History

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Thermopylae (480 BCE)

Thermopylae (Θερμοπύλαι; "Hot Gates"): small pass in Greece, site of several battles, of which the Spartan defeat against the Persian invaders in 480 is the most famous.Introduction …

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Thessaloniki

Thessaloniki (Greek Θεσσαλονίκη): Greek city in Macedonia, Roman provincial capital, late ancient metropole.Therma Inscription of Antigonus Doson Close to the river place…

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Thessaly

Thessaly (Greek: Θεσσαλία): landscape in northern Greece.Country Tempe In a brief digression in his account of Xerxes' invasion of Greece, the Greek researcher…

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Theudas

Messiah (mâšîah, "the anointed one"): Jewish religious concept, a future savior who will, in some sense, come to restore Israel. The nature of both the Messiah and the restoration was a matter of debate, and there were several claimants.Theudas (about 45 CE) Sources: Flavius Josephus, Jewish…

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Thracians

Thracians: ancient nation living on the southeastern Balkan Peninsula.The land The Balkan mountains, seen from Kazanlak In the north the Danube, in…

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Thuburbo Maius

Thuburbo Maius (greek: Θουβουρβώ): Numidian-Roman city in Africa, modern El-Fahls.Thuburbo Maius Thuburbo Maius, Capitol Originally a Numidian town in the valley of the…

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