First Syrian War)
Syrian Wars: series of conflicts between the Seleucid and Ptolemaic empires in the third and second centuries BCE; at stake was an area called Coele Syria, which is more or less identical to modern Israel, the Palestine territories, Lebanon, and…Cartouche
Cartouche (Egyptian: shenu): an oval shape, used by the ancient Egyptians to write the names of their kings. Measure with the cartouches…Censor
Censor: Roman magistrate. He was responsible for the public moral and had to put out to tender projects that were to be financed by the state. …Chiliarch
Chiliarch: official at the royal court of Achaemenid Persia.Chiliarchos means "leader of a thousand men" and is the Greek way to describe an official the Achaemenid court who was in charge of the daily, official affairs of the king. The…Claudian Army Reforms
Claudian Army Reforms: modern name of a wide-ranging series of changes of the Roman military, initiated early during the reign of the emperor Claudius (41-54). …