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51Philip V of Macedon — Philip V (Greek Φίλιππος Ε΄ ) (238 BC 179 BC) was King of Macedon from 221 BC to 179 BC. Philip s reign was principally marked by an unsuccesful struggle with the emerging power of Rome.Early lifeThe son of Demetrius II and Chryseis, Philip was… …
52Battle of Magnesia — Part of War against Antiochus III Date December 190 BC Location Near Magnesia ad Sipylum, Lydia (modern Turkey) …
53History of Greece — This article covers the Greek civilization. For the Greek language as a whole, see Greek language. For the Classical Greek language, see Ancient Greek. For the history of the modern republic, see History of modern Greece. History of Greece …
54Battle of Gythium — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Battle of Gythium partof= War against Nabis caption=A map of the southern Peloponnese. date= 195 BC place= Gytheio in Mani, Greece. result= Allied Victory combatant1=Sparta combatant2=Rome, Achaean League,… …
55Great libraries of the ancient world — The great libraries of the ancient world served as archives for empires, sanctuaries for sacred writings, and depositories of literature and chronicles.* The libraries of Ugarit (in modern Syria), c. 1200 BC, include diplomatic archives, literary …
56Adobogiona — (fl. c. 80 c. 50 BC) was a Celtic Galatian princess.The daughter of Deiotarus and sister to Brogitarus, princess of the Tolistobogii tribe, she was also cousin to King Deiotarus, a client of Pompey the Great. Adobogiona was married to Menodotus,… …
57Ephesus — /ef euh seuhs/, n. an ancient city in W Asia Minor, S of Smyrna (Izmir): famous temple of Artemis, or Diana; early Christian community. * * * Ancient Ionian Greek city; its ruins lie near the modern village of Selçuk in western Turkey. It was… …
58Eumenes I — /yooh men eez/ king of Pergamum. 263 241 B.C. * * * ▪ ruler of Pergamum died 241 BC ruler of Pergamum, in Mysia, from 263 to 241 who, in 262, liberated his city from the overlordship of the Seleucids (Seleucid kingdom), a dynasty founded in …
59library — /luy brer ee, breuh ree, bree/, n., pl. libraries. 1. a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or… …
60Apollonius of Perga — born с 240 BC, Perga, Anatolia died с 190 BC, Alexandria, Egypt Mathematician known as The Great Geometer. His Conics was one of the greatest scientific treatises of the ancient world. In it he introduced the terms parabola, ellipse, and… …
