History

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Euclid

Euclid (c.300 BCE): Greek mathematician, author of the Elements. Twelfth-century manuscript of a seventh-century Armenian translation of Euclid's Elements The great mathematician…

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Aelia Eudocia II

Aelia Eudocia (†460): name of an East-Roman empress, wife of Theodosius II.Relatives Aelia Eudocia II Father: Leontius of Athens Husband: Theodosius II Children: Eudoxia…

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Licinia Eudoxia III

Aelia Eudocia (422-after 462): name of an Roman empress, wife of Valentinian III.Relatives Father: Theodosius II Mother: Aelia Eudocia II First husband: Valentinian III Daughters: Placidia (married to Olybrius), Eudocia Second husband: Maximus Third husband: Huneric Life 422: Birth 423: Galla Placidia and her young son Valentinian III arrive in…

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Eumenes

Eumenes (361-315): secretary of Alexander the Great, one of the Diadochi.Relatives Father: Hieronymus of Cardia Wife: Artonis Main deeds 361: Born in Cardia on the Thracian Chersonese 341: Secretary of king Philip II of Macedonia 336: Assassination of Philip (text); accession of Alexander the Great 334: Invasion…

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Eumenes I of Pergamon

Eumenes I: Attalid king of Pergamon, ruled 263-241. Eumenes I Successor of: Philetaerus Relatives: Father: Eumenes, brother of Philetaerus Mother: Satyra Main deeds Adopted by Philetaerus. 263: Succeeds Philetaerus as…

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Eumenes III (Aristonicus)

Eumenes III: official name of Aristonicus, last Attalid ruler of Pergamon (r. 133-129). Hellenistic ruler Successor of: Attalus III Philometor Relatives Father: Attalus II Philadelphus Mother: not…

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Eunus

Eunus: Syrian slave, leader of a revolt on Sicily in 135-132 BCE. Sicily in Antiquity In the mid-third century, the Romans conquered…

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Eupatrids

Eupatrids (Greek: Εὐπατρίδαι): name of the aristocracy of Athens and Attica in the Archaic, pre-democratic Period. Areopagus Like all Greek cities in…

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Eurydice

Eurydice (c.335-c.285): Macedonian lady, wife of Ptolemy Soter.Relatives: Father: Antipater Husband: Ptolemy I Soter Children: Ptolemy Keraunos, Meleager, Lysandra (married to Agathocles, son of Lysimachus), Ptolemais (married to Demetrius Poliorcetes). Main deeds: c.335: Born as daughter of Antipater, the governor of Macedonia during the reign of…

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