Hellenistic
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Charax
Alexandria in Susiana or Charax: city at the head of the Persian Gulf. modern Khayaber. Charax Alexandria in Susiana was founded in…
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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…Chronology of the Diadochi
Diadochi ("successors"): name of the first generation of military and political leaders after the death of the Macedonian king and conqueror Alexander the Great in 323 BCE. To settle the question whether his empire should disintegrate or survive as a unity,…Chrysippus
Chrysippus of Soli (c.279-c.206): Cilician philosopher, second leader of the Stoa. Chrysippus Zeno of Kition was succeeded as head of the Stoic…
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Cilicia
Cilicia: ancient name of what is now southern Turkey. The Persian king Cyrus the Great conquered this country, and after the fall of the Achaemenid empire, Cilicia belonged to the Seleucid and Roman Empires. It was well-known for its iron…Cilician Pirates
Cilician Pirates: group of buccaneers, destabilizing force in the eastern Mediterranean world in the late second and early first centuries BCE. …Clarus
Clarus (Greek Κλãρος): oracle of the Greek god Apollo, not far from ancient Ephesus. Clarus, general view The temple of Apollo at Clarus…
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Cleitarchus
Cleitarchus (last quarter fourth century BCE): early biographer of Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great Hardly anything is known about the life…