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:
Israel (concept)
Israel: the religious name of the Jewish people. Map of Israel, Judah, and other Iron Age Kingdoms The word Israel has a…Lamian War
Lamian War: the anti-Macedonian insurrection of the Greek city states after the death of Alexander the Great (323/322).In the final years of Alexander, he had intervened in the domestic policies of the Greek city states, for example by demanding divine…Third Syrian War (246-241; Laodicean 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…Lictor
Lictor: bodyguard in ancient Rome, whose task it was to protect magistrates. A Roman magistrate and two lictors carrying fasces The word…Limes
Limes: frontier zone of the Roman Empire. Schwabsberg, tower (old reconstruction) The Latin word limes originally was an expression used by land…Limes Tripolitanus
Limes Tripolitanus: frontier zone (limes) of the Roman empire in the west of what is now called Libya. It is interesting because it was not a just a defense line, but is also an example of human intervention in the…Limmu
Limmu: Assyrian official, whose name was given to a year. Tablet with limmu-names One of the most important events in the ancient…Lustrum
Lustrum: the ritual cleansing of the state performed by the Roman censors. Suovetaurilia When the Romans spoke about a lustrum, they could…Magians
Magians (Old Persian Maguš): experts in Iranian religious - probably: oral - traditions, perhaps belonging to a Median tribe. They are to be distinguished from priests.Magians and magicians …Megarian Decree
Megarian Decree: name of the Athenian policy to bar merchants from Megara from the Athenian markets. Sparta went to war with Athens because it refused to revoke the decree. …Menorah
Menorah: The seven-branched lampstand in the Jewish temple in Jerusalem, one of the most common symbols of Judaism.First Temple Drawing of…Mothax
Mothax: type of citizen in ancient Sparta.Ancient Sparta was famous for its warriors, the Spartiates, who had received a full military training (agoge) and were considered to be the elite of the city-state. The Spartiates, however, were not the only…