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  1. Empire of Nicaea

    t n Rh ma n br Empire of the Romans conventional long name Roman Empire of Nicaea common name Nicaea continent Asia region the Middle East era High Middle Ages government type Autocracy year start 1204 year end 1261 date end July p1 Byzantine Empire under the Angeloi flag p1 Simple Labarum.svg ... image map caption The Latin Empire , Empire of Nicaea, Empire of Trebizond , and the Despotate of Epirus . The borders are very uncertain. capital Nicaea city Nicaea de jure br Kemalpa a ... 1254 1258 year leader4 1258 1261 year leader5 1259 1261 title leader Emperor of Nicaea Emperor The Empire of Nicaea was the largest of the three Byzantine Greeks Byzantine Greek ref The Columbia history of the world by John Arthur Garraty, Peter Gay The Greek empire in exile at Nicaea proved too strong ... Epirus and Empire of Trebizond Trebizond as well as Nicaea, although Trebizond broke away as an independent state a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople. Nicaea, however, was the closest to the Latin Empire and was in the best position to attempt to re establish the Byzantine Empire. Theodore ... Medieval states in Anatolia DEFAULTSORT Nicaea, Empire of Category States and territories established in 1204 Category Empire of Nicaea Category Laskarid dynasty Category Byzantine Empire successor ... Byzantine Emperor, establish a court that soon become the Small but reviving Greek empire. ref successor states founded by the aristocracy of the Byzantine Empire that fled after Constantinople ... the Small but reviving Greek empire. ref it lasted from 1204 to 1261, when the Nicaean recovery of Constantinople re established the Byzantine Empire. Foundation In 1204, Byzantine emperor Alexius ... too fled, to the city of Nicaea today znik in Bithynia , realizing the situation in Constantinople was hopeless. The Latin Empire , which was established by the Crusaders in Constantinople, had poor ... of the most powerful of the successor states. In 1206, Theodore proclaimed himself emperor at Nicaea ...   more details



  1. Nicaea

    which comes from the First Council , and as the capital city of the Empire of Nicaea . Nicaea served as the interim capital city of the Byzantine Empire between 1204 and 1261, following the Fourth ... Eastern Empire , Nicaea did not lose in importance for its present walls, which were erected during ... Empire Byzantine emperors against the Turkish people Turks . Nicaea in early Christianity ... Empire Constantine , 325, the celebrated First Council of Nicaea was held there against the Arianism ... Despotate of Epirus Epirus and Empire of Trebizond Trebizond . It was Nicaea that formed the core ... founded the Empire of Nicaea western Asia Minor there. Building on the strong military infrastructure ... settlement type coordinates display inline,title coordinates region TR map caption Location of Nicaea within Turkey. official name Nicaea native name pushpin map Turkey pushpin label position the position of the pushpin label left, right, top, bottom, none pushpin map caption Location of Nicaea pushpin mapsize latd 40 latm 25.74 latNS N longd 29 longm 43.17 longEW E Nicaea IPA en na si ... of the First Council of Nicaea First and Second Council of Nicaea Second Councils of Nicaea the first ... Kapisi Iznik 932a.jpg thumb 250px The Lefke Gate, part of Nicaea s city walls. The place is said ... 281 BC in 301 BC as his share of the lands. He renamed it Nicaea Greek lang grc wikt ... , in tribute to his wife Nicaea of Macedon Nicaea , a daughter of Antipater . Steph. B., Eustath ... , Nicaea was founded by men from Nicaea Locris Nicaea near Thermopylae , who had served in the army ... saw steady trade. Soon after the time of Lysimachus, Nicaea became a city of great importance, and the kings of Bithynia, whose era begins in 288 BC with Zipoetes , often resided at Nicaea. It has already ... alone had a right to the title of metropolis, but both were the first cities of the country. Image Nicaea .... The younger Pliny makes frequent mention of Nicaea and its public buildings, which he undertook ...   more details



  1. Nicaea (disambiguation)

    Nicaea needing not the original Latin Greek pronunciation, but the Anglicized pronunciation that Classics Philosophy History etc. scholars use in English or Nikaia Greek language Greek lang grc may be The ancient name of several places, including Nicaea formerly capital of the Empire of Nicaea current location of znik, Turkey Nice , France Nicaea, Locris , a fortress city of the Locri Epicnemidii Nicaea, Punjab , city in the Punjab, built by Alexander the Great Nikaia, Illyria , an ancient Greek colony in Illyria Modern places Nikaia, Attica , a suburb of Athens, Greece Nikaia, Larissa , a town in the Larissa Prefecture, Greece The name of women in antiquity Nicaea mythology a nymph Nicaea of Macedon , daughter of Antipater Nicaea of Corinth wife of Alexander of Corinth Nicaea may also refer to Empire of Nicaea Byzantine The First Council of Nicaea in AD 325, the first ecumenical council of bishops of the Christian Church The Second Council of Nicaea in AD 787, the seventh ecumenical council of the Christian Church The Council of Nicaea painting , an 18th century painting of the first ecumenical council The Council of Nicaea Doctor Who audio , a science fiction audio drama Nisaea genus , a bacterial species named after the nymph Nicaea mythology Nicaea disambig ca Nicea cs Nicaea de Nikaia et Nikaia el fr Nikaia it Nikaia la Nicaea pt Niceia desambigua o ...   more details



  1. Nicaea of Macedon

    the Great prosopography of Alexander s empire , p.175 ref Through Arsinoe I, Nicaea would have further descendants. Nicaea died at an unknown date from unknown causes sometime about from 302 BC until after 300 BC. ref http www.livius.org ne nn nicaea nicaea.html Nicaea s article at Livius.org ref In c.300 BC, Lysimachus renames a city in Bithynia , Asia Minor, called znik Nicaea in honor of his late wife. ref http www.livius.org ne nn nicaea nicaea.html Nicaea s article at Livius.org ...For other uses, see Nicaea Nicaea lang el N , c.335 BC ref http www.livius.org ne nn nicaea nicaea.html Nicaea s article at Livius.org ref about 302 BC was a Greek Macedonia Greece Macedonian noblewoman ... the Great prosopography of Alexander s empire , p.175 ref by unnamed mother. She was born and raised ... the Great . ref http www.livius.org ne nn nicaea nicaea.html Nicaea s article at Livius.org ref Nicaea ..., Who s who in the age of Alexander the Great prosopography of Alexander s empire , p.175 ref to be in 323 ... relations with the regent. Perdiccas, though already entertaining hostile designs married Nicaea. Not so long afterwards by the advice of Eumenes determined to divorce Nicaea, married Cleopatra of Macedon ... www.livius.org ne nn nicaea nicaea.html Nicaea s article at Livius.org ref , in part of a formed alliance Antipater married Nicaea to Lysimachus who governed Thrace . ref Lightman, A to Z of ancient ... Minor and Macedonia Greece Macedon . Through her marriage, Nicaea became a Queen consort . Nicaea ... in the age of Alexander the Great prosopography of Alexander s empire , p.175 ref two daughters Eurydice ... prosopography of Alexander s empire , p.175 ref and Arsinoe I . ref Bengtson, Griechische Geschichte ... bis in die r mische Kaiserzeit, C.H.Beck, 1977 http www.livius.org ne nn nicaea nicaea.html Nicaea ... s empire, Wiley Blackwell, 2006 M. Lightman & B. Lightman, A to Z of ancient Greek and Roman women ..., Nicaea Of ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE ...   more details



  1. Battle of Nicaea

    unreferenced date July 2008 Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Nicaea image caption partof date 193 place znik Nicaea in Anatolia result victory for Septimius Severus combatant1 forces of Septimius Severus combatant2 forces of Pescennius Niger commander1 Septimius Severus commander2 Pescennius Niger strength1 strength2 casualties1 casualties2 The Battle of Nicaea was fought in 193 between the forces of Septimius Severus and his eastern rival, Pescennius Niger . It took place at znik Nicaea in Asia Minor . Severus defeated his rival, and ended his bid for the Roman Empire the next year at Battle of Issus 194 Issus . The battle took place in the context of the Year of the Five Emperors , a tumultuous period in the Roman Empire when Emperor Pertinax was assassinated by the Praetorian Guards . The Praetorian Guards then held an auction for the throne, which was won by Didius Julianus , who became emperor. The auction was unpopular, and Septimius Severus and Pescennius Niger, the governor of Syria Roman province Syria as well as Clodius Albinus , the governor of Roman Britain Britain all claimed the Roman imperial throne after the auction. Severus marched to Rome and had Didius decapitated, then marched to meet Pescennius in battle. Severus had previously defeated Pescennius at the Battle of Cyzicus 193 in Asia Minor. coord 40 25.72 N 29 43.12 E source itwiki region TR display title Category 193 Category Battles involving the Roman Empire Nicaea AncientRome battle stub ca Batalla de Nicea it Battaglia di Nicea nl Slag bij Nicaea pl Bitwa pod Kius sh Bitka kod Nikeje ...   more details



  1. Eustratius of Nicaea

    Eustratius of Nicaea lang el c. 1050 1060 c. 1120 ref name ecp Donald J. Zeyl, Daniel Devereux, Phillip Mitsis, 1997, Encyclopedia of Classical Philosophy , page 59. Greenwood Press ref was Metropolitan bishop of znik Nicaea in the early 12th century. He wrote commentaries to Aristotle s second book of Analytica and the Ethica Nicomachea. Eustratius was a pupil of John Italus , although he had deliberately dissociated himself from John s supposed heretical views when John was condemned around 1082. ref name hussey Joan Mervyn Hussey, 1990, The Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire , pages 150 1. Oxford University Press ref A few years after the trial of Italus, he wrote a dialogue and treatise on the use of icon s directed against Leon, the bishop of Chalcedon , who had accused the emperor Alexius Comnenus of sacrilege and iconoclasm in the way in which he had stripped the churches of gold to fund his wars. ref H. Paul F. Mercken, 1973, The Greek Commentaries on the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle in the Latin Translation of Robert Grosseteste. Volume 1 , pages vi vii. BRILL. ref For this he gained the emperor Alexios I s friendship, and this probably helped him to become Metropolitan bishop of Nicaea city Nicaea . Eustratius was said by Anna Comnena to have been wise both in mundane and in religious matters and especially expert in argument. ref Georgina Grenfell Buckler, 1968, Anna Comnena a Study , page 294. Clarendon Press ref Nevertheless he found himself accused of heresy in 1117 and a charge was placed before the Synod of Constantinople which narrowly succeeded despite a defence by Patriarch John IX of Constantinople . ref name hussey As a result of the condemnation Eustratius was formally suspended for life. Two commentaries by Eustratius on the works of Aristotle survive ref name ecp Commentary on the Posterior Analytics , book 2 Commentary on the Nicomachean Ethics , books 1 and 6 Notes reflist Category 12th century Byzantine people Category 12th ...   more details



  1. Council of Nicaea

    Council of Nicaea can refer to First Council of Nicaea in AD 325 Second Council of Nicaea in AD 787 The Council of Nicaea audio drama The Council of Nicaea audio drama The Council of Nicaea painting The Council of Nicaea painting disambig ca Concili de Nicea cs Nikajsk koncil cy Cyngor Nicaea de Konzil von Nic a es Concilio de Nicea gl Concilio de Nicea ko lt Nik jos susirinkimai ja pl Sob r nicejski pt Conc lio de Niceia ru uk ...   more details



  1. Siege of Nicaea

    Other uses Infobox Military Conflict conflict Siege of Nicaea image File Siege of Nicaea.jpg 200px caption partof the First Crusade and Byzantine Seljuk wars date May 14 to June 19, 1097 place znik Nicaea result Crusader Byzantine victory combatant1 File Cross Templar.svg 20px border Crusaders , br File Komnenos Isaac Arms.svg 15px border link alt Byzantine Empire combatant2 Sultanate of Rum commander1 File Blason sicile famille Hauteville.svg 20px Bohemund I of Antioch Bohemund of Taranto , br ... Land , p. 32 Eventually the Crusader forces outside Nicaea numbered around 4,200 4,500 cavalry ... Seljuk Crusader War The Siege of Nicaea took place from May 14 to June 19, 1097, during the First Crusade . Background znik Nicaea znik , located on the eastern shore of Lake znik , had been captured from the Byzantine Empire by the Seljuk Turks in 1081, and formed the capital of the Sultanate ... behind in Nicaea and went east to fight the Danishmends for control of the Melitene . Crusader ... to arrive at Nicaea, with Bohemond I of Antioch Bohemund of Taranto , Bohemond s nephew ... blockade Lake Ascanius, which had up to this point been used by the Turks to supply Nicaea with food ... dux of Nicaea and forbade the crusaders from entering in groups larger than 10 men at a time. Boutoumites ... have had even more if they had captured Nicaea themselves. Boutoumites would not permit them ... The crusaders left Nicaea on June 26, in two contingents Bohemond, Tancred, Robert of Flanders ... in the rear. Taticius was instructed to ensure the return of captured cities to the empire. Their spirits ... Nicaea. Foot notes reflist Sources Anna Comnena , Alexiad Fulcher of Chartres , Historia Hierosolymitana ... Ltd. 2006. coord missing Turkey Category Battles of the First Crusade Nicaea 1097 Category Sieges involving the Byzantine Empire Nicaea 1097 Category Byzantine Seljuk battles in Anatolia Category 11th century in the Byzantine Empire Category Battles involving the Sultanate of Rum Category Alexios ...   more details



  1. Hyles nicaea

    Taxobox name Hyles nicaea image Hyles nicaea.jpg image width 250px image caption regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Sphingidae genus Hyles moth Hyles species H. nicaea binomial Hyles nicaea binomial authority Leonardo de Prunner de Prunner , 1798 ref cite web url https www.cate sphingidae.org taxonomy Hyles nicaea.html title CATE Creating a Taxonomic eScience Sphingidae publisher Cate sphingidae.org date accessdate 2011 10 25 ref synonyms Sphinx nicaea small de Prunner, 1798 small Sphinx cyparissiae small H bner, 1813 small Celerio rubida small Oberth r, 1916 small Deilephila nicaea castissima small Austaut, 1883 small Deilephila nicaea carnea small Austaut, 1889 small Celerio nicaea margine denticulata small Oberth r, 1916 small Celerio nicaea albina small Oberth r, 1916 small Celerio nicaea libanotica small Gehlen, 1932 small Celerio nicaea sheljuzkoi small Dublitzky, 1928 small Deilephila nicaea lathyrus small Walker, 1856 small Deilephila nicaea crimaea small A. Bang Haas, 1906 small Deilephila nicaea orientalis small Austaut, 1905 small The Mediterranean Hawk moth Hyles nicaea is a moth of the Sphingidae family. The nominate subspecies is found from southern Portugal and Spain though southern Europe to Turkey . It is also found on the Balearic Islands and in south western Bulgaria . The wingspan is 80 100 mm. Adults are on wing in June in one generation. At times there is a partial second generation in August. Subspecies castissima ... recorded on Euphorbia oxydonta in Jordan. Subspecies Hyles nicaea nicaea Hyles nicaea lathyrus eastern Afghanistan , north western India and Xizang Hyles nicaea castissima Atlas mountains of North Africa Hyles nicaea sheljuzkoi Lebanon and northern Israel to western Xinjiang in China Hyles nicaea ... Hyles nicaea sheljuzkoi at Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic Category Hyles moth Macroglossini stub ca Hyles nicaea de Hyles nicaea fr Sphinx nic a nl Hyles nicaea vi Hyles nicaea ...   more details



  1. Theognis of Nicaea

    Theognis of Nicaea was a 4th century bishop, excommunicated after the First Council of Nicaea for not denouncing Arius and his nontrinitarianism strongly enough. bishop stub Category 4th century Romans Category 4th century bishops fr Th ognios de Nic e pt Te gnis de Niceia ...   more details



  1. Nicaea (mythology)

    Other uses Nicaea disambiguation Nicaea In Greek mythology , Nicaea was a nymph the Astakid nymph , as referred to by Nonnus , the daughter of the river god Sangarius mythology Sangarius and Cybele . She was a devotee of the goddess Artemis . When a shepherd, Hymnus , pursued Nicaea, she killed him with an arrow to the heart. This enraged Eros , who inspired Dionysus to fall in love with her. Dionysus pursued her for a long while. When she continued to spurn his advances, Dionysus intoxicated her and then raped her while she slept. Nicaea conceived Telete from this union after her daughter s birth, Nicaea attempted to hang herself. Although surviving stories do not tell if she made any further suicide attempts, she did live to see Aura mythology Aura , another nymph impregnated by Dionysus in the same manner, going into labor and giving birth to Iacchus , as described in Nonnus s Dionysiaca . Dionysus named the city Nicaea city Nicaea after her. References Nonnus , Dionysiaca , 16 passim 48. 866 876 External links Theoi Nikaia http www.theoi.com Nymphe NympheNikaia.html See also Greco Roman mysteries References SmithDGRBM Category Nymphs Category Dionysus in mythology Category Greek mythology of Anatolia de Nikaia Mythologie it Nicea mitologia pt Niceia filha de Sang rio ...   more details



  1. Sporus of Nicaea

    Unreferenced date February 2010 Sporus of Nicaea was a Greeks Greek mathematician and astronomer , b. ca. 240 d. ca. 300 , probably Nicaea Greek language Greek Nikaia , ancient district Bithynia , modern day Iznik in province Bursa Province Bursa , in modern day Turkey . Much of his work focused on squaring the circle and reproducing cube s, both in his own attempts at these problems or in criticizing the work of other contemporary mathematicians. Sporus also criticized Archimedes for not producing a more accurate approximation of . Greek mathematics Persondata name Sporus of Nicaea alternative names short description date of birth 240 place of birth date of death 300 place of death Category Ancient Greek mathematicians Category Ancient Greek astronomers Category 240 births Category 300 deaths AncientGreece bio stub Greece scientist stub Europe mathematician stub Europe astronomer stub fr Sporus de Nic e nl Sporus van Nicaea pl Sporus z Nikei sl Sporos sh Spor iz Nikeje ...   more details



  1. Nicaea of Corinth

    otheruses Nicaea disambiguation Nicaea was wife of Alexander of Corinth Alexander , tyrant of Corinth during the reign of Antigonus Gonatas . After the death of her husband, who was thought to have been poisoned by the command of Gonatas, Nicaea retained possession of the important fortress of Corinth but Antigonus lulled her into security by offering her the hand of his son Demetrius II of Macedon Demetrius in marriage, and took the opportunity during the nuptial festivities to surprise the citadel. She is probably the same person mentioned by Sudas s.v. Euphorion as patronising the poet Euphorion of Chalcis , though that author calls her husband ruler of Euboea , instead of Corinth. References SmithDGRBM Category Ancient Corinthians ca Nicea de Corint de Nikaia von Korinth el ...   more details



  1. Nicaea, Locris

    Nicaea or Nikaia Greek language Greek lang grc , was an ancient fortress of the Locri Epicnemidii , situated upon the sea, and close to the pass of Thermopylae . It is described by Aeschines as one of the places which commanded the pass. ref De Fals. Leg. p. 45, ed. Steph. ref It was the first Locrian town after Alpenos , the latter being at the very entrance of the pass. The surrender of Nicaea by Phalaecus to Philip II of Macedon Philip II , in 346 BCE , made the Macedon ian king master of Thermopylae, and brought the Third Sacred War to an end. ref Diodorus xvi. 59. ref Philip kept possession of it for some time, but subsequently gave it to the Thessaly Thessalians along with Magnesia Prefecture Magnesia . ref Dem. Phil. ii. p. 153, ed. Reiske Aesch. c. Ctesiph. p. 73, ed. Steph. ref But in 340 BCE we again find Nicaea in the possession of Philip. ref Dern. in Phil. Ep. p. 153. ref According to Memnon ref ap. Phot. p. 234, a., ed. Bekker c. 41 ed. Orelli. ref Nicaea was destroyed by the Phocian s, and its inhabitants founded the Iznik Bithynian Nicaea . But even if this is true, the town must have been rebuilt soon afterwards, since we find it in the hands of the Aetolia ns during the Ancient Rome Roman wars in Greece . ref Polybius x. 42, xvii. 1 Livy xxviii. 5, xxxii. 32. ref Subsequently the town is only mentioned by Strabo ix. p. 426 . William Martin Leake identifies Nicaea with the castle of Pundon tza , where there are Hellenic remains. ref Northern Greece , vol. ii. p. 5, seq. ref References Reflist SmithDGRG coord missing Greece Category Ancient Greek cities Category Locris Category Former populated places in Greece sh Nikeja Lokrida ...   more details



  1. Alexius of Nicaea

    Orphan date February 2009 Alexius Ancient Greek lang grc was a metropolitan bishop of Nicaea city Nicaea who composed a Canon music Canon or Hymn about Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki . It is uncertain when he lived. The canon is in manuscript. ref Peter Lambeck , Biblioth. Vindobon. vol. v. p. 599, ed. Kollar. ref ref cite encyclopedia last Christie first Albany James authorlink title Alexius editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 131 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http quod.lib.umich.edu cgi t text pageviewer idx?c moa cc moa idno acl3129.0001.001 q1 demosthenes size l frm frameset seq 144 ref References reflist SmithDGRBM Category Metropolitan bishops Category Byzantine writers inter wiki linking ca Alexios de Nicea ...   more details



  1. Nicias of Nicaea

    Nicias lang el of Nicaea city Nicaea , was a biographer and historian of ancient Greek philosophy Greek philosophers . Nothing is known about his life, he may have lived in the 1st century BC or AD. He is repeatedly referred to by Athenaeus . His principal work seems to have been a Successions of Philosophers Successions lang el , ref Athenaeus, vi. 191, xiii. 591 ref a history of the various schools of philosophy. Athenaeus also mentions a work On the Philosophers lang el , ref Athenaeus, iv. 483 ref A third work, a History of Arcadia lang el is also referred to, ref Athenaeus, xiii. 609 ref but whether it is by this Nicias is unclear. Notes reflist Category Ancient Greek biographers Category Roman era Greek historians Category People from Bithynia Category Historians from Roman Anatolia ca N cies de Nicea ...   more details



  1. Nicaea, Punjab

    Image AlexanderIndiaMap.jpg thumb 250px Nicaea was a city in what is now the present day Mong, Punjab Mong , ref http books.google.ca books?id 6 ctAAAAIAAJ&q Nicaea Mong&dq Nicaea Mong&source bl&ots 7i3GPP9Jep&sig scIQIw3Y3hsAeGyryYKrrPHaEEg&hl en&ei 7Q83TNudGYW0lQe21dXSBw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 2&ved 0CBoQ6AEwAQ The encyclop dia britannica a dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information, Volume 14 p. 398 ref one of the two cities founded by Alexander the Great on opposite sides of the Hydaspes river. The second city founded by Alexander on the Hydaspes was Alexandria Bucephalous Bucephala . ref http books.google.ca books?id OiM51I7 A1gC&pg PA175&dq Alexander Nicaea Punjab&hl en&ei 6RM3TMPYMsH6lweKuODTBw&sa X&oi book result&ct result&resnum 3&ved 0CDUQ6AEwAg v onepage&q Alexander 20Nicaea 20Punjab&f false Alexander the Great a reader Author Ian Worthington Editor Ian Worthington Edition illustrated, reprint Publisher Routledge, 2003 ISBN 0 415 29186 0, ISBN 978 0 415 29186 6 Length 332 pages p. 175 ref ref http www.livius.org aj al alexander alexander z2.html Alexander the Great his towns ref Following the Battle of the Hydaspes , Alexander founded two cities . One on the site of the battle he named Alexandria Niceae meaning Victory . The site of that city is still undetermined and a number of candidates have been put forward for the location Huntingford identifies this Alexandria with a large mound west of Jhelum city, while Jona Lendering Lendering cites Jhelum in more general terms. Buddhist tradition mentions an unnamed city south of Jhelum that some speculate may have been Nicaea. The Hungarians Hungarian archaeologist and Silk Road expert Aurel Stein Sir Marc Aurel Stein believed that instead of using the Grand Trunk Road road from Taxila to Jhelum which dates from medieval times, Alexander s army went south to cross the Jhelum River ... is the traditional claim by the residents of Mong and nearby Phalia that Mong is Hellenistic Nicaea ...   more details



  1. Parthenius of Nicaea

    Parthenius of Nicaea city Nicaea or Myrlea in Bithynia was a Greeks Greek Philologist grammarian and poet . According to the Suda , he was the son of Heraclides and Eudora, or according to Hermippus of Berytus , his mother s name was Tetha. ref Suda, Parthenius . Cf. J. L. Lightfoot, 1999 , Parthenius of Nicaea the poetical fragments and the Erotika pathemata , page 9. Oxford University Press ref He was taken prisoner by Cinna in the Mithridatic Wars and carried to Rome in 72 BC. ref Name Longus cite book last Longus, John MaxwellEdmonds contributer , Parthenius, Translated by George Thornley and Stephen Gaselee title Daphnis & Chloe and dual books under one cover The Love Romances Of Parthenius And Other Fragments publisher G.P. Putnam s Sons date 1916 location Original from Harvard University url http books.google.com books?id 0b2iZ ry6iYC&pg PA261&dq Staphylus&lr &as brr 1&ie ISO 8859 1 PPA261,M1 doi id page 251 ref He subsequently visited Naples Neapolis , where he taught Greek language Greek to Virgil , according to Macrobius . ref Macrobius, Sat. v. 18. ref Parthenius is said to have lived until the accession of Tiberius in 14 AD. Parthenius was a writer of elegy elegies , especially dirge s, and of short epic poem s. He is sometimes called the last of the Alexandrians . Erotica Pathemata His only surviving work, the Erotica Pathemata Of the Sorrows of Love , was set out, the poet says in his preface, in the shortest possible form and dedicated to the poet Cornelius Gallus ... , paradoxography, epistolography and mythology. ref J. L. Lightfoot, Parthenius of Nicaea the poetical ... of Parthenius and other fragments , with English translation. ISBN L069. 2000 Parthenius of Nicaea .... Lightfoot, Parthenius of Nicaea the poetical fragments and the Er tika path mata, p.  304. The Suda . Parthenius . DEFAULTSORT Parthenius Of Nicaea Category 1st century BC births Category 14 deaths ... de Parthenios von Nicaea el es Partenio de Nicea fr Parth nios de Nic e id Parthenios dari ...   more details



  1. Diophanes of Nicaea

    Diophanes of Nicaea or Diophanes the Bithynian was an Ancient Greece ancient Greek agricultural writer of the 1st century BC. He was a native of or associated with the city of Nicaea city Nicaea in Bithynia northwestern Anatolia . Diophanes abridged into six books the very lengthy farming manual by Cassius Dionysius , which extended to twenty books. Both works were entitled Georgika Agriculture . Diophanes dedicated his work to king Deiotarus of Celtic Galatia in central Anatolia, southeast of his homeland. ref Columella, De Agricultura Columella De Agricultura 1.1.10. ref According to Columella an amount equivalent to eight books of Cassius Dionysius work, two fifths of the whole, had been translated from a preceding work in Punic language Punic by Mago agricultural writer Mago . ref Pliny the Elder Pliny , Naturalis Historia 18.22 http www.perseus.tufts.edu cgi bin ptext?lookup Plin. Nat. 18.5 Varro , De Re Rustica Varro De Re Rustica 1.1.10 Columella, De Agricultura Columella De Agricultura 1.1.13, 12.4.2. ref Diophanes work in turn must therefore have contained extensive extracts reflecting Punic agricultural practice. Diophanes abridgement was more popular in ancient times than Cassius Dionysius original, but both works are now lost. Diophanes is quoted once by the Latin language Latin agricultural writer Varro , and several times in the Byzantine Greek compilation Geoponica . He was also cited by his fellow Bithynian Florentinus . ref Geoponica 6.15. ref This is a partial list of surviving fragments Planting by the phases of the moon. ref Geoponica 1.6. ref How to determine the soil quality of a farm. ref Varro, De Re Rustica 1.9.7 Geoponica 2.11. ref Use of rainwater. ref Geoponica 2.7. ref Predicting the kind and quality of wine that a vineyard will produce. ref Geoponica 5.7. ref Protecting vines from frost and from rust. ref Geoponica 5.31. ref Fencing a vineyard. ref Geoponica 5.44. ref Preparation and use of fermentation vats pithoi . ref Geoponica 6.12. ref ...   more details



  1. Siege of Nicaea (727)

    Infobox military conflict conflict Siege of Nicaea image caption partof the Byzantine Arab Wars date July August 727 place Nicaea city Nicaea , Asia Minor result Byzantine victory combatant1 File Simple Labarum2.svg 15px Byzantine Empire combatant2 File Umayyad Flag.svg 24px Umayyad Dynasty commander1 Artabasdos commander2 Mu awiyah ibn Hisham br Abdallah al Battal ? strength1 strength2 Campaignbox Byzantine Arab Wars The Siege of Nicaea of 727 a few authors put it in 726 was an unsuccessful attempt by the Umayyads to capture the Byzantine city of Nicaea city Nicaea , the capital of the Opsician Theme . After forty days of siege, the Arab army abandoned the attempt and returned to the Caliphate. The successful repulsion of the attack was a major boost for Byzantine emperor Leo III the Isaurian s recently initiated campaign to Byzantine Iconoclasm abolish the veneration of icon s in the Empire Leo claimed it as evidence of divine favour for his policy. Sources cite web last Makrypoulias first Christos title , 726 727 year 2003 work Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor url http www.ehw.gr l.aspx?id 5878 language Greek accessdate 2010 10 14 coord missing Category 727 Category 8th century conflicts Category 8th century in the Byzantine Empire Category Sieges involving the Umayyad Caliphate Nicaea 727 Category Sieges involving the Byzantine Empire Nicaea 727 Category Battles in medieval Anatolia Nicaea 727 Category Battles of the Byzantine Arab Wars Nicaea 727 Category Medieval Bithynia Byzantine stub Siege stub fr Si ge de Nic e 727 sh Opsada Nikeje 727 ...   more details



  1. Siege of Nicaea (1113)

    One source date July 2011 Infobox military conflict conflict Siege of Nicaea image caption partof the Byzantine Seljuk wars date 1113 place Nicaea city Nicaea , Asia Minor result Byzantine victory ref cite book last Norwich first John Julius title A Short History of Byzantium location New York publisher Vintage Books year 1997 pages 264 ref combatant1 Byzantine Empire strength1 Unknown strength2 Unknown combatant2 Sultanate of Rum Campaignbox Byzantine Seljuk War The Siege of Nicaea of 1113 occurred in the course of the Byzantine Seljuk wars . Following the success of the First Crusade and the failure of the Crusade of 1101 , the Turkish people Turks resumed their offensive operations against the Byzantine s. Emperor Alexios I Komnenos , suffering from old age was unable to deal with the swift Turkish raids into what was left of Byzantine Anatolia. However, the Sultanate of R m Seljuk Sultanate of Rum was finally brought to battle when it unsuccessfully laid siege to Nicaea city Nicaea . References cite book last Norwich first John Julius title A Short History of Byzantium location New York publisher Vintage Books year 1997 Notes reflist coord missing Category Sieges involving the Byzantine Empire Nicaea 1113 Category Byzantine Seljuk battles in Anatolia Category 12th century in the Byzantine Empire Category Alexios I Komnenos Category Battles involving the Sultanate of Rum Category Conflicts in 1113 Category History of Bursa Province Byzantine stub Siege stub bg 1133 ca Setge de Nicea 1113 es Sitio de Nicea 1113 it Assedio di Nicea 1113 ru 1113 ...   more details



  1. Siege of Nicaea (1331)

    Other uses Siege of Nicaea disambiguation Infobox military conflict conflict Siege of Nicaea partof the Byzantine Ottoman wars image caption partof the Byzantine Ottoman wars date 1328 to 1331 place znik Nicaea result Decisive Ottoman victory combatant1 flagicon Byzantine Empire Byzantine Empire combatant2 Anatolian Beyliks Ottoman Emirate commander1 flagicon Byzantine Empire Andronicus III commander2 Orhan I strength1 Unknown strength2 Unknown casualties1 Unknown casualties2 Unknown Campaignbox Byzantine Ottoman Wars The Siege of Nicaea by the forces of Osman I from 1328 to 1331 , resulted to the conquest of a key Byzantine Greeks Byzantine Greek city by the Ottoman Turks . It played an important role to the expansion of the Ottoman Empire . Background Following the recapture of Constantinople ... consequence that what land the Nicaean empire held in Anatolia was now open to Ottoman raids. With the raids .... Siege By 1326 , lands around znik Nicaea had fallen into the hands of Osman I. He had also captured the city of Bursa , establishing a capital dangerously close to the Byzantine Empire Byzantine capital of Constantinople . In 1328, Orhan I Orkhan , Osman s son, began the siege of Nicaea, which ... force to drive the Ottomans away from both Nicomedia and Nicaea. After some minor successes, however ... Press, 1997 ref Legacy Nicaea had been in Turkish hands before. It was reconquered by the First ... the period of the Latin Empire from 1204 to 1261 . It was the most important Asian city in the Empire ... Empire References references R.G. Grant, Battle A Visual Journey Through 5,000 Years of Combat , Dorling ... Siege Of Nicaea 1331 Category Conflicts in 1328 Category Conflicts in 1329 Category Conflicts in 1330 Category Conflicts in 1331 Category Byzantine Ottoman wars Nicaea Category Sieges involving the Byzantine Empire Nicaea Category Sieges involving the Ottoman Empire Nicaea Category 14th century in the Byzantine Empire Category History of Bursa Province bg 1331 ca Setge de ...   more details



  1. Siege of Nicaea (disambiguation)

    Siege of Nicaea may refer to Siege of Nicaea 727 , part of the Byzantine Arab Wars Siege of Nicaea 1077 , part of the Byzantine Seljuk Wars Siege of Nicaea 1097 , part of the First Crusade Siege of Nicaea 1113 , part of the Byzantine Seljuk Wars Siege of Nicaea 1331 , part of the Byzantine Ottoman Wars disambig bg ca Setge de Nicea es Sitio de Nicea fr Si ge de Nic e it Assedio di Nicea ru ...   more details



  1. The Council of Nicaea (audio drama)

    Bigfinishbox title The Council of Nicaea series Doctor Who number 71 featuring Fifth Doctor br Peri Brown Peri br Erimem cover Council of Nicaea Doctor Who .jpg writer Caroline Symcox director Gary Russell producer Gary Russell br Jason Haigh Ellery executive producer production code 6QH set between Three s a Crowd Doctor Who audio Three s a Crowd and br The Kingmaker length 1 hr 47 mins date July 2005 The Council of Nicaea is a Big Finish Productions List of Doctor Who audio plays by Big Finish audio drama based on the long running United Kingdom British science fiction on television science fiction television series Doctor Who . Plot The Fifth Doctor , Erimem and Peri Brown Peri travel to the city of Nicaea city Nicaea in 325 325 AD , to witness the First Council of Nicaea . However, religious fervour is running high, and theological disputes threaten to spill over into actual violence. In the midst of this, the Doctor and Erimem find themselves on different sides. Cast The Doctor Doctor Who Doctor Peter Davison Peri Brown Peri Nicola Bryant Erimem Caroline Morris Emperor Constantine I Constantine David Bamber Fausta Claire Carroll Arius Steve Kynman Pope Athanasius I of Alexandria Athanasius Martin Parsons Clement Michael Garland Centurion Caius Sean Carlsen Julius Stephan Bessant External links http www.bigfinish.com 71 Doctor Who The Council of Nicaea Big Finish Productions The Council of Nicaea Doctor Who RG id who bf71 title The Council of Nicaea Reviews OG review id bf 71 title The Council of Nicaea DWRG id nicaea title The Council of Nicaea Clear fifthdoctoraudios DEFAULTSORT Council Of Nicaea, The Category 2005 audio plays Category Fifth Doctor audio plays DoctorWho stub ...   more details



  1. Second Council of Nicaea

    Ecumenical council council name Second Council of Nicaea council date 787 accepted by Roman Catholics , Old Catholics , Eastern Orthodox previous Catholic Third Council of Constantinople br Orthodox Quinisext Council next Catholic Fourth Council of Constantinople Roman Catholic br Orthodox Fourth Council of Constantinople Eastern Orthodox convoked by Constantine VI and Empress Irene empress Irene as regent ... approved The Second Council of Nicaea is the seventh of the first seven ecumenical councils recognized ... opinions on it are varied. It met in AD 787 in znik Nicaea site of the First Council of Nicaea ... Gibbon, p.1693 ref which had been suppressed by emperor imperial edict inside the Byzantine Empire ... Menologion of Basil 024.jpg thumb 250px The Second Council of Nicaea. The council was again summoned to meet, this time in Nicaea, since Constantinople was still distrusted. The council assembled on September ... signed. Tarasius presided, ref Gibbon, p.1693. ref and seven sessions were held in Nicaea ... Ayasofya Iznik 902.jpg thumb 250px Aya Sofya of Nicaea, where the Council took place Iznik , Turkey ... Edward Gibbon Gibbon, Edward . The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire . New York Random House Inc ...&printsec frontcover&dq 22seventh general council, the second of Nicaea, held A.D. 787 22&lr v onepage&q &f false The seventh general council, the second of Nicaea, held A.D. 787, in which the worship ... councils uncollapsed Christian History collapsed DEFAULTSORT Council Of Nicaea 2 Category Seven Ecumenical Church councils Nicaea 2 Category 8th century Christian church councils Category Church councils accepted by the Eastern Orthodox Church Nicaea 2 Category Church councils accepted by the Roman Catholic Church Nicaea 2 Category 787 Category Ecumenical councils Nicaea 2 Category Byzantine Iconoclasm Category 8th century in the Byzantine Empire an Segundo Concilio de Nicea be x old ... sh Drugi nikejski sabor fi Nikean toinen kirkolliskokous sv Andra konciliet i Nicaea tr ...   more details




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