Hellenistic

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Socrates Chrestus of Bithynia

Socrates Chrestus: rebel king in Bithynia (r.c.90 BCE)Nicomedes IV Philopator, a son of Nicomedes III Euergetes and Nysa of Cappadocia, inherited the Bithynian throne in an unquiet age, with Mithridates VI of Pontus as a dangerous neighbor. He supported Socrates Chrestus,…

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Stoa

Stoa (Greek: στοά): long, free-standing, covered arcade, closed on one side, and with an open front and a roof supported by columns. …

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