100 BC PART 2
Lucius Postumius Megellus (c. 300 BC – 253 BC)
Areus II (Greek: Ἀρεύς Β΄) was King of Sparta, of the Agiad dynasty, from 262 to 254 BC
Timocharis of Alexandria (Greek: Τιμόχαρις or Τιμοχάρης, gen. Τιμοχάρους; c. 320–260 BC)
Timarchus or Timarch (Greek: Τίμαρχος) was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Miletus in the 3rd century BC. He was put in power after the Ptolemaic conquest of Miletus in 279 BC.
Hannibal Gisco (Punic: 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ḥnbʿl;[1] c. 295–258 BC)
Menedemus of Eretria (Greek: Μενέδημος ὁ Ἐρετριεύς; 345/4 – 261/0 BC[1])
Philemon (Greek: Φιλήμων; c. 362 BC – c. 262 BC)
Antiochus Gelotopoios (Greek: Ἀντίoχoς γελωτοποιός; c.352 - 260 BC)
Philochorus of Athens (/fɪˈlɒkərəs/; Ancient Greek: Φιλόχορος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 340 BC – c. 261 BC)
King Nan of Zhou (?–256 BC), born Ji Yan[1] and less commonly known as King Yin of Zhou,[8] was the 37th
Zhao Kuo (趙括; died 260 BC)
Acrotatus (Greek: Ἀκρότατος; died 262 BC)
King Qingxiang of Chu (Chinese: 楚頃襄王; pinyin: Chǔ Qǐngxiāng Wáng, died 263 BC)
Alexinus (/ælɪkˈsaɪnəs/; Greek: Ἀλεξῖνος; c. 339–265 BC[1])
Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges was Roman consul in 265 BC, and died of wounds received in battle at Volsinii, where he had been sent to help put down a revolt. There is some uncertainty as to his identity.[1]
King Xiang of Qi (Chinese: 齊襄王; pinyin: Qí Xiāng Wáng; died 265 BC[1]) was from 283 to 265 BC king of Qi, one of the seven major states of the Warring States period of ancient China. King Xiang's personal name was Tian Fazhang (田法章), ancestral name Gui (媯), and King Xiang was his posthumous title.[2]
Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens was a consul of the Roman Republic, a novus homo ("new man") who was the first consul to come from his plebeian gens. Volumnius served as consul twice, in 307 BC and 296 BC
King Xi of Han (Chinese: 韩釐王 or 韩僖王[1][2]); pinyin: Hán Xī Wáng (died 273 BC), ancestral name Jì (姬), clan name Hán (韩), personal name Jiù (咎), was the ruler of the State of Han between 295 BC and until his death in 273 BC. He was the son of King Xiang of Han.
Demochares (Greek: Δημοχάρης; c. 355 – 275 BC),
Sosthenes (Greek Σωσθένης; died 277 BC
Archidamus IV (Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Δ΄) was a king of Sparta from 305 BC to c. 275 BC
Menecrates of Ephesus (/məˈnɛkrətiːz/; Greek: Μενεκράτης ὁ Ἐφέσιος; 330–270 BC
Marcus Valerius Corvus Calenus (c. 370 – c. 270 BC)
Shen Dao (Chinese: 慎到; c. 350 – c. 275 BC)
Ptolemy (295–272 BC
Nefrina ("May our comings be good"[1]) was a woman who lived in the town of Akhmim, Egypt, in c. 250 BC.[2] She died c. 275 BC, possibly of complications resulting from a broken hip. She was mummified in the fashion typical of the upper class.[1]
Aristotimus was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Elis. He was installed by the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas in 272 BC and ruled only a few months during which he committed many outrageous crimes, driving 800 citizens into exile. He was killed by Hellanicus, Cylon and other conspirators who were subsequently honoured by the Aetolians with a statue erected at Olympia.[1]
King Huiwen of Zhao (Traditional Chinese: 趙惠文王) (born 310 BCE - died 266 BCE, reigned 298 BCE – 266 BCE) reigned in the
Mithridates I Ctistes (in Greek Mιθριδάτης Kτίστης; reigned 281–266 BCE), also known as Mithridates III of Cius,[1] was a Persian nobleman and the founder (this is the meaning of the word Ctistes, literally Builder) of the Kingdom of Pontus in Anatolia.[2][3]
Alexis (Greek: Ἄλεξις; c. 375 – c. 275 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period. He was born at Thurii (in present-day Calabria, Italy) in Magna Graecia and taken early to Athens,[1] where he became a citizen, being enrolled in the deme Oion (Οἶον) and the tribe Leontides.[2][3] It is thought he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned. According to the Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia, Alexis was the paternal uncle of the dramatist Menander and wrote 245 comedies, of which only fragments now survive, including some 130 preserved titles.
Lord Mengchang (simplified Chinese: 孟尝君; traditional Chinese: 孟嘗君; pinyin: Mèngcháng Jūn; died 279 BC), born Tian Wen, was an aristocrat and statesman of the Qi Kingdom of ancient China, one of the famed Four Lords of the Warring States period. He was a son of Tian Ying and grandson of King Wei of Qi. He succeeded to his father's fief in Xue. Lord Mengchang is well known for the size of his entourage. According to the Records of the Grand Historian, he had up to three thousand people in his retinue.[1] Lord Mengchang eventually become the Chancellor of Qi and of Wei.
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (died c. 280 BC)
Ptolemy Ceraunus (Πτολεμαίος Κεραυνός Ptolemaios Keraunos, ca. 319 BC – January/February 279 BC) wSpartokos III (Greek: Σπάρτοκος) or Spartocus was king of the Bosporan Kingdom from 304 to 284 BC, after the untimely death of his father Eumelos in 304 BC after a reign of 5 years.
Oxyathres (Ancient Greek: Οξυάθρης; died 284 BC)
Gellius Egnatius (died 295 BC)
Phila (Greek: Φίλα; died 287 BC), d]
Dinarchus or Dinarch (Greek: Δείναρχος; Corinth, c. 361 – c. 291 BC)
Publius Decius Mus (died 295 BC), of the plebeian gens Decia, was a Roman consul in the years 312 BC, 308 BC, 297 BC and 295 BC. He was a member of a family that was renowned for sacrificing themselves on the battlefield for Rome.
Marsyas of Pella (Ancient Greek: Μαρσύας Περιάνδρου Πελλαῖος; c. 356 BC – c. 294 BC),
King Xiang of Han (Chinese: 韩襄王;[1][2] pinyin: Hán Xīang Wáng); also known as King Xiang'ai of Han (韩襄哀王) and King Daoxiang of Han (韩悼襄王) (died 296 BC), ancestral name Jì (姬), clan name Hán (韩), personal name Cāng (仓), was the ruler of the State of Han between 311 BC and until his death in 296 BC. He was the son of King Xuanhui of Han.
Alexander V of Macedon (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Εʹ ὁ Μακεδών; died 294 BC) was the third and youngest son of Cassander and Thessalonica of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great.[1] He ruled as King of Macedon along with his brother Antipater from 297 to 294 BC.
Rhinthon (Greek: Ῥίνθων, gen.: Ῥίνθωνος; c. 323 – 285 BC) was a Hellenistic dramatist.
King Min of Qi (Chinese: 齊湣王; pinyin: Qí Mǐn Wáng; Wade–Giles: Ch'i Min Wang) (323–284 BC, ruled 300–284 BC) was a notoriously unsuccessful king of the northeastern Chinese state of Qi during the Warring States period. "Famous for his paranoia and megalomania, the king was the archetype of the unworthy and unaware ruler."[1] A generation later, the philosopher Xunzi wrote of King Min: "The king of Qi perished and his state was destroyed, punished by all under Heaven. When later generations speak of bad men, they are sure to mention him."[2]
Agathocles (Greek: Ἀγαθοκλῆς; between 320–310s[1] – 284 BC)
Polyaenus of Lampsacus (/ˌpɒliːˈiːnəs/ POL-ee-EE-nəs; Greek: Πoλύαινoς Λαμψακηνός, Polyainos Lampsakēnos; c. 340 – c. 285 BCE), also spelled Polyenus, was an ancient Greek mathematician and a friend of Epicuru
Demetrius of Phalerum (also Demetrius of Phaleron or Demetrius Phalereus; Greek: Δημήτριος ὁ Φαληρεύς; c. 350 – c. 280 BC[1])
Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter was consul in 284 BC, and praetor the year after. In this capacity he fell in the war against the Senones, and was succeeded by Manius Curius Dentatus.[1][2][3][4]
Ziaelas (Greek: Ζιαήλας; lived c. 265 BC – 228 BC, reigned c. 254 BC – 228 BC), third king of Bithynia, was a son of Nicomedes I and Ditizele.
Chen Sheng (died 208 BC)
Lord Changping (昌平君; died 223 BC) was a general and lord of Qin, but later seceded from Qin and died as the last king of Chu (224–223 BC) in t
Zipoetes I, also Zipoites I or Ziboetes I, possibly Tiboetes I (Greek: Zιπoίτης or Zιβoίτης (three syllables, oe is a diphthong); lived c. 354 BC – 278 BC, ruled c. 326 BC – 278 BC) was the second independent ruler of Bithynia.
Fusu (died 210 BC)
Brennus (or Brennos) (died 279 BC at Delphi, Ancient Greece) was one of the Gaul leaders of the army of the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. While invading the Greek mainland he managed to momentarily reach as far south as Delphi in an attempt to loot the rich treasury of the sanctuary of Apollo. His army suffered a devastating defeat at Delphi, he was heavily injured during the battle and committed suicide there. His militarily inexperienced army was forced to a continuous retreat by the tactical attacks of the Greek city-states and was cut down to a remaining band that fled from Greece.
Li Yiji (268–204 BC)[1
Ji Xin (Chinese: 紀信; died 204 BC)
Queen Dowager Xuan (Chinese: 宣太后; 338–265 BC), also called Mi Yue (Chinese: 芈月｜w=Mi Yue), was a girl from the royal family of the Kingdom of Chu and one of the imperial concubines (consorts but not the wife) of King Huiwen of Qin. She gave birth to King Zhaoxiang of Qin (r. 306–251 BC) and acted as his regent when he was young.
King Wuling of Zhao (Traditional Chinese: 趙武靈王, Simplified Chinese: 赵武灵王) (died 295 BCE,
Areus II (Greek: Ἀρεύς Β΄) was King of Sparta, of the Agiad dynasty, from 262 to 254 BC
Timocharis of Alexandria (Greek: Τιμόχαρις or Τιμοχάρης, gen. Τιμοχάρους; c. 320–260 BC)
Timarchus or Timarch (Greek: Τίμαρχος) was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Miletus in the 3rd century BC. He was put in power after the Ptolemaic conquest of Miletus in 279 BC.
Hannibal Gisco (Punic: 𐤇𐤍𐤁𐤏𐤋, ḥnbʿl;[1] c. 295–258 BC)
Menedemus of Eretria (Greek: Μενέδημος ὁ Ἐρετριεύς; 345/4 – 261/0 BC[1])
Philemon (Greek: Φιλήμων; c. 362 BC – c. 262 BC)
Antiochus Gelotopoios (Greek: Ἀντίoχoς γελωτοποιός; c.352 - 260 BC)
Philochorus of Athens (/fɪˈlɒkərəs/; Ancient Greek: Φιλόχορος ὁ Ἀθηναῖος; c. 340 BC – c. 261 BC)
King Nan of Zhou (?–256 BC), born Ji Yan[1] and less commonly known as King Yin of Zhou,[8] was the 37th
Zhao Kuo (趙括; died 260 BC)
Acrotatus (Greek: Ἀκρότατος; died 262 BC)
King Qingxiang of Chu (Chinese: 楚頃襄王; pinyin: Chǔ Qǐngxiāng Wáng, died 263 BC)
Alexinus (/ælɪkˈsaɪnəs/; Greek: Ἀλεξῖνος; c. 339–265 BC[1])
Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges was Roman consul in 265 BC, and died of wounds received in battle at Volsinii, where he had been sent to help put down a revolt. There is some uncertainty as to his identity.[1]
King Xiang of Qi (Chinese: 齊襄王; pinyin: Qí Xiāng Wáng; died 265 BC[1]) was from 283 to 265 BC king of Qi, one of the seven major states of the Warring States period of ancient China. King Xiang's personal name was Tian Fazhang (田法章), ancestral name Gui (媯), and King Xiang was his posthumous title.[2]
Lucius Volumnius Flamma Violens was a consul of the Roman Republic, a novus homo ("new man") who was the first consul to come from his plebeian gens. Volumnius served as consul twice, in 307 BC and 296 BC
King Xi of Han (Chinese: 韩釐王 or 韩僖王[1][2]); pinyin: Hán Xī Wáng (died 273 BC), ancestral name Jì (姬), clan name Hán (韩), personal name Jiù (咎), was the ruler of the State of Han between 295 BC and until his death in 273 BC. He was the son of King Xiang of Han.
Demochares (Greek: Δημοχάρης; c. 355 – 275 BC),
Sosthenes (Greek Σωσθένης; died 277 BC
Archidamus IV (Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Δ΄) was a king of Sparta from 305 BC to c. 275 BC
Menecrates of Ephesus (/məˈnɛkrətiːz/; Greek: Μενεκράτης ὁ Ἐφέσιος; 330–270 BC
Marcus Valerius Corvus Calenus (c. 370 – c. 270 BC)
Shen Dao (Chinese: 慎到; c. 350 – c. 275 BC)
Ptolemy (295–272 BC
Nefrina ("May our comings be good"[1]) was a woman who lived in the town of Akhmim, Egypt, in c. 250 BC.[2] She died c. 275 BC, possibly of complications resulting from a broken hip. She was mummified in the fashion typical of the upper class.[1]
Aristotimus was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Elis. He was installed by the Macedonian king Antigonus II Gonatas in 272 BC and ruled only a few months during which he committed many outrageous crimes, driving 800 citizens into exile. He was killed by Hellanicus, Cylon and other conspirators who were subsequently honoured by the Aetolians with a statue erected at Olympia.[1]
Apollodorus was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Cassandreia (formerly Potidaea) in the peninsula of Pallene. He at first pretended to be a friend of the people, but when he had gained their confidence, he formed a conspiracy for the purpose of making himself tyrant, and bound his accomplices by most barbarous ceremonies described in Diodorus.[1]
When Apollodorus had gained his object, about 279 BC, he began his tyrannical reign, which in cruelty, rapaciousness and debauchery has seldom been equalled in any country. The ancients mention him along with the most detestable tyrants that ever lived.[2]
But notwithstanding the support which he derived from the Gauls, who were then penetrating southward, he was unable to maintain himself, and in 276 or 275 he was conquered with the help of the pirate Ameinias the Phocian and put to death by Antigonus II Gonatas.[3]
King Huiwen of Zhao (Traditional Chinese: 趙惠文王) (born 310 BCE - died 266 BCE, reigned 298 BCE – 266 BCE) reigned in the
Mithridates I Ctistes (in Greek Mιθριδάτης Kτίστης; reigned 281–266 BCE), also known as Mithridates III of Cius,[1] was a Persian nobleman and the founder (this is the meaning of the word Ctistes, literally Builder) of the Kingdom of Pontus in Anatolia.[2][3]
Archidameia (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχιδάμεια) was the name of several women of classical antiquity:
- Archidameia, a priestess of the Greek goddess Demeter, who, because of love of Aristomenes, set him at liberty when he had been taken prisoner.[1]
- Archidameia, grandmother of the Spartan king Agis IV, was put to death, together with her grandson, in 241 BCE.[2]
- Archidameia, a Spartan woman who distinguished herself by her heroic spirit when Sparta was nearly taken by Pyrrhus in 272 BCE, and who opposed the plan which had been entertained of sending the women to Crete. The biographer Plutarch calls her "Archidamia" (Ἀρχιδαμία),[3] but the later military writer Polyaenus calls her "Archidamis" (Ἀρχίδαμις).[4] The latter writer also calls her the daughter of king "Cleadas" (Κλεάδας) or "Cleomenes".
Alexis (Greek: Ἄλεξις; c. 375 – c. 275 BC) was a Greek comic poet of the Middle Comedy period. He was born at Thurii (in present-day Calabria, Italy) in Magna Graecia and taken early to Athens,[1] where he became a citizen, being enrolled in the deme Oion (Οἶον) and the tribe Leontides.[2][3] It is thought he lived to the age of 106 and died on the stage while being crowned. According to the Suda, a 10th-century encyclopedia, Alexis was the paternal uncle of the dramatist Menander and wrote 245 comedies, of which only fragments now survive, including some 130 preserved titles.
Lord Mengchang (simplified Chinese: 孟尝君; traditional Chinese: 孟嘗君; pinyin: Mèngcháng Jūn; died 279 BC), born Tian Wen, was an aristocrat and statesman of the Qi Kingdom of ancient China, one of the famed Four Lords of the Warring States period. He was a son of Tian Ying and grandson of King Wei of Qi. He succeeded to his father's fief in Xue. Lord Mengchang is well known for the size of his entourage. According to the Records of the Grand Historian, he had up to three thousand people in his retinue.[1] Lord Mengchang eventually become the Chancellor of Qi and of Wei.
Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (died c. 280 BC)
Ptolemy Ceraunus (Πτολεμαίος Κεραυνός Ptolemaios Keraunos, ca. 319 BC – January/February 279 BC) wSpartokos III (Greek: Σπάρτοκος) or Spartocus was king of the Bosporan Kingdom from 304 to 284 BC, after the untimely death of his father Eumelos in 304 BC after a reign of 5 years.
Oxyathres (Ancient Greek: Οξυάθρης; died 284 BC)
Gellius Egnatius (died 295 BC)
Phila (Greek: Φίλα; died 287 BC), d]
Dinarchus or Dinarch (Greek: Δείναρχος; Corinth, c. 361 – c. 291 BC)
Publius Decius Mus (died 295 BC), of the plebeian gens Decia, was a Roman consul in the years 312 BC, 308 BC, 297 BC and 295 BC. He was a member of a family that was renowned for sacrificing themselves on the battlefield for Rome.
Marsyas of Pella (Ancient Greek: Μαρσύας Περιάνδρου Πελλαῖος; c. 356 BC – c. 294 BC),
King Xiang of Han (Chinese: 韩襄王;[1][2] pinyin: Hán Xīang Wáng); also known as King Xiang'ai of Han (韩襄哀王) and King Daoxiang of Han (韩悼襄王) (died 296 BC), ancestral name Jì (姬), clan name Hán (韩), personal name Cāng (仓), was the ruler of the State of Han between 311 BC and until his death in 296 BC. He was the son of King Xuanhui of Han.
Alexander V of Macedon (Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος Εʹ ὁ Μακεδών; died 294 BC) was the third and youngest son of Cassander and Thessalonica of Macedon, who was a half-sister of Alexander the Great.[1] He ruled as King of Macedon along with his brother Antipater from 297 to 294 BC.
Rhinthon (Greek: Ῥίνθων, gen.: Ῥίνθωνος; c. 323 – 285 BC) was a Hellenistic dramatist.
King Min of Qi (Chinese: 齊湣王; pinyin: Qí Mǐn Wáng; Wade–Giles: Ch'i Min Wang) (323–284 BC, ruled 300–284 BC) was a notoriously unsuccessful king of the northeastern Chinese state of Qi during the Warring States period. "Famous for his paranoia and megalomania, the king was the archetype of the unworthy and unaware ruler."[1] A generation later, the philosopher Xunzi wrote of King Min: "The king of Qi perished and his state was destroyed, punished by all under Heaven. When later generations speak of bad men, they are sure to mention him."[2]
Agathocles (Greek: Ἀγαθοκλῆς; between 320–310s[1] – 284 BC)
Publius Cornelius Dolabella (consul 283 BC)
| Publius Cornelius Dolabella | |
|---|---|
| Consul of the Roman Republic | |
| In office | 283 BC |
| Colleague | Gn. Domitius Calvinus Maximus |
| Preceded by | C. Servilius Tucca and L. Caecilius Metellus Denter |
| Succeeded by | G. Fabricius Luscinus and Q. Aemilius Papus |
Publius Cornelius Dolabella was a consul of the Roman Republic in 283 BC. He is best noted for having defeated a combined force of the Etruscans, and the Boii and the Senones, two of the Gallic tribes of northern Italy, at the Battle of Lake Vadimon of 283 BC. Appian named him as the leader of the expedition which devastated the Ager Gallicus (the name the Romans gave to the land which had been conquered by the Senone Gauls) and
Kuji of Colchis
Polyaenus of Lampsacus (/ˌpɒliːˈiːnəs/ POL-ee-EE-nəs; Greek: Πoλύαινoς Λαμψακηνός, Polyainos Lampsakēnos; c. 340 – c. 285 BCE), also spelled Polyenus, was an ancient Greek mathematician and a friend of Epicuru
Demetrius of Phalerum (also Demetrius of Phaleron or Demetrius Phalereus; Greek: Δημήτριος ὁ Φαληρεύς; c. 350 – c. 280 BC[1])
Lucius Caecilius Metellus Denter was consul in 284 BC, and praetor the year after. In this capacity he fell in the war against the Senones, and was succeeded by Manius Curius Dentatus.[1][2][3][4]
Ziaelas (Greek: Ζιαήλας; lived c. 265 BC – 228 BC, reigned c. 254 BC – 228 BC), third king of Bithynia, was a son of Nicomedes I and Ditizele.
Chen Sheng (died 208 BC)
Lord Changping (昌平君; died 223 BC) was a general and lord of Qin, but later seceded from Qin and died as the last king of Chu (224–223 BC) in t
Archidamus V (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχίδαμος Ε΄) was the 27th of the Kings of Sparta of the Eurypontid line, reigning during 228 and 227 BC.
He was the son of Eudamidas II and Agesistrata and through him the grandson of Archidamus IV, after whom he was named.[1]
Gao Jianli (Chinese: 高漸離)Zipoetes I, also Zipoites I or Ziboetes I, possibly Tiboetes I (Greek: Zιπoίτης or Zιβoίτης (three syllables, oe is a diphthong); lived c. 354 BC – 278 BC, ruled c. 326 BC – 278 BC) was the second independent ruler of Bithynia.
Fusu (died 210 BC)
Brennus (or Brennos) (died 279 BC at Delphi, Ancient Greece) was one of the Gaul leaders of the army of the Gallic invasion of the Balkans. While invading the Greek mainland he managed to momentarily reach as far south as Delphi in an attempt to loot the rich treasury of the sanctuary of Apollo. His army suffered a devastating defeat at Delphi, he was heavily injured during the battle and committed suicide there. His militarily inexperienced army was forced to a continuous retreat by the tactical attacks of the Greek city-states and was cut down to a remaining band that fled from Greece.
Li Yiji (268–204 BC)[1
Ji Xin (Chinese: 紀信; died 204 BC)
Queen Dowager Xuan (Chinese: 宣太后; 338–265 BC), also called Mi Yue (Chinese: 芈月｜w=Mi Yue), was a girl from the royal family of the Kingdom of Chu and one of the imperial concubines (consorts but not the wife) of King Huiwen of Qin. She gave birth to King Zhaoxiang of Qin (r. 306–251 BC) and acted as his regent when he was young.
King Wuling of Zhao (Traditional Chinese: 趙武靈王, Simplified Chinese: 赵武灵王) (died 295 BCE,
Comments
Post a Comment