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The Antiochus cylinder is a devotional cylinder written in traditional Akkadian for Antiochus I Soter, ... In the month of Addaru, on the 20th day, of year 43,note I ...
The title appears on the Antiochus Cylinder of king Antiochus I (r. 281–261 BC), which describes how Antiochus rebuilt the Ezida Temple in the city of Borsippa. It is worth noting that the last known surviving example of an Akkadian-language royal inscription preceding the Antiochus cylinder is the Cyrus Cylinder created nearly 300 years ...
The Antiochus Cylinder is the last known Akkadian-language royal inscription, separated from the last known previous one (the Cyrus Cylinder) by 300 years. At the time it was made, Akkadian was no longer a spoken language and the cylinder's contents were likely inspired by earlier royal inscriptions by Assyrian and Babylonian kings. [ 57 ]
Antiochus III the Great (/ æ n ˈ t aɪ ə k ə s /; Ancient Greek: Ἀντίοχος ὁ Μέγας, Antíokhos ho Mégas; c. 241 – 3 July 187 BC) [1] was the sixth ruler of the Seleucid Empire, reigning from 223 to 187 BC.
The Battle of Magnesia took place in either December 190 or January 189 BC. It was fought as part of the Roman–Seleucid War, pitting forces of the Roman Republic led by the consul Lucius Cornelius Scipio Asiaticus and the allied Kingdom of Pergamon under Eumenes II against a Seleucid army of Antiochus III the Great.
The topmost rendition follows the Antiochus cylinder, the other two follow building inscriptions by Nebuchadnezzar II (r. 605–562 BC). Throughout the city's long history, various titles were used to designate the ruler of Babylon and its kingdom, the most common titles being 'viceroy of Babylon', 'king of Karduniash ' and ' king of Sumer and ...
A Vermont grand jury has indicted a woman accused of sparking a gunfight with Border Patrol agents last month, causing the death of an agent and the German woman she was traveling with.. The ...
Antiochus seized Hecatompylos and made a brief stay, then set off in pursuit of Arsaces' much smaller Parthian army, which had retreated to find a more advantageous battle site. [3] They travelled as far as the Alborz mountains in the neighbouring region of Hyrcania, which were navigable only by narrow passes. The Parthians chose the primary ...