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Agis II

Agis II (†400/399): Spartan king from the Eurypontid house, ruled 427-400/399. Fifth-century hoplite. Agis was born as the son of king Archidamus…

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Agis III

Agis III (†331?): Spartan king from the Eurypontid house, ruled 338-331(?). Fifth-century hoplite Agis was a son of king Archidamus III of…

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Alara

Alara (first half eighth century BCE): name of a Nubian king.Relatives Wife: Kasaqa, probably his sister Daughter: Tabiry, wife of Piye Life First known ruler of this dynasty Succeeded by Kashta, who may have been his brother Buildings Tomb at El-Kurru Literature T.G.H. James, "Egypt. The Twenty-Fifth and Twenty-Sixth…

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Alexander 2.1

Alexander the Great (*356; r. 336-323): the Macedonian king who defeated his Persian colleague Darius III Codomannus and conquered the Achaemenid Empire. During his campaigns, Alexander visited a.o. Egypt, Babylonia, Persis, Media, Bactria, the Punjab, and the valley of the Indus. In the second half of his reign, he had to…

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