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The battle of Ipsus

The battle of Ipsus (301 BCE): Main battle of the Fourth Diadoch war. Antigonus the One-Eyed and his son Demetrius Poliorcetes were defeated by Lysimachus, Cassander, and Seleucus I Nicator.Prelude …

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Issus (333 BCE)

Battle of Issus (5 or 6 November 333 BCE): famous battle during the war between Macedonia and the Persian Empire. The Macedonian king Alexander the Great defeated Darius III Codomannus, won Phoenicia and Egypt, and destroyed the Persian army.Context …

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Issus (Kinet Höyük)

Issus (Hittite Izziya, Greek ᾽Ἱσσός): town in southern Turkey, best known for the famous battle in November 333 BCE, in which Alexander the Great defeated Darius III Codomannus. The town has been identified with the ruins near modern Kinet Höyük. …

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Istanbul, Arkeoloji Müzesi

What did I expect when I decided to visit the Istanbul Archaeological Museum? I only had some vague notions about the collection, but nothing more. I knew that the famous Alexander sarcophagus and a well-known portrait of Diocletian were there;…

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Julius Polemon II

Julius Polemon II: king in Pontus and Cilicia (r.38 - after 68 CE).Polemon's mother was a lady named Tryphaena, who was a daughter of Polemon I and Pythodoris; the father of Polemon II was the Thracian king Cotys, which means that the last…

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