Polybius of Megalopolis (c.200-c.118): Greek historian, author of an important World History that describes the rise of Rome.The Changing Structure of History
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Founding of Carthage: according to tradition, Carthage was founded in 814 BCE by a Phoenician princess named Elissa.The story of the founding of Carthage is told by a Roman author named Justin, who made an excerpt of the history written…
Q is the name used by scholars to describe a lost source on Jesus' teachings. It can be reconstructed from the gospels of Matthew and Luke, which are based on two earlier sources: the gospel of Mark and Q. Stated…
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.71-c.135): Roman scholar and official, best-known as the author of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars.Life
Roman official, first quarter…
"Tabula Leersumiana": modern name of a fragment of an ancient Roman inscription, found near modern Leersum.
The Tabula Leersumiana
In the Roman Empire,…
Tacitus (c.55-c.120): Roman historian, author of a/o the Histories and the Annals.Early Career
Roman official, first quarter of the second century
Tacitus…
Antakya stela: text of a stele, erected by the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari III (r.810-783), as a boundary marker between the realms of two of his vassal kings, Ataršumki of Arpad and Zakkur of Hamath.
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The following text, known as CIL 06.3492, is a well-known inscription, found in Rome, and dating back to the reign of (probably) the emperor Marcus Aurelius (r.161-180).note[An earlier date, during the reign of Antoninus Pius, was accepted by Emil Ritterling.]…
The Gymnasium Inscription is in fact not an inscription written on a stone, but a clay tablet written in Greek that is now in the Louvre, Paris. It gives a list of winners at an athletic contest and shows that…