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Stratonice I

Stratonice I (c. 315-254): Antigonid princess and Seleucid queen, wife of Seleucus I Nicator and Antiochus I Soter.Relatives Father: Demetius I Poliorcetes Mother: Phila I (daughter of Antipater) First husband: Seleucus I Nicator Daughter: Phila II Second husband: Antiochus I Soter Children: Seleucus Laodice Apame II (married to Magas of…

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Stratonice II

Stratonice II: Seleucid princess, wife of king Demetrius II of Macedonia.Relatives Father: Antiochus II Theos Mother: Laodice I Husband: Demetrius II of Macedonia Main deeds Late 250s: marries to Demetrius II of Macedonia 239/238: When Demetrius marries Phthia of Epirus, she returns to her brother Seleucus II Callinicus When…

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Stratonice III

Stratonice III (mid-third century BCE): Seleucid princess, wife of king Ariarathes III of Cappadocia.Relatives Father: Antiochus I Soter Mother: Laodice I Husband: Ariarathes III of Cappadocia Children: Ariarathes IV Eusebes of Cappadocia Main deeds Marriage in c. 257 Literature O.L. Gabelko & Yu.N. Kuzmin, "Matrimonial Policy of Demetrius II…

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Stratonice IV

Stratonice IV (c.200-c.135): Cappadocian princess, wife of two kings of Pergamon.Relatives Father: Ariarathes IV of Cappadocia First husband: Eumenes II Soter of Pergamon Children: Attalus III Philometor (officially) Second husband: Attalus II Philadelphus of Pergamon Main deeds 188: Marries Eumenes II 172: During a visit to Rome, Eumenes,…

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Stratonicea

Stratonicea (Greek Στρατoνίκεια): an ancient city in Caria, modern Eskihisar.History Statue of a Roman governor Founded early in the third century BCE…

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Strymon

Strymon: river in Thrace. Today, it is called Struma (in Bulgarian) and Strymonas (in Greek). The poetic name Kara Su, "the black waters", is Turkish. …

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Suetonius

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…

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Suetonius on Otho and Laetus

In his Life of Otho, section 10, Suetonius gives us a brief glimpse of the history of his family. He tells how his father, Suetonius Laetus, was present when the emperor decided to commit suicide after the lost battle of…

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Suetonius, Caesar's Funeral

Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.71-c.135): Roman scholar and official, best-known as the author of the Lives of the Twelve Caesars.On 15 March 44 BCE, the Roman dictator Julius Caesar was murdered. A few days later, he was cremated on the Roman…

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Sufetula

Sufetula: Roman city in Africa, especially important in Late Antiquity.Sufetula Sufetula, Capitol Already in existence during the reign of Vespasian (r.69-79) Production of…

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