Altertumswissenschaft: German word for the study of ancient culture and society. There is no equivalent in English.There is no real English equivalent for the German word Altertumswissenschaft, which refers to the study of ancient culture and society. It covers both…
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Cambyses (Old Persian Kambujiya): son of king Cyrus of Anšan, member of the Achaemenid dynasty, ruling as king in Anšan, the central part of Persia. In the first half of the sixth century BCE, Persia was subjected to the Medes,…
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Fiscus Judaicus ("Jewish tax"): a tax that the Jews had to pay to the temple of the Roman supreme god Jupiter Capitolinus after the destruction of their own temple in 70 CE.
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Harmodius and Aristogeiton (†514 BCE): half-legendary tyrannicides, who killed the brother of the tyrant Hippias.
Statue of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, the…
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Mazaeus (c.385-328): Persian nobleman, played an important role during the conquest of the Achaemenid empire by the Macedonian king Alexander the Great.
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Sanabares: Arsacid rebel king of the Parthian Empire (r.50-56).
A Parthian
Sanabares - perhaps there were two kings with this name - was…
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Vardanes II: Arsacid rebel king of the Parthian Empire (r.55-58).
A Parthian
In the year 52 CE, the Parthian king Vologases I invaded…
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