Argeads: name of the royal dynasty of Macedonia.The Argeads, which are known from the late sixth century, were the royal house of ancient Macedonia, a country that was usually divided and ruled by kings without much power. The dynasty claimed…
Argentomagus: important settlement of the Bituriges, modern Saint-Marcel.Oppidum
The theater
The oppidum of Argentomagus ("silver market") was an important settlement in the…
Argentoratum: Roman legionary base and town on the Upper Rhine, modern Strasbourg in France.Early History
Model of the legionary base
The fertile loess soil…
Argos (Greek: Ἄργος): city in the northeastern Peloponnese.Early History
Argos, Heraion, West pediment, Head of Hera
Capital of the northeastern Peloponnese; two hills,…
Arians or Areians (Old-Persian Haraiva): ancient tribe, living in western Afghanistan. Their name means "noblemen".
Map of Hyrcania/Parthia/Aria
In historical times, the…
Ariaramnes (Old Persian: Ariyâramna): name of the great-grandfather of the Persian king Darius I the Great. He must have ruled in the first quarter of the sixth century BCE.Ariaramnes is mentioned in the prologue of the Behistun Inscription, in which its…
Ariaramnes (ruled c.275-c.255): ruler of Cappadocia.Relatives
Son of Ariarathes II
Children: Ariarathes III
Successor of: Ariarathes II
Main deeds
c.275: Succeeded his father Ariarathes II, who had established the Cappadocian dynasty in c.301 and independence in c.280
Made his son co-ruler in 255
Appears to have died…
Ariarathes Eusebes (c.100-c.88; died 86): son of Mithridates VI of Pontus, king of Cappadocia.Relatives
Son of Mithridates VI of Pontus
Successor of: Ariarathes VII Philometor
Main deeds
101: After he has killed his nephew Ariarathes VII Philometor, Mithridates seeks to rule Cappadocia through his…
Ariarathes I (c.405-322/321): ruler of Cappadocia.Born: c.405
Main deeds:
c.333: appointed satrap by the last Persian king Darius III Codomannus,
331: fights for Darius against Alexander the Great in the battle fo Gaugamela
After 330: defends Cappadocia against the local Macedonian commander Antigonus the One-Eyed
323:…