At the end of book ten his History of Alexander the Great of Macedonia, Quintus Curtius Rufus describes what happened in the days following Alexander's death: Perdiccas was chosen as regent for Alexander's brother Arrhidaeus. The regency was necessary, because…
On 21 or 22 October 331, Alexander entered Babylon, the old capital of the ancient Near East. He had promised that the houses of the city would be left intact, but this did not mean that the women of Babylon…
Battle of Cynoscephalae: decisive battle during the Second Macedonian War (200-197 BCE), in which the Roman general Titus Quinctius Flamininus overcame the Macedonian king Philip V.
…
Cyprus (Greek Κύπρος): large island in the eastern Mediterranean, colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks.Prehistoric Cyprus
Reconstructed houses from Choirokoitia
The oldest human…
Cyprus (Greek Κύπρος): large island in the eastern Mediterranean, colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks.Dark Age Colonization
Aeolic capital from Idalion. Similar capitals have…
Cyprus (Greek Κύπρος): large island in the eastern Mediterranean, colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks.Between Persia and Greece
Statue of Melqart from Idalion
The Persians…
Cyprus (Greek Κύπρος): large island in the eastern Mediterranean, colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks.Hellenistic Cyprus
Hellenistic funerary relief
In the Late Archaic Age, Cyprus…
Cyprus (Greek Κύπρος): large island in the eastern Mediterranean, colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks.Roman Cyprus
A rare Roman military inscription from Cyprus, mentioning…
Cyprus (Greek Κύπρος): large island in the eastern Mediterranean, colonized by Phoenicians and Greeks.Late Antiquity
Roman statue of the Egyptian god Bes from…
Cyrenaica or Pentapolis: the northeastern part of modern Libya, with five - later: six - ancient Greek cities: Euhesperides (modern Benghazi), Taucheira, Barca, Ptolemais, Apollonia, and its capital Cyrene.
…