Hellenistic

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Antiochus XIII Asiaticus

Antiochus XIII Asiaticus: name of a Seleucid king, ruled from 69 to 64.Successor of: Tigranes II the Great of Armenia Relatives Father: Antiochus X Eusebes Philopator Mother: Cleopatra V Selene Main deeds c.75: Death of Philip I Philadelphus, king of a Seleucid Empire that ha…

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Antipater

Antipater (399-319): supreme commander of the Macedonian forces in Europe during the eastern campaign of Alexander the Great, later regent for Alexander's mentally unstable brother Philip III Arridaeus.Antipater was born in 399 BCE as the son of a Macedonian nobleman…

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Apame I

Apame I: Iranian lady, wife of Seleucus I Nicator, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives Father: Spitamenes, one of the leaders of the Iranian resistance against the Macedonian conquest Husband: Seleucus I Nicator Children: Antiochus I Soter Main deeds 324: During the Susa weddings, Apame marries…

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Apame II

Apame II (first half third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of Magas of Cyrene.Relatives Father: Antiochus I Soter Mother: Stratonice I (daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Phila) Husband: Magas of Cyrene Children: Berenice II Main deeds c.275: Marriage to Magas of Cyrene, stepbrother of king Ptolemy…

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Apame III

Apame III: Macedonian lady, wife of king Prusias I the Lame of Bithynia.Relatives Father: Demetrius II of Macedonia Mother: Phthia Husband: Prusias I of Bithynia (regnal years: c.230-c.182) Son: Prusias II the Hunter (regnal years: c.182-c.149)

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Apamea

Apamea: Hellenistic city in Syria.Hellenistic City Hellenistic citadel Apamea, situated in the plain of the Orontes, consisted of a straight and wide…

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Apamea, Museum

Situated in a well-preserved Ottoman khan that once offered accomodation to pilgrims travelling to Mecca, this small museum shows some finds from the nearby city, including several nice mosaics and some sculpture. On the courtyard, there is a collection of…

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