Miscellaneous
On this page, you will find an overview of everything that is not a place, a person, a deity, a battle, an object... in short, this page offers you everything that does not fit in the other pages.
There are 32 items in Miscellaneous:
Achaean League
Achaean League (Greek: Κοινὸν τῶν Ἀχαιῶν): confederation of Greek city states, focused on but not limited to the northern Peloponnese. It was important in the third and early second centuries BCE. …Aetolian League
Aetolian League (Greek: Κοινὸν τῶν Αἰτωλῶν): confederation of Greek city states, focused on but not limited to western Greece. It was important in the third and early second centuries BCE. …Alexander's City Foundations
Alexander Alexander's biographer Plutarch of Chaeronea states that Alexander the Great founded no less than seventy towns, which were important centers…Apotheosis of Homer
'Apotheosis of Homer': modern name for an ancient Greek work of art, probably made in Alexandria. It is currently in the British Museum in London. …Baptistery
Baptistery: room in or near a church where new Christians were baptized. …Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire: the continuation of the Roman Empire in the Greek-speaking, eastern part of the Mediterranean. Christian in nature, it was perennially at war with the Muslims. It flourished during the reign of the Macedonian emperors; its demise was the consequence of…Lebanon cedar
Lebanon Cedar (κéδρος; Cedrus libani): tree, well-known for its fragrance, and the strength and usefulness of its wood. A cedar in…Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum
Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum: the world's largest collection of Latin inscriptions. An inscription from Lepcis Magna Many Latin inscriptions have been published in…Daniel 11 in Context
Daniel 11: Jewish apocalyptic text about the Syrian Wars, waged between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires. Although the text is cryptic, all events can be identified.Although the Biblical book of Daniel describes the visions of a prophet who is presented…Dromedaries and Camels
Few animals are more useful to mankind than the camel and the dromedary. They have an unrivaled capacity to endure long periods without water (up to four or five days), and can carry very heavy loads. They also produce milk,…Dutch Language
Dutch: language from Northwestern Europe, derived from ancient Frankish. Today, it is the main language in the Netherlands and Flanders, but it is also spoken in Surinam and on several Caribean islands. It is closely related to South-African.Origin …Eupatrids
Eupatrids (Greek: Εὐπατρίδαι): name of the aristocracy of Athens and Attica in the Archaic, pre-democratic Period. Areopagus Like all Greek cities in…