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Laelianus

Laelianus: emperor of the Gallic Empire (spring 269). Laelianus Names: full name and date of birth unknown January 269: Imperator Caesar Gaius Ulpius Cornelius…

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Lake Trasimene (217 BCE)

Battle of the Trasimene Lake (217 BCE): important Roman defeat during the war against Hannibal, the Second Punic War.The Trasimene Lake or, as it is called today, Lago Trasimeno, is one of the large volcanic lakes in Central Italy. It…

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Lamachus

Lamachus (†414 BCE): important Athenian commander during the Archidamian War and the Sicilian Expedition. Portait of an unknown Athenian general The first…

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Lambaesis

Lambaesis: Roman fortress in Numidia, base of the Third Legion Augusta.Lambaesis Legionary Base, View from the north Lambaesis was already occupied (in…

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Lamian War

Lamian War: the anti-Macedonian insurrection of the Greek city states after the death of Alexander the Great (323/322).In the final years of Alexander, he had intervened in the domestic policies of the Greek city states, for example by demanding divine…

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Laodice I

Laodice I: Seleucid queen, wife of Antiochus II Theos.Relatives Father: Achaeus Husband: Antiochus II Theos Son: Seleucus II Callinicus Son: Antiochus Hierax Daughter: Stratonice II (married to Demetrius II of Macedonia) Daughter: "Laodice" (married to Mithridates II of Pontus) Daughter: Apame Main deeds Laodice was the first wife of…

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Laodice II

Laodice II: Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus II Callinicus.Relatives Father: Andromachus Husband: Seleucus II Callinicus Children: Antiochis (married to king Xerxes of Armenia), Alexander (= Seleucus III Keraunos) Antiochus III the Great daughter A son named Lu-xxxnote[Mentioned in the Seleucus III Chronicle; BCHP 12.] Main deeds 246: Laodice marries Seleucus,…

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Laodice III

Laodice III: Seleucid queen, wife of Antiochus III the Great.Relatives Father: King Mithridates II of Pontus Mother: "Laodice" Husband: Antiochus III the Great Children: Antiochus (died 193) Seleucus IV Philopator Ardys daughter (engaged to Demetrius I of Bactria) Laodice IV Cleopatra I Syra (married to Ptolemy V Epiphanes) Antiochis (married to…

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Laodice IV

Laodice IV: Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus IV Philopator and Antiochus IV Epiphanes.Relatives Father: Antiochus III the Great Mother: Laodice III First husband: her brother Antiochus Daughter: Nysa (married to Pharnaces of Pontus) Second husband: her brother Seleucus IV Philopator Son: Antiochus Son: Demetrius I Soter Daughter: Laodice…

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