Hellenistic

There are 1575 items in Hellenistic:

Eumenes

Eumenes (361-315): secretary of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi.Relatives Father: Hieronymus of Cardia Wife: Artonis Main deeds 361: Born in Cardia on the Thracian Chersonese 341: Secretary of king Philip II of Macedonia 336: Assassination of Philip (text); accession of Alexander the Great 334: Invasion…

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Eumenes I of Pergamon

Eumenes I: Attalid king of Pergamon, ruled 263-241. Eumenes I Successor of: Philetaerus Relatives: Father: Eumenes, brother of Philetaerus Mother: Satyra Main deeds Adopted by Philetaerus. 263: Succeeds Philetaerus as…

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Eumenes II Soter

Eumenes II Soter: Attalid king of Pergamon, ruled 197-159. Eumenes II Successor of: Attalus I Soter Relatives Father: Attalus I Soter Mother: Apollonis of Cyzicus Wife:…

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Eumenes III (Aristonicus)

Eumenes III: official name of Aristonicus, last Attalid ruler of Pergamon (r. 133-129). Hellenistic ruler Successor of: Attalus III Philometor Relatives Father: Attalus II Philadelphus Mother: not…

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Eunus

Eunus: Syrian slave, leader of a revolt on Sicily in 135-132 BCE. Sicily in Antiquity In the mid-third century, the Romans conquered…

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Eurydice

Eurydice (c.335-c.285): Macedonian lady, wife of Ptolemy Soter.Relatives: Father: Antipater Husband: Ptolemy I Soter Children: Ptolemy Keraunos, Meleager, Lysandra (married to Agathocles, son of Lysimachus), Ptolemais (married to Demetrius Poliorcetes). Main deeds: c.335: Born as daughter of Antipater, the governor of Macedonia during the reign of…

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Eutropius, Short History 3

Eutropius (c.320-c.390?): Roman historian, author of a very popular Short History of the Roman Empire.The translation of Eutropius' Short History offered here is by John Selby Watson and was published in 1886. The text was found at Tertullian.org. The notes…

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