Appian of Alexandria (c.95-c.165): one of the most underestimated of all Greek historians, author of a Roman History in twenty-four books.Although only Appian's books on the Roman Civil Wars survive in their entirety, large parts of the other books, devoted…
Apries: pharaoh of the Saite dynasty, ruler of Egypt from 589 to 567.
Apries
Egyptian names: Ha'a'ibra Wahibra
Successor of: Psammetichus II
Relatives
father: Psammetichus II
wife:…
Aquileia: important Roman port on the northern end of the Adriatic Sea.
Replica of an inscription commemorating the founding of Aquileia
Republic
Built…
Arachosia (Old-Persian: Harauvatiš, "well watered"): satrapy of the Achaemenid empire (Kandahâr in modern Afghanistan) along the Tarnak river. The country is part of the road from the west of Iran across the mountains to the Indus valley.
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