Anšan: Bronze Age settlement in Iran, now known as Tell Malyan and Tall-e Malyan. Although the site was abandoned in the Middle Elamite period, the title King of Anšan remained in use to describe the most powerful ruler in this…
Anthemius: emperor of the West-Roman empire (r. 467-472).
Anthemius
Names:
c.420: Procopius Anthemius
12 April 467: recognized as emperor by the Senate
11 July 472:…
Antigonus II Gonatas ("knock-knees") (c.319-239): king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 283-239.Relatives
Antigonus II Gonatas
Father: Demetrius Poliorcetes
Mother: Phila I (daughter of Antipater)
Wife: Phila…
Antigonus III Doson: king of ancient Macedonia, ruled 229-221.Relatives
Father: Demetrius the Fair (son of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Ptolemais)
Mother: Olympias of Larisa
Wife: Phthia (widow of Demetrius II)
Main deeds
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Antigonus I Monophthalmus (382-301): officer in the army of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi. His surname means "one eyed".Relatives
Father: Philip
Wife: Stratonice, daughter of Corrhaeus
Sons: Philip (c.350-306); Demetrius Poliorcetes (c.337-283)
Main deeds
382: Born
Companion of king Philip II of Macedonia
336: Assassination of Philip…
The Cylinder of Antiochus I Soter from the Ezida Temple in Borsippa is one of the Mesopotamian chronicles written in ancient Babylonia in the Hellenistic Period. It describes how the Seleucid crown prince Antiochus, the son of king Seleucus Nicator, rebuilt the…