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The Antiochus cylinder is a devotional cylinder written in traditional Akkadian for Antiochus I Soter, c. 250 BCE. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] Discovered in Borsippa , it is now located in the British Museum (BM 36277).
The Antiochus Cylinder, which describes how Antiochus I (r. 281–261 BC) of the Seleucid Empire rebuilt the Ezida Temple in the city of Borsippa, is one of the last known documents written in Akkadian, separated from the previous Cyrus Cylinder by around 300 years. This cylinder also contains the last known example of an Akkadian-language ...
In 192 BC he was sent by his brother Eumenes to Rome to warn against Antiochus III. In 190 BC, he was present in the Battle of Magnesia [ 3 ] which resulted in a defeat against the Seleucids. Around 189 BC he led his forces to fight alongside the Roman Army under Gnaeus Manlius Vulso in Galatia . [ 4 ]
[4] The only full description of the battle available is in Plutarch 's Life of Demetrius . Plutarch was writing some 400 years after the events in question, and is therefore a secondary source, but he often names his sources, which allows some degree of verification of his statements. [ 5 ]
The Antiochus Cylinder written in Akkadian cuneiform c. 250 BC, mentioning Antiochus I, son of Seleucus I "the Macedonian", who restored the temples of Esagila and Ezida in Babylon. [46] The domain of the Seleucids stretched from the Aegean Sea to what is now Afghanistan and Pakistan, therefore including a diverse array of cultures and ethnic ...
American Larry Brown and Anita Hansen, from Denmark, were strangers who met on the Eiffel Tower in 1989 and became friends, kickstarting an unexpected love story.
In the cycle of 19 years, the month Addaru 2 was intercalated, except in the year that was number 17 in the cycle, when the month Ulūlu 2 was inserted instead. [ 3 ] During this period, the first day of each month (beginning at sunset) continued to be the day when a new crescent moon was first sighted—the calendar never used a specified ...
Andragoras (Greek: Ἀνδραγόρας; died 238 BC) was an Iranian satrap of the Seleucid provinces of Parthia and Hyrcania under the Seleucid rulers Antiochus I Soter and Antiochus II Theos. He later revolted against his overlords, ruling independently from 245 BC till his death.