History

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Triumvir

Triumvir or tresvir: member of a college of three members. The expression is mostly used to describe the First Triumvirate (60 BCE; Pompey the Great, Crassus, and Julius Caesar) and Second Triumvirate (43 BCE; Marc Antony, Lepidus, and Octavian). …

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Tryphaena

Tryphaena (c.135-111): Ptolemaic princess, queen in the Seleucid Empire.Relatives Father: Ptolemy VIII Physcon Mother: Cleopatra III Husband: Antiochus VIII Grypus Main deeds c.135: Born 124/123: Tryphaena marries to Antiochus VIII Grypus 28 June 116: Death of Ptolemy VIII Physcon, who is succeeded by his wife Cleopatra III. She…

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Tunes

Tunes (Greek: Τύνης): city near Carthage, modern Tunis. Head of Bacchus from Tunes Tunes, the medina of modern Tunis, is situated on…

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Tyrant

Tyrant: sole ruler in a Greek city-state, usually an usurper, who held power in defiance of  a city's constitution. Originally, the word did not have any negative connotations. …

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Tyre

Tyre (Phoenician צר, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean.Origins …

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Tyre (3)

Tyre (Phoenician צר, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean.The Hellenistic Age …

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Tyre, city, temple of Melqart

Tyre (Phoenician צר, ṣūr, "rock"; Greek Τύρος; Latin Tyrus): port in Phoenicia and one of the main cities in the eastern Mediterranean. The temple of Melqart was one of the most important sanctuaries in the ancient world. …

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