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The Great Flood: Ovid
The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in…The Great Flood: Comparison
The Great Flood: mythological story about a great destruction that once befell the earth. There are several variants; the Biblical version is the most famous. The possibility that there is a historical event behind the story (a local flood in southern Babylonia in the…Florus on Eunus
The most important source for the career of the Syrian slave leader Eunus is that of Publius Annius Florus, the author of an epitome of the History of Rome since its foundation of the great Roman historian Titus Livy (59…Florus on Spartacus
Publius Annius Florus (c.70? - c.140?): Roman author, published a brief work on the history of the Roman empire during the reign of the emperor Hadrian (117-138).Spartacus was the leader of an army of runaway slaves that shook Italy in…Florus on the Germanic Wars
Publius Annius Florus (c.70? - c.140?): Roman author, published a brief work on the history of the Roman empire during the reign of the emperor Hadrian (117-138).The Roman author Publius Annius Florus published his Epitome of Titus Livy in the…Four Achaemenid Empire Lists
Behistun inscription §6 These are the countries which are subject unto me, and by the favor of Ahuramazda I became king of them: Persia, Elam, Babylonia, Assyria, Arabia, Egypt, the countries by the Sea, Lydia, the Greeks, Media, Armenia, Cappadocia, Parthia,…Four letters of Bar Kochba
Simon ben Kosiba, surnamed Simon bar Kochba ("son of the star") was a Jewish Messiah. Between 132 and 135, he was the leader of the last resistance against the Romans. After the end of the disastrous rebellion, the rabbis called…
Funerary rites of an Apis |
Balylonian Talmud, Gittin 57a-58a
Texts on Bar Kochba: Babylonian Talmud, Gittin Simon ben Kosiba, surnamed Simon bar Kochba ("son of the star") was a Jewish Messiah. Between 132 and 135, he was the leader of the last resistance against the Romans. After the end of…Gospel of Peter
Gospel of Peter: apocryphal text about Jesus' trial, burial, and resurrection. The text breaks off when we expect the risen Christ to appear to his disciplesThe Gospel of Peter is part of a small book that was discovered in the…
Gyges Tablet |
Hannibal in the Alps
The Carthaginian general Hannibal (247-182 BCE) was one of the greatest military leaders in history. His most famous campaign took place during the Second Punic War (218-202), when he caught the Romans off guard by crossing the Alps. …