Damascus (Aramaic דמשק; Greek Δαμασκός): important city in the ancient Near East.Bronze Age
Damascus, "Street which is called Straight"
Mentioned for the…
Damnatio memoriae: modern name for the official condemnation of the memory of a Roman emperor by the Senate. It is the opposite of apotheosis, which means that a deceased emperor is believed to have ascended to heaven.
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Daniel 11: Jewish apocalyptic text about the Syrian Wars, waged between the Ptolemaic and Seleucid Empires. Although the text is cryptic, all events can be identified.Although the Biblical book of Daniel describes the visions of a prophet who is presented…
In October 539 BCE, the Persian king Cyrus took Babylon, the ancient capital of an oriental empire covering modern Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel. In a broader sense, Babylon was the ancient world's capital of scholarship and science. The subject…
In about 165 BCE, an anonymous Jew composed the Biblical book of Daniel. Daniel was, in his view, a Jewish prophet who had lived at the Babylonian court and had had visions of the future. Two of these visions are…
Darius I (Old Persian Dârayavauš): king of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486. He seized power after killing king Gaumâta, fought a civil war (described in the Behistun inscription), and was finally able to refound the Achaemenid…
Darius III Codomannus: last Achaemenid king of the Persian Empire, ruled from 336 to 330.
Darius III Codomannus (Alexander Mosaic, Pompeii)
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Father: Astanes
Mother:…
Darius: king of Pontus (r.39-37 BCE).The kingdom of Pontus, once a powerful state in Anatolia, had come to an end: its king Mithridates VI Eupator had waged endless wars, but had been defeated by the Roman commanders Lucullus and Pompey…
Darius I (Old Persian Dârayavauš): king of ancient Persia, whose reign lasted from 522 to 486. He seized power after killing king Gaumâta, fought a civil war (described in the Behistun inscription), and was finally able to refound the Achaemenid…