Amasis: pharaoh of the Saite dynasty, ruler of Egypt from 570 to 526.
Amasis
Egyptian names Chenibra Amose-si-Neith
Successor of Apries
Relatives
wife: Nakhtes-Bastet-reru
son: Amose
wife:…
Amathus or Amathous (Greek Ἀμαθοῦς): port in southern Cyprus, modern Limassol.Early History
Egyptianizing capital
Late Bronze Age / Early Iron Age: Original…
Marcus Ambibulus: Roman knight, governor of Judaea (6-9 CE).According to the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, Marcus Ambibulus was one of the Roman governors of Judaea. His tenure of office is usually dated between 6 and 9 CE, although a slightly…
Ambiorix: leader of the Eburones, a Belgian tribe. In the winter of 54/53 BCE, he destroyed of one of the legions of Julius Caesar, which resulted in the annihilation of his tribe.
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Amel-Marduk: king of Babylonia, ruled 562-560.Relatives
Father: Nebuchadnezzar
Mother: Amytis (?)
Sister: Kasšaya (married to Neriglissar)
Main deeds
Original name: Nabû-šuma-ukîn
Falls victim to a court conspiracy; is sent to jail, where he meets former king Jehoiachin of Judah
Before Ulûlu 566: released; he accepts a new name,…
The Austuriani, or, as the Roman historian Ammianus Marcellinus (c.330-c.400) prefers to call them, Austoriani, were a federation of Libyan tribes that became increasingly dangerous for the Roman Empire in the fourth century. In his Roman History 28.6, he describes…
The tsunami of 365 CE: a disastrous tidal wave that destroyed the ports of many Roman cities in northern Africa.In 365 CE, on the twenty-first of July, the southern shores of the Mediterranean were hit by a tidal wave –…