Aurelian: emperor of the Roman world (r. 270-275).Names
Coin of Aurelian
9 September 214: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus
September 270: Imperator Caesar Lucius Domitius…
Auxiliaries: non-citizen soldiers serving in the Roman army.
Probably an auxiliary soldier (Mainz)
The Roman army consisted of the famous legions: large units…
Avars: ancient and medieval nation, living in modern Hungary and along the Middle and Lower Danube, dominating power in Central Europe between c.560 and c.790 CE.This timeline was taken from Walter Pohl, The Avars. A Steppe Empire in Central Europe,…
The Denkard, a summary of the partly lost Great Avesta of the sixth century, contains the story Zarathustra and his protector Hystaspes. Denkard 7.4.65-87 is offered here in the translation by Mary Boyce.
Zoroastrianism's most remarkable feature is the dualism between the good god Ahuramazda and his rival, the Evil Spirit or The Lie. This translation of one of the key texts, Yasna 30.1-6, 8-9, was made by Mary Boyce.
Avitus: emperor of the West-Roman Empire (455-457).Names
c.400: Flavius Maccilius Eparchius Avitus
9 July 455: proclaimed emperor by the Visigoths
17 October 456: resigned
First half of 457: unknown cause of death
Successor of: Petronius Maximus
Main deeds
455 Becomes emperor after the sack of Rome by…
Axidares: king of Armenia (r. c.110 CE) from the Arsacid dynasty.Axidares was a son of the Parthian king Pacorus II (r.78-105), who had made his son king of Armenia, a buffer state that had caused several conflicts between the Parthians and…
Azarmedukht: queen of Persia, ruling in 631, member of the Sasanian dynasty.Main deeds:
Name: Azarmedukht
The Sasanian king Khusrau II fought a long war against the Byzantines, but was defeated by the Byzantine emperor Heraclius.
In 628, Khusrau was replaced by his son Kavad…
Azitawataya: Neo-Hittite town in southern Turkey, now known as Karatepe ("the black hill") or Aslantaş ("the lion's stone").History
Musicians (South Gate)
In…
Baalbek or Heliopolis (Greek: Ἡλιούπολις, "sun city"): town in the northern Bekaa valley, site of the largest sanctuary in the Roman world.Temple of Jupiter
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Babylon was the capital of Babylonia, the alluvial plain between the Euphrates and Tigris. After the fall of the Assyrian empire (612 BCE), Babylon became the capital of the ancient Near East, and king Nebuchadnezzar adorned the city with several…