Dascylium: capital of the Persian satraps of Hellespontine Phrygia, modern Ergili.
Dascylium from the east
Dascylium, situated to the southeast of Lake…
Decelea: town in Attica, best known for the fact that the Spartan occupation during the Decelean War (413-404).Although situated on a plain, Athens is surrounded by mountains: Hymettos and Pentelikon in the east, Aigaleos in the west, and Parnes in…
Decelean War or Ionian War: name of the last part of the Peloponnesian War (431-404). The first phase, the Archidamian War, had ended in 421 with something that came close to an Athenian victory. However, Athenian diplomatic mistakes, Spartan intransigence,…
Decimation: punishment in the Roman army. Of every ten soldiers, one was executed.Decimation was never a common punishment: it was too harsh and would no longer inspire terror if it were applied too often. Our sources only rarely refer to…
Decius: emperor of the Roman world (r. 249-251).
Decius
Names:
±195: Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Valerianus
June 249: Imperator Gaius Messius Quintus Decius Valerianus
September…
Dedan (Hebrew: דְּדָן): town in the Arabian desert along the Incense Route in the Al-‘Ula oasis. It was the capital of the Iron Age kingdoms of Dedan and Lihyan.The Al-‘Ula Oasis
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Delian League: modern name of the Athenian alliance, founded after the Persian Wars as a military organization directed against the Achaemenid Empire, but converted by the Athenian politician Pericles into an Athenian empire. In the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BCE), the Spartans tried to…