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41Battle of Mount Olympus — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Mount Olympus partof= Galatian War caption=A map of Asia Minor at the time. date= 189 BC place= Mount Olympus in Galatia, Asia Minor. result= Roman Pergamese Victory combatant1=Galatian Gauls… …
42Attalus III Philometor Euergetes — ▪ king of Pergamum born c. 170 BC died 133 king of Pergamum from 138 to 133 BC who, by bequeathing his domains to Rome, ended the history of Pergamum as an independent political entity. He was the son of Eumenes II (reigned 197–159) and… …
43publishing, history of — Introduction an account of the selection, preparation, and marketing of printed matter from its origins in ancient times to the present. The activity has grown from small beginnings into a vast and complex industry responsible for the… …
44Galen — Greek physician and philosopher (born about 129 AD, died about 210 AD) known among other things for his discovery of blood in human arteries and for his dissection of the human cranial nerves, the nerves that supply key areas of the head, face,… …
45HELLENISM — HELLENISM, term generally used by historians to refer to the period from the death of Alexander the Great (323 B.C.E.) to the death of Cleopatra and the incorporation of Egypt in the Roman Empire in 30 B.C.E. Egypt was the last important survivor …
46241 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeGreece* The Eurypontid King of Sparta, Agis IV, is called away from Sparta when Aratus of Sicyon, temporarily Sparta s ally, requests Agis aid in his war against the Aetolians. Upon his return, Agis finds that his supporters… …
47197 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeGreece* The Spartan ruler, Nabis, acquires the important city of Argos from Philip V of Macedon, as the price of his alliance with the Macedonians. Nabis then defects to the Romans in the expectation of being able to hold on… …
48158 BC — NOTOC EventsBy PlaceAsia Minor* At the request of the Romans, Ariarathes V, king of Cappadocia, rejects a proposal from the Seleucid king, Demetrius I, for him to marry the sister of Demetrius I. In response, Seleucid forces attack Cappadocia and …
49181 BC — NOTOC EventsBy placeEgypt* Ptolemy V is poisoned after a reign of 24 years in which the Egyptian kingdom has declined in power and influence and has lost most of its empire outside Egypt other than Cyprus and Cyrenaica. The elder of his two sons …
50Side — (IPAEng|ˈsiːdǝ) is one of the best known classical sites in Turkey, and was an ancient harbour whose name meant pomegranate. Side is a resort town on the southern coast of Turkey, near the villages of Manavgat and Selimiye, 75 km from Antalya) in …
