History

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Galen

Galen of Pergamon (129-216): Greek-Roman physician. A physician at work Galen of Pergamon (a city with an important sanctuary of Asclepius) started…

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Galerius

Galerius: emperor of the Roman world (r. 305-311). Galerius Names: c.255: Maximinus (?) 21 May 293: Gaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus Caesar Iovius 1 May 305:…

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Galla Placidia

Galla Placidia (c.393-450): empress of the West-Roman empire (423-437).Relatives: Ravenna, Mausoleum of Galla Placidia father: Theodosius I mother: Galla first husband: Athaulfus son: Theodosius (died…

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Gallienus

Gallienus: emperor of the Roman world (r.260-268). Gallienus Names: c.213: Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus September 253: Publius Licinius Gallienus Caesar Augustus October 253: Imperator Caesar…

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Gandara

Gandara (Old Persian Gandâra): name of a satrapy of the ancient Achaemenid Empire, roughly equivalent to the valley of the river Cophen (modern Kabul). The Greeks called the western part this region Parapamisos, which may be derived from the old…

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Garamantes

Garamantes: name of a nation of desert dwellers in the Fezzan (southwestern Libya, near modern Germa).Country and Ethnogenesis A Garamantian chariot…

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Gaugamela (331 BCE)

Battle of Gaugamela (October 1, 331 BCE): decisive battle in the war between Macedonia and the Achaemenid Empire, fought in northern Iraq. The outcome was influenced by a celestial omen that announced the imminent downfall of the Persian king Darius…

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