Nicolaus of Damascus (Greek: Νικόλαος Δαμασκηνός, Nikolāos Damaskēnos; Latin: Nicolaus Damascenus; c. 64 BC – after 4 AD), was a Greek historian, diplomat...
13 KB (1,602 words) - 03:59, 21 December 2024
ben Moses Najara - poet, Kaballist and rabbi John of Damascus - Christian monk Nicolaus of Damascus - historian and philosopher Shams al-Din al-Ansari...
6 KB (500 words) - 16:05, 9 August 2024
Nicolaus is a masculine given name. It is a Latin, Greek and German form of Nicholas. Nicolaus may refer to: In science: Nicolaus Copernicus, a Polish...
2 KB (230 words) - 01:52, 22 November 2023
Augustus (redirect from Augustus, Emperor of Rome)
University Press. p. 912. Suetonius, Augustus 8.1 Nicolaus of Damascus, 4. Rowell 1962, p. 16. Nicolaus of Damascus, 6. Velleius Paterculus 2.59.3. Suetonius...
145 KB (17,285 words) - 20:13, 4 December 2024
Medo-Persian conflict (category Battles of Cyrus the Great)
turmoil of the hostilities that unfolded in Persia are equally emphasized by Nicolaus of Damascus. Nicolaus also relayed a lengthy account of these events...
30 KB (3,868 words) - 19:08, 17 December 2024
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (category People of the War of Actium)
Press. p. 7. Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus 7. Reinhold, pp. 13–14. Suetonius, Life of Augustus 94.12. Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus 16–17;...
45 KB (5,047 words) - 20:31, 19 December 2024
fight a third battle. It was narrated by Nicolaus of Damascus, among others, who also mentioned the Battle of Hyrba, but Herodotus does not mention this...
14 KB (1,941 words) - 00:07, 29 November 2024
at the Wayback Machine Plutarch, The Parallel Lives, The Life of Julius Caesar Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus (translated by Clayton M. Hall)...
14 KB (1,530 words) - 15:40, 3 December 2024
his life. According to Nicolaus of Damascus, Atia protested Octavius joining Caesar, and the latter recognized the necessity of protecting Octavius’ health...
14 KB (1,487 words) - 12:16, 15 August 2023
Noah's Ark (redirect from Ark of Noah)
of "barbarian histories", including Nicolaus of Damascus, Berossus, and Mnaseas mention the flood and the Ark. In the fourth century, Epiphanius of Salamis...
59 KB (6,321 words) - 09:23, 18 December 2024
of the Roman Empire. Infobase Publishing. p. 39. ISBN 9781438110271. Appian, The Civil Wars Cassius Dio, Roman History Nicolaus of Damascus, Life of Augustus...
18 KB (1,746 words) - 01:58, 21 September 2024
Strato of Lampsacus. Still others acquired Aristotle's name through similarities in doctrine or content, such as the De Plantis, possibly by Nicolaus of Damascus...
13 KB (1,440 words) - 23:31, 21 November 2024
Josephus Sextus Julius Africanus Memnon of Heraclea Nicias of Nicaea Nicolaus of Damascus Pamphile of Epidaurus Philo of Byblos Plutarch Polyaenus Polybius...
3 KB (219 words) - 19:42, 22 June 2024
Marcus Junius Brutus (category Children of Servilia (mother of Brutus))
details of the assassination vary between authors: Nicolaus of Damascus reports some eighty conspirators, Appian only listed fifteen, the number of wounds...
63 KB (8,450 words) - 18:31, 20 November 2024
Egyptian, Mnaseas, and Nicolaus of Damascus, Josephus writes in his Antiquities of the Jews that "[t]he ark rested on the top of a certain mountain in...
10 KB (949 words) - 15:46, 12 October 2024
son of Aram. In Antiquities i. 7, Josephus reports: Nicolaus of Damascus, in the fourth book of his History, says thus: "Abraham reigned at Damascus, being...
130 KB (13,818 words) - 22:42, 23 December 2024
across the Black Sea for an offense against Augustus. Nicolaus of Damascus wrote the 15-volume History of the World. Estimates for the world population by...
12 KB (4,944 words) - 13:10, 5 December 2024
structural damage in the city of Jerusalem. Marcus Valerius Messalla Corvinus, Roman general and consul (d. AD 8) Nicolaus of Damascus, Jewish historian and philosopher...
3 KB (258 words) - 08:51, 22 May 2024
0s (section Heads of state)
"superior duke". Nicolaus of Damascus writes the 15-volume History of the World. Rome acknowledges Cunobelinus, king of the Catuvellauni, as king of Britain....
22 KB (4,558 words) - 19:49, 10 October 2024
Pyramids of Ancient Egypt". Answers in Genesis. Retrieved November 30, 2020. Gottheil, Richard; Krauss, Samuel. Nicholas of Damascus (Nicolaus Damascenus)...
17 KB (1,654 words) - 09:17, 14 November 2024
of Moesia. In Rome, the election of magistrates passes from the people to the Emperor and the Senate. The river Tiber floods parts of Rome. Nicolaus of...
3 KB (338 words) - 22:11, 18 March 2024
Herod Archelaus (category Children of Herod the Great)
king, before such title had been given by Caesar. At this point, Nicolaus of Damascus argued to Caesar that Archelaus acted appropriately and that Herod's...
14 KB (1,896 words) - 04:01, 29 October 2024
Roman poet Ovid, Tristia and Epistulae ex Ponto, while Nicolaus of Damascus wrote a biography of Emperor Augustus (Bios Kaisaros). In the Roman Empire...
4 KB (2,606 words) - 19:44, 10 June 2023
Aquila, who had been personally humiliated by Caesar. According to Nicolaus of Damascus, the conspirators included Caesar's soldiers, officers, and civilian...
43 KB (5,246 words) - 22:22, 17 December 2024
"superior duke". Nicolaus of Damascus writes the 15-volume History of the World. Columella, Roman Latin writer (d. AD 70) Daemusin, Korean king of Goguryeo (d...
4 KB (475 words) - 05:35, 3 August 2024
Cyrus the Great (redirect from Wars of Cyrus the Great)
Lives) Fragments of Nicolaus of Damascus Arrian (Anabasis Alexandri) Polyaenus (Stratagems in War) Justin (Epitome of the Philippic History of Pompeius Trogus[usurped])...
112 KB (12,766 words) - 22:21, 21 December 2024
This list of ancient Greek philosophers contains philosophers who studied in ancient Greece or spoke Greek. Ancient Greek philosophy began in Miletus with...
28 KB (108 words) - 08:03, 29 August 2024
scholars. The story of the massacre is found in no gospel other than Matthew, nor is it mentioned in the surviving works of Nicolaus of Damascus (who was a personal...
32 KB (3,388 words) - 18:10, 23 December 2024
by philosopher Nicolaus of Damascus (d. 4 AD) on a treatise by Aristotle which is now lost. On Plants describes the nature and origins of plants. The work...
3 KB (300 words) - 10:58, 24 October 2024
conquest of almost all of the known world. Though the only authority with a detailed account of the battle was Nicolaus of Damascus, other well-known historians...
22 KB (3,216 words) - 00:05, 29 November 2024