On this page, you will find several ancient Nabataean inscriptions.A Deified Nabataean King
One of the three Nabataean kings named Obodas was deified as a healing god, probably Obodas I (r.96-87 BCE). How serious this cult was, is proved by an…
Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar: foundation text in which king Nabonidus of Babylonia (r.556-539) describes how he repaired three temples in Harran and Sippar.
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The Nabonidus Cylinder from Ur is a foundation text in which king Nabonidus of Babylonia (r.556-539) describes how he repaired the ziggurat called E-lugal-galga-sisa, which belonged to the temple of Sin in Ur, called Egišnugal. It is probably the king's…
Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae: fifth-century regionary, i.e., a list of monuments and civil servants in the regions of a city (Constantinople).The Notitia Urbis Constantinopolitanae belongs to the ancient genre of "regionaries": a list of monuments and civil servants in the regions…
Velleius Paterculus (c. 20 BCE - after 30 CE) Roman officer, senator, and scholar, author of a brief Roman History.In his Roman History, the Roman officer-historian Velleius Paterculus (20 BCE - after 30 CE) has included a description of the…
Philostratus' Life of Apollonius: third-century biography of a charismatic teacher and miracle worker from the first century CE, who is often likened to Jesus of Nazareth.In the Life of Apollonius, the Athenian author Philostratus, a sophist who lived from c.170…
Plato (427-347): Athenian philosopher, student of Socrates, and one of the most influential thinkers of all ages.
Plato
The Athenian philosopher Plato is usually called a…
Pliny the Younger or Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (62-c.115): Roman senator, nephew of Pliny the Elder, governor of Bithynia-Pontus (109-111), author of a famous collection of letters.
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The Pogrom in Alexandria of 66 CE was one of the anti-Jewish riots that took place at the beginning of the Jewish War (66-70).In Alexandria, Jews, Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians lived together. Sometimes, ethnic violence would flare up. The following…