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    instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome. As it is highly unlikely that a hypothetical Christian interpolator would have called Jesus "Chrestus", placed...
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  • name, which may be spelled as Christos, Chrestos, Chreistos, Christus, Chrestus, and Chreistus, pronounced identically (cf. iotacism). Nicknames include...
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  • himself. As Chrestus and his brother were underage and thus unable to rule, their mother retained all the power as regent. She favored Chrestus over his...
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  • Geminius Chrestus was a Roman eques who flourished during the earlier part of the third century AD. He was appointed to a series of military and civilian...
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    have added "a certain" to Chrestus, if he had meant some unknown agitator. Other scholars disagree: Stephen Benko sees "Chrestus" as an otherwise unknown...
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  • Socrates Chrestus (Greek: Σωκράτης ό Χρηστός; Chrestus (The Good) died 90–88 BC) was the second son of Nicomedes III of Bithynia. He usurped the Bithynian...
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    his father's second marriage to Nysa, and a half brother named Socrates Chrestus from his father's concubine, Hagne, and possibly Pylaemenes III by an unknown...
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    Laodice VI, and their elder son Mithridates VI, and younger son Mithridates Chrestus. Neither Mithridates VI nor his younger brother were of age, and their...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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    Mithridates VI and Mithridates Chrestus, were still children, Pontus now came under the regency of his wife Laodice. She favored Chrestus, and Mithridates VI escaped...
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  • passed off their own stillborn child as the murdered Cyrus. Mithridates Chrestus, prince from the Kingdom of Pontus, brother of Mithridates VI of Pontus...
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  • army Socrates the Younger (4th century BC), Athenian philosopher Socrates Chrestus (died 90–88 BC), Greek prince and King of Bithynia Sócrates (1954–2011)...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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  • joint rule of her mother and her brothers: Mithridates VI and Mithridates Chrestus. The brothers of Laodice were both too young to rule and their mother retained...
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  • marriage Queen consort of Cappadocia), Mithridates VI of Pontus, Mithridates Chrestus, Laodice (II) (by marriage Queen consort of Pontus), Nysa (sometimes spelt...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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    expelled", i.e. those Jewish Christians labelled under the name Chrestus. "The garbled Chrestus is almost certainly evidence for the presence of Christians...
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  • several names, including Esther, Estelle, Estella, Estrella, Chreistos Chrestus, Celeste, Jessica, Leslie, Lesley, Estefania, Elizabeth, Estabella and...
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    that, "since the Jews constantly made disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, the [emperor Claudius] expelled them from Rome" ("Iudaeos impulsore Chresto...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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    Mithridates V eight children: Laodice of Cappadocia, Mithridates VI, Mithridates Chrestus, Laodice, Nysa (sometimes spelt as Nyssa), Roxana and Statira. Roxana and...
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    Mithridates Chrestus. Both of her sons were underage and Laodice retained all power as regent. Laodice in her regency favored her second son (Chrestus was probably...
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    Prusias I Prusias II Nicomedes II Nicomedes III Nicomedes IV Socrates Chrestus Monarchs of Pontus Mithridates I Ctistes Ariobarzanes Mithridates II Mithridates...
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    states: "Since the Jews constantly made disturbances at the instigation of Chrestus, he expelled them from Rome." The reference in Claudius 25 involves the...
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