Apame I: Iranian lady, wife of Seleucus I Nicator, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives
Father: Spitamenes, one of the leaders of the Iranian resistance against the Macedonian conquest
Husband: Seleucus I Nicator
Children: Antiochus I Soter
Main deeds
324: During the Susa weddings, Apame marries…
Apame II (first half third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of Magas of Cyrene.Relatives
Father: Antiochus I Soter
Mother: Stratonice I (daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes and Phila)
Husband: Magas of Cyrene
Children: Berenice II
Main deeds
c.275: Marriage to Magas of Cyrene, stepbrother of king Ptolemy…
Apame III: Macedonian lady, wife of king Prusias I the Lame of Bithynia.Relatives
Father: Demetrius II of Macedonia
Mother: Phthia
Husband: Prusias I of Bithynia (regnal years: c.230-c.182)
Son: Prusias II the Hunter (regnal years: c.182-c.149)
Apella (Greek: Ἀπέλλα): people's assembly in Sparta, of which the homoioi could vote.According to the Greek biographer/philosopher Plutarch, the monthly assembly of the Spartan men - free-born, more than thirty years old - had been instituted by Lycurgus, the legendary legislator…
Aphrodisias (Greek: Ἀφροδισιάς): ancient city in Caria. The town is quite well-preserved.Early Aphrodisias
Alexander the Great
Originally a village named Ninoe (cult…
Apollodorus of Damascus (active first quarter second century CE): Roman architect, courtier of the emperor Trajan.
Apollodorus of Damascus
The Roman architect…
Below are links to photos and descriptions of several of the main buildings in Apollonia.
Baths
Central Basilica
Eastern Basilica
Palace
Port
Theater
Walls
Western Basilica
Apollonius of Tyana: charismatic teacher and miracle worker (first century CE). Born in Tyana, he may have belonged to a branch of ancient philosophy called neo-Pythagoreanism. He received divine honors in the third century. Although the Athenian sophist (professional orator) Philostratus…