File Timoleon Corynth.jpg thumb 220px Timoleon from Guillaume Rouill Promptuarii Iconum Insigniorum For the racehorse Timoleon horse Timoleon Ancient Greek language Greek , son of Timodemus, of Corinth ... of Corinth and made himself master of the city, Timoleon, after an ineffectual protest, tacitly ... of attempting to establish a settled government in factious and turbulent Syracuse. Timoleon, being ... to surrender. Timoleon was thus master of Syracuse. He at once began the work of restoration .... The impress of Timoleon s reforms seems to have lasted to the days of Augustus . Hicetas again induced ... levy of about 12,000 men, most of them mercenaries, Timoleon marched westwards across the island ... the conflict between Timoleon and the tyrants. But it ended in the defeat of Hicetas, who ... Timoleon then retired into private life without assuming any title or office, though he remained practically ... of discord Sicily seems to have been during Timoleon s lifetime tranquil and contented. He became blind ... Timoleon high accolades in his work however, Polybius criticized Timaeus for bias in favor of Timoleon ... ref Peter Green shares this skepticism but thinks it has gone too far. While he concedes that Timoleon ... penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Plutarch Lives Timoleon .html Plutarch, Life of Timoleon . http www.tertullian.org fathers nepos.htm Timoleon Cornelius Nepos, Timoleon . Diodorus Siculus Diod. Sic. , Historical Library , xvi.65 90. Further reading Westlake, H.D. Timoleon and His Relations ..., P.J. The Date of Timoleon s Crossing to Italy and the Comet of 361 B.C. , The Classical Quarterly , New Series, Vol. 34, No. 1. 1984 , pp. 130 134. Talbert, R.J.A. Timoleon and the Revival ... Plutarch Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Timoleon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION ... Category Ancient Corinthians bg ca Timole de Timoleon el es Timole n eu Timoleon fr Timol on ko it Timoleonte nl Timoleon pl Timoleon ru sh Timoleon uk ... more details
italictitle Unreferenced date March 2007 Taxobox name Silverstreak Blue image image width 250px regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Lycaenidae subfamilia genus Iraota species I. timoleon binomial Iraota timoleon binomial authority Caspar Stoll Stoll , 1790. synonym The Silverstreak Blue , Iraota timoleon is a species of Lycaenidae lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia . Gallery gallery Image IraotaTimoleonMaleCompositeAC1.jpg Male, Nepal, set specimen, Alan Cassidy collection. gallery DEFAULTSORT Iraota Timoleon Category Lycaenidae lycaenidae stub Category Fauna of Pakistan vi Iraota timoleon ... more details
Infobox military person name Timoleon Vassos image File Timoleon Vassos and son, Crete 1897.jpg 180px caption Timoleon Vassos with his son in Crete, 1897 birth date 1836 death date 1929 birth place Athens death place Athens allegiance flagicon Greece royal Kingdom of Greece branch Hellenic Army serviceyears rank Major General servicenumber commands battles Greco Turkish War of 1897 battles label Wars awards relations Vasos Mavrovouniotis father , Major Gen. Alexandros Vasos brother laterwork Timoleon Vassos or Vasos lang el , 1836 1929 was a Greece Greek Army officer and general. He was born in Athens in 1836, the younger son of the hero of the Greek Revolution Vasos Mavrovouniotis . He studied at the Hellenic Army Academy and continued his studies in France, before being appointed as aide de camp to King George I of Greece George I . In February 1897, as a Colonel, he was sent at the head of an expeditionary force to Crete to assist the local Cretan revolt against the Ottoman Empire , an act which precipitated the outbreak of the Greco Turkish War of 1897 . He eventually reached the rank of Major General and garrison commander of Athens. He died in Athens in October 1929. Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Vassos, Timoleon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1836 PLACE OF BIRTH Athens DATE OF DEATH 1929 PLACE OF DEATH Athens DEFAULTSORT Vassos, Timoleon Category 1836 births Category 1929 deaths Category 19th century Greek people Category Greek military personnel of the Greco Turkish War 1897 Category Hellenic Army generals Category People from Athens Category Ottoman Crete Greece mil bio stub el ... more details
For the Greek statesman of this name, see Timoleon . Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename Timoleon image Image Timoleon USA .jpg 250px centre caption sire Sir Archy grandsire Diomed dam Saltram mare A24 1801 damsire Saltram horse Saltram GB sex Stallion foaled 1813 or 1814 country United States colour Chestnut coat Chestnut breeder Benjamin Jones owner J.J. Harrison br Colonel William Wynn br Robert R. Johnson br Colonel David Dancy trainer record about 15 starts for 13 wins, 2 seconds earnings race awards honours updated 2 October 2010 Timoleon foaled in either 1813 or 1814, depending on source , was a good United States American Thoroughbred racehorse and was later an important sire. Background A chestnut coat chestnut horse whose only marking was a small white star and standing 15 hands 3 inches high, Timoleon was bred by Benjamin Jones in Greensfield County, Virginia . He was by one of America s greatest foundation stallion s and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame inductee, Sir Archy . Timoleon s dam was the Saltram mare A24 1801 by the imported Great Britain British stallion, Saltram, from the Wildair mare 1795 by Syme s Wildair. In 1800, when Saltram was 20 years ... gentleman, William Lightfoot. Through this pedigree Timoleon combined the blood of the three ... At three, Timoleon was purchased by William Wynn of Petersburg, Virginia who seems to have regretted his purchase because Timoleon was rapidly sold on to Robert R. Johnson. Wynn then went through an immediate ... Bloodlines bio Retrieved 2010 10 2 ref Timoleon was the Pride of Virginia. But racing so long ... of his wins were walk overs. In his day if a horse like Timoleon was scheduled to compete but no horse ..., his second and last defeat. ref name SL Stud record Timoleon then stood briefly at stud at the farm ... name SL Timoleon proved to be a good sire, even if only by producing Boston horse Boston who sired .... Bloodlines says 1813. External links http www.pedigreequery.com timoleonTimoleon s pedigree and stats ... more details
Portal Christianity in China Timoleon Raimondi 5 May 1827 27 September 1894 was the Last Prefect and First Apostolic Vicar Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong 17 November 1874 . Raimondi was born in Milan, Italy and ordained as a priest in 25 May 1850. He was appointed as prefect of Hong Kong in Hong Kong on 27 December 1868. Raimondi was also Titular Bishop of Achantus and Hong Kong 4 October 1874 Titular Bishop of Achantus 22 November 1874 He died in Hong Kong on 27 September 1894. Raimondi College in the Mid levels , Hong Kong Island was named after him. References http www.catholic hierarchy.org bishop braim.html Bishop Timoleone Raimondi, M.E.M. Start box S rel ca Succession box before none br Prefecture Apostolic title Bishop of Hong Kong Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong years 1874&ndash 1894 after Louis Piazzoli End box it was 1995 when xassan cabdi xersi became a writer Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Raimondi, Timoleon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1827 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1894 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Raimondi, Timoleon Category 1827 births Category 1894 deaths Category Apostolic Vicars of Hong Kong Category 19th century Italian people Category 19th century Roman Catholic bishops Category Hong Kong people ... more details
Image Timoleon Filimon 1896.JPG thumb right 250px Timoleon Filimon from the Album of the 1896 Summer Olympics 1896 Olympic Games in Athens Timoleon Filimon lang el 1833 1898 was a journalist, politician, a thinker of the time and student of Vasilias Georgiou. Biography He was the son of Ioannis Filimon . He was born in 1833 in Nafplio Nauplion . He studied law at the university of Athens. en he was young he was educated as a journalist in the newspaper Aion newspaper Aion which was run by his father and from 1839 to 1857 he was a journalist there. In 1857, he was jailed for three months for offending Otto I of Greece King Otto I . He was one of the three members of the committee which crowned George I of Greece King George in Denmar. He later worked as a teacher of the king until 1857 . In Greek parliamentary election, 1868 1868 he was elected an MP of Attica for the first time and vice president of the parliament , and again in the elections of Greek parliamentary elections, 1875 1875 and Greek parliamentary election, 1879 1879 . He was elected mayor of Athens in 1887. He worked as a trustee in the Parliamentary Library from 1874 until 1887. The library numbered only 5,000 volumes until 1875, but Filimon managed to increase the number to 120,000 volumes. He was also a founding member of the Greek Historical and Ethnological Company and he was its first president. He published a book titled The Mayor O Dimarhos while his translation of the book The Ancient City by Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges was published posthumously edited by Spyridonas Lambrou ... support the project. Timoleon Filimon was a Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Greece. ref http www.grandlodge.gr ... CE BB CE BB CE AC CE B4 CE BF CF 82.aspx ref References reflist Sources Commons category Timoleon ... Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Filimon Timoleon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1833 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1898 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Filimon Timoleon Category ... more details
Infobox book name Timoleon Vieta Come Home A Sentimental Journey title orig translator image File TimoleonVietaComeHome.jpg 140px image caption 1st edition author Dan Rhodes illustrator Vien Thuc country United Kingdom language English language English series subject genre Parody publisher Canongate Books pub date 2003 english pub date media type Print & eBook pages 224 isbn 1 84195 422 5 oclc 53962137 preceded by followed by Timoleon Vieta Come Home A Sentimental Journey 2003 is a novel by British author Dan Rhodes , a parody of the classic Lassie Come Home film. ref http www.contemporarywriters.com authors ?p auth03B5O473012634985 Dan Rhodes , contemporarywriters.com, accessed 15 March 2010. ref It was Rhodes first novel, and won the 2003 Author s Club First Novel Award . It has been translated into at least 20 languages. Plot introduction The novel centres around Timoleon Vieta, a little mongrel dog with black and white patches of fur and eyes as pretty as a girl s. ref name Bailey Bailey, Tim. http www.independent.co.uk arts entertainment books reviews timoleon vieta come home by dan rhodes 592330.html Timoleon Vieta Come Home, by Dan Rhodes , The Independent , 29 March 2003. ref Timoleon lives with Cockcroft, a retired, gay composer, who lives in a run down farmhouse in Umbria financed by the occasional royalties he receives from the theme tunes he wrote. He reminisces on his failed career and former lovers, but is surprised when a man claiming to be a Bosnian shows up at his door with a business card he says Cockcroft gave him in a bar in Florence Cockcroft often has such drunken ... job and weekly fellatio Cockcroft puts him up, but Timoleon Vieta, who is a good judge of character ... them and agrees to abandon the dog in Rome. The remainder of the novel is about Timoleon Vieta s journey ... ref References reflist External links http danrhodes.co.uk books timoleon vieta come home Timoleon ... dogs Category Human animal interaction fi Timoleon Vieta palaa kotiin ... more details
Infobox person name Timleon Ambelas br birth date 1850 birth place Image Flag of Greece.svg 15px Flag of Greece Patras , Greece death date 1929 death place Image Flag of Greece.svg 15px Flag of Greece Athens , Greece nationality Image Flag of Greece.svg 15px Flag of Greece Greece Greek occupation journalist , writer Timleon Ambelas Greek , 1850 1929 was a Greece Greek poet. Biography Ampelas was born in the city of Patras in Greece and he lived much of his time in the capital city of Athens and in the island of Syros . He studied law in 1874 and became justice and withdrew totally from the judicial branch as judge of the court of appeal. From those members of the Philological Council of Athens Parnassos. He began to write theatrical works. Bibliography Here are several works created by Ampelas border 1 cellpadding 2 cellspacing 0 11 bgcolor efefef Title Greek transliteration English name Year Publisher and or Location Istoria tis nissou Sirou History Of The Island Of Syros 1874 Ermoupoli Alosis tis Troias Krites kai Venetoi Cretans and Venetian Republic Venetians Neron Neronas Nero Kleopatra Cleopatra Agkyra Publishers, Athens Evros tis Thrakis The Maritsa Evros Of Thrace region Thrace Pro Tis Alamanas Anamorfotai Transformed Prigkips tou Moreos , now Prigkipas tou Moreos The Prince Of Morea References The first version of the article is translated and is based from the el article at the Greek Wikipedia el el Main Page External links worldcat id lccn no00 31020 Persondata NAME Agouris Nakis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION Poet DATE OF BIRTH 1850 PLACE OF BIRTH Patras , Greece DATE OF DEATH 1929 PLACE OF DEATH Athens , Greece DEFAULTSORT Agouris Nakis Category 1850 births Category 1929 deaths Category People from Patras Category Greek journalists Category Greek poets Category ... more details
Timol on C. Brutus 1886 1971 was a Haiti an politician and historian. He served as foreign minister of Haiti from 1946 to 1949. As a historian, Brutus wrote books about the leaders of the Haitian Revolution , Toussaint L Ouverture and Jean Jacques Dessalines . His most well known works are Ran on du G nie ou la Le on de Toussaint Louverture 1945 and L homme d Airain 1946 . His son, Edner Brutus , also became a prominent politician and historian. References cite book last Schutt Ain first Patricia coauthors Staff of Librairie Au Service de la Culture title Haiti A Basic Reference Book publisher Librairie Au Service de la Culture date 1994 location Miami, Florida isbn 0 9638599 0 0 page 101 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Brutus, Timoleon C. ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1886 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1971 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Brutus, Timoleon C. Category 1886 births Category 1971 deaths Category Haitian historians Category Haitian diplomats Category Government ministers of Haiti Haiti politician stub Historian stub fr Timol on C. Brutus ht Timoleon Brutus ... more details
Timoleon, a 72 year old Greeks Greek Business magnate shipping magnate who for that end of August day ... now that his life is gradually drawing to a close, Timoleon plans to use the birthday party as his ... parallels between the fictional protagonist and Aristotle Onassis . Plot summary Marco Timoleon is born ..., during the Greco Turkish War 1919 1922 Greco Turkish War , Timoleon decides to seek his fortune ... lifelong friend. As far as his private life is concerned, in his younger years it never occurs to Timoleon ... does Timoleon think the time has come for him to get married and have offspring. From a bourgeoisie ... prep school . In 1948, against her father s wish, the couple get married when Miranda is 19 and Timoleon ... and Daniel in 1954 . While Timoleon s business prospers in the wake of the Suez Crisis , making .... Miranda Timoleon, unprepared for life s harsh realities due to an over protective Catholic upbringing ... Timoleon, aged 35, dies of a drug overdose on the private island her husband has recently bought. A carefully ... yellow press , that Marco Timoleon may have killed his wife, either intentionally or unintentionally, and the tycoon himself feels no need ever to disperse them. As his children grow up, Timoleon ... from Marco Timoleon and refusing to continue to university despite her father s pressure and the pleas ... made reservations. Marco Timoleon s reputation and money meant that foreign dignitaries in hair ... body. ... small Chapter 4 small blockquote Daniel Timoleon, on the other hand, has developed into an inconspicuous ... women presented to him by his father. The family is ripped further apart when, in 1969, Timoleon ... her. Sofia takes an instant dislike to her stepmother, and it only takes a few years for Timoleon ... without his prior consent. In early 1973 Ian Forster, an eager British journalist, approaches Timoleon with the proposal to write his authorised biography. Timoleon agrees to the project and pays all ... also makes the acquaintance of Sofia Timoleon, who, without her knowledge, is being spied on by her ... more details
Amphipoles , in antiquity, were archon s, or chief magistrates, of the city of Syracuse, Italy Syracuse . They were first established by Timoleon , after his expulsion of Dionysius I of Syracuse Dionysius the Elder , tyrant of Syracuse. They governed Syracuse for a space of three hundred years and Diodorus Siculus assures us, they subsisted even in his time c. 90 BC to c. 30 BC . Sources 1728 Ancient Greece stub Category Ancient Greek titles ... more details
italictitle Taxobox name Iraota image IraotaRochanaBoswellianaDist1885FUpUnAC1.jpg image size 230 px image caption Iraota rochana boswelliana regnum Animal ia phylum Arthropod a classis Insect a ordo Lepidoptera familia Lycaenidae genus Iraota Iraota is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae .The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1881. Species Partial list Iraota abnormis , Iraota distanti , Iraota rochana , Iraota timoleon Category Lycaenidae Category Theclinae Lycaenidae stub no Iraota vi Iraota ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of the Crimissus partof The Sicilian Wars campaign Second Sicilian War image caption date 340 BCE place the river Crimissus result Carthage is pushed to the south west corner of Sicily casus Carthaginian desire for expansion in Sicily territory combatant1 Syracuse, Italy Syracuse combatant2 Carthage commander1 Timoleon commander2 Asdrubal br Hamilcar strength1 6,000 or 12,000 strength2 70,000 Citation needed date January 2012 casualties1 450 to 1600 casualties2 8,000 Citation needed date January 2012 Campaignbox Sicilian Wars The Battle of the Crimissus was probably fought in 340 BCE between a large Carthage Carthaginian army under Asdrubal and Hamilcar sent against Syracuse, Italy Syracuse . The forces of Syracuse led by Timoleon were victorious. Background Soon after Timoleon had ejected Dionysius II of Syracuse Dionysius II from Syracuse a large Carthaginian army landed in Sicily. Timoleon decided to respond by advancing into Carthaginian territory to avoid Greek territory being plundered by the Carthaginian forces. ref Lost Battles, Philip Sabin p163 ref The battle According to Plutarch, the Carthaginian force numbered 70,000 Citation needed date January 2012 and included many four horsed war chariots and Timoleon commanded only 5000 foot and a 1000 cavalry against them. Others put his forces somewhat larger at 12,000. Timoleon was able to catch the Carthaginians as they were crossing the river Crimissus, first sending his cavalry against them to disorder them and to prevent the Carthaginians forming a proper line. When the Greek infantry attacked a storm broke out and as the wind was blowing into the faces of the Carthaginians it became even more difficult for them to fight. The crack Carthaginian citizen Sacred Band of Carthage Sacred Band fought bravely and, according to accounts, to the last man. The Carthaginians were defeated and Timolean captured their baggage camp. References Reflist coord missing DEFAULTSORT Bat ... more details
Orphan date April 2010 Image 362BCThebanHegemony.png thumb Ancient Corinth Ancient Corinth s political position in Hellas during the 360 s . Timophanes was an Ancient Corinth ian and brother of the renowned Ancient Greece Greek statesman and general Timoleon . During the 360 s BC, the polis city state of Ancient Corinth Corinth found herself in an unfamiliar and radically changing world. In the forty plus years since the end of the Peloponesian War , the political power houses of the eastern Mediterranean had changed fairly drastically. The city states of Ancient Athens Athens , Ancient Sparta Sparta and Thebes, Greece Thebes had each contended to become the political and military leaders of Hellas. This, in conjunction with interference from the Achaemenid Empire in the form of the so called Peace of Antalcidas King s Peace , dictated by Artaxerxes II , and the rise of Jason of Pherae had created an unprecedented complex political environment on the Greek peninsular. To the end of protecting her own interests, Corinth, a demokratia , gave Timophanes a force of four hundred mercenary mercenaries to act as a deterrent to her many rivals in the Peloponnese and Attica , with Ancient Athens Athens being named by Xenophon as a particular threat. ref Xenophon Hellenika 7.4.6 ref Timophanes was, as noted by Diodorus Siculus a man of outstanding wealth ref Diodorus Siculus 16.65.3 ref and used this to turn the mercenaries towards their previous employers. Diodorus relates how Timophanes would walk about the Corinthian market with a band of ruffians ref Diodorus Siculus 16.65.3 ref aiming towards installing himself as tyrant. He would go as far as putting to death a great number of leading citizens ref Plutarch Timoleon 4.5 ref before being publicly assassinated by Timoleon . References Reflist Image Lille comerre.JPG thumb right The Death of Timophanes by L on Comerre 1874 Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Timophanes ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DAT ... more details
Andromachus was the ruler of Tauromenium modern Taormina in Sicily in the middle of the 4th century BCE, and the father of the historian Timaeus historian Timaeus . He is said to have been by far the best of the rulers of Sicily at that time. He assisted Timoleon in his expedition against Dionysius II of Syracuse Dionysius of Syracuse in 344 BCE . Diodorus Diod. xvi. 7, 68 Plutarch Plut. Timol. 10 . References SmithDGRBM DEFAULTSORT Andromachus Ruler Of Tauromenium Category Sicilian Greeks Category Sicilian tyrants Category 4th century BC Greek people Category 4th century BC rulers ca Andr macos de Tauromenion ... more details
Diod. xvi. 65, 67, 68. This was the state of things when Timoleon , having eluded the vigilance of the Carthaginians ... had now to cope with a new enemy, and having failed in an attempt to rid himself of Timoleon ... of Dionysius. Hicetas was now unable to prevent Timoleon from making himself wholly master of Syracuse ... successes, Hicetas was totally defeated by Timoleon at the river Damurias , and soon after fell into the hands ... more details
tells the story of Timoleon and his defense of Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse against Carthage in 338 BC . Massinger s primary source for his plot was the treatment of Timoleon in the Parallel Lives of Plutarch ... 1964 , pp. 21 26. ref Massinger s play includes an approving treatment of the assassination of Timoleon ... invasion, the citizens of the city have invited Timoleon from Corinth to command their defensive effort. Timoleon is welcomed by prominent Syracusans, including Archidamus, his son Timagoras ... generation, however, are hungry for the reform that Timoleon s arrival promises. Leosthenes is a valiant ... until Leosthenes returns from the war. Timoleon organizes the citizens military forces and marches ... under Timoleon are victorious over the Carthaginians but when they march home in triumph, they find ... opposition of Leosthenes and Timagoras. In a trial before Timoleon, Cleora pleads her case, and Pisander ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Timol on Cheminais de Montaigu was a French Jesuit pulpit orator . Biography He was born in Paris on 3 January 1652 he entered the Society of Jesus at fifteen. After teaching rhetoric and the humanities at Orl ans , Cheminais was assigned to the work of preaching. Bayle declares that many regarded him as the equal of Louis Bourdaloue Bourdaloue , though others consider this exaggerated. Before many years his health gave way. He was appointed court preacher, but was unable to accept the honour, though Augustin De Backer asserts the contrary. His voice partly failing him, he devoted himself to the instruction of the people of the villages and country places. He died on 15 September 1689. Writings The sermons of Cheminais were edited by Bretonneau 4 volumes, 12 mo. Paris, 1690 91 7th ed., Brussels, 1713 . They were translated into German Augsburg, 1739 Pressburg, 1788 , Dutch Rotterdam, 1724 and Italian Venice, 1735 . He was also the author of a work called Sentiments de pi t Paris, 1691, 1693, 1700 Brussels, 1702 . A later edition Toulouse, 1706 contained the Sentiments of James II, King of Great Britain . This work was translated into German Cologue, 1723 Vienna, 1786 , Dutch, Antwerp , and Italian Milan, 1837 . Source Catholic Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Cheminais de Montaigu, Timoleon ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1652 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1689 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Cheminais de Montaigu, Timoleon Category 17th century French Jesuits Category 1652 births Category 1689 deaths fr Timol on Cheminais de Montaigu ... more details
For the Carthaginian fleet commander Mago fleet commander Mago Greek language Greek lang grc was commander of the Carthage Carthaginian fleet and army in Sicily in 344 BCE. When Timoleon had made himself master of the citadel of Syracuse, Italy Syracuse after the departure of Dionysius II of Syracuse Dionysius , Hicetas general Hicetas , finding himself unable to cope single handed with this new and formidable rival, called in the assistance of Mago, who appeared before Syracuse with a fleet of 150 triremes, and an army of 50,000 men. Ha did not, however, accomplish anything worthy of so great a force not only were both he and Hicetas unable to make any impression on the island citadel, but while they were engaged in an expedition against Catania , Neon of Syracuse Neon , the Corinth ian governor of Syracuse, took advantage of their absence to make himself master of Achradina . Jealousies likewise arose between the Carthaginians and their Syracusan allies, and at length Mago, becoming apprehensive of treachery, suddenly relinquished the enterprise, and on the approach of Timoleon at the head of a very inferior force, sailed away with his whole fleet, and withdrew to Carthage. Here his cowardly conduct excited such indignation, that he put an end to his own life, to avoid a worse fate at the hands of his exasperated countrymen, who, nevertheless, proceeded to crucify his lifeless body. Plutarch Plut. Timol. 17 22 the same events are more briefly related by Diodorus , xvi. 69, but without any mention of the name of Mago. References SmithDGRBM Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Mago ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Mago Category Carthaginians Category Carthaginian generals Category Military personnel who committed suicide Category Ancient people who committed suicide Category 340s BC deaths Category Year of birth unknown ... more details
Benjamin Martyn 1698 1763 was an English writer and government official. He served as the only secretary for the Trustees for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America from 1732 to 1752. He then served as the colony s agent for the Crown from February, 1753 until 1763. ref Oxford Dictionary of National Biography , online edition ref Literary career Before he was retained by the Georgia Trustees, Martyn authored a well received tragedy, Timoleon , in 1730, an effort supported by Alexander Pope. He and Pope collaborated on an effort to erect a monument to Shakespeare. Martyn was instrumental in founding the society for the Encouragement of Learning in 1736. ref Martyn, Benjamin. Timoleon, A Tragedy . London 1730. ref Martyn was retained by Anthony Ashley Cooper, 4th Earl of Shaftesbury , a Georgia Trustee, to write a biography of his great grandfather, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury . The 1st earl was a notable figure in seventeenth century English politics and with philosopher John Locke designed the settlement plan for the Carolina Colony . ref Martyn, Benjamin. The Life of the First Earl of Shaftesbury . G. Wingrove Cooke, Esq., ed. Two Volumes. London Richard Bentley, 1836. See Preface. ref The Georgia Trustees Martyn authored several publications for the Trustees on the colony, including Some Account of the Trustees Design for the Establishment of the Colony of Georgia in America, based on a tract written by James Oglethorpe . The document contains the principles for settling the Georgia Colony, now famously known as the Oglethorpe Plan . ref Baine, Rodney M., ed. Creating Georgia . Athens, Georgia University of Georgia Press, 1995. Page xxv. ref ref Some Account of the Design of the Trustees for Establishing Colonys in America sic , Baine, Rodney M., and Phinizy Spalding, eds. Athens, Georgia University of Georgia Press, 1990. See Introduction. ref References references DEFAULTSORT Martyn, Benjamin Category Georgia U.S. state colonial ... more details
Use mdy dates date February 2011 Year nav 344 BC year in topic 344 NOTOC Year 344 BC was a year of the Roman calendar pre Julian Roman calendar . At the time it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Rutilus and Torquatus or, less frequently, year 410 Ab urbe condita . The denomination 344 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events onlyinclude By place Persian Empire The king of Caria , Idrieus , dies, leaving the Achaemenid Empire Persian satrapy , by his will, to his sister Ada of Caria Ada , to whom he was married. Greece The Athens Athenian statesman, Demosthenes , travels to Peloponnesus , in order to detach as many cities as possible from Macedon s influence, but his efforts are generally unsuccessful. Most of the Peloponnesians see Philip II of Macedon Philip II as the guarantor of their freedom, so they send a joint embassy to Athens to express their grievances against Demosthenes activities. In response to these complaints, Demosthenes delivers the Second Philippic , which is a vehement attack against Philip II. Sicily The aristocracy of Syracuse, Sicily Syracuse appeal to their mother city of Corinth against their tyrant Dionysius II of Syracuse Dionysius II . The Corinthian general Timoleon is chosen to lead a liberation force to Sicily . Landing at Tauromenium Taormina in the summer, Timoleon faces two armies, one under Dionysius and the other under Hicetas tyrant of nearby Leontini , who has also called in Carthage Carthaginian forces. By shrewd tactics Timoleon defeats his enemies and occupies Syracuse. Dionysius II goes into exile once more after the successful invasion by Timoleon of Corinth. By topic Science The Greek philosopher and scientist, Aristotle , travels from Assus to Lesbos Island Lesbos to study natural history, especially marine biology. onlyinclude Births Deaths Idrieus , king of Caria References Reflist DEFAULTSORT ... more details
orphan date April 2010 Leptines II d. aft. 365 , son of Leptines I , was the nephew of Dionysius I of Syracuse Dionysius the Elder . In 351 BC, Leptines aided Calippus of Syracuse Callippus in successfully expelling the garrison of Dionysius II of Syracuse Dionysius the Younger from Rhegium. After civil unrest within the city, Leptines and Polyperchon turned on Callippus stabbing him with reputedly the same sword that killed Dion of Syracuse Dion . ref Plut. Dion. 28 58 ref In 342 BC, when Timoleon liberated Sicily, Leptines was sent into exile. He died in Corinth . References references Diodorus Siculus Diod. Sic. , xvi 72. Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Leptines 02 ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Leptines 02 Category Ancient Greek generals Category 4th century BC Greek people Category 4th century BC deaths ... more details
Portal Christianity in China Louis Piazzoli 12 May 1845 26 December 1904 was the Apostolic Vicar of Hong Kong from January 11, 1895 to 1904. Born in Bergamo, Italy , Piazzoli was ordained as a priest on 1 September 1868. Appointed Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong on 11 January 1895 and ordained Bishop on 19 May 1895. He died in Hong Kong . References http www.catholic hierarchy.org bishop bpiaz.html Bishop Louis Piazzoli, M.E.M. Start box S rel ca Succession box before Timoleon Raimondi title Bishop of Hong Kong Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong years 1895&ndash 1904 after Dominic Pozzoni End box Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Piazzoli, Louis ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION DATE OF BIRTH 1845 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1904 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Piazzoli, Louis Category Apostolic Vicars of Hong Kong Category 19th century Roman Catholic bishops Category 20th century Roman Catholic bishops Category Hong Kong people Category 1845 births Category 1904 deaths Category Italian Roman Catholic priests ... more details
Raimondi is a surname of Italians Italian origin. The name refers to Antonio Raimondi 1824 1890 , Italian born Peruvian geographer and natural historian Cristian Raimondi b. 1981 , Italian professional football player Diego Raimondi b. 1977 , Argentine professional football player Franca Raimondi 1932 1988 , Italian pop singer Gianni Raimondi 1923 2008 , Italian operatic tenor John Raimondi b. 1948 , American sculptor Luigi Raimondi 1912 1975 , Italian Roman Catholic cardinal Marcantonio Raimondi 1480 1534 , Italian engraver and printmaker Mario Raimondi b. 1980 , Swiss professional football player Pietro Raimondi 1786 1853 , Italian composer of sacred music and operas Ruggero Raimondi b. 1941 , Italian bass baritone operatic singer and actor Timoleon Raimondi 1827 1894 , Italian born Roman Catholic Prefect and Vicar Apostolic of Hong Kong Richard Raimondi b. 1951 , California born sculptor,painter, Hawaii artist Vincent Raimondi b. 1994 , Duke of Eltingville surname de Raimondi fr Raimondi ja ru ... more details
Year nav topic5 1891 literature poetry The year 1891 in literature involved some significant new books. Events Guy de Maupassant is officially diagnosed as insane. Tristan Bernard has his first work published in La Revue Blanche . Thomas Hardy writes The Son s Veto , which he regarded as his best short story. 13 March Henrik Ibsen s play Ghosts play Ghosts achieves a single London performance at the Royalty Theatre . To evade the Lord Chamberlain s Office s censorship it has to be staged privately by the Independent Theatre Society , but still attracts strong criticism on moral grounds. ref https www.cityoflondon.gov.uk Corporation lma learning theatreland timelines19.asp 1869 Theatreland Timeline London Metropolitan Archives accessed 11 October 2007 ref Ambrose Bierce publishes Tales of Soldiers and Civilians which includes An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge one of his best known works. New books Grant Allen The Great Taboo J. M. Barrie The Little Minister Mary Elizabeth Braddon The World, the Flesh and the Devil novel The World, the Flesh and the Devil Arthur Conan Doyle The White Company George du Maurier Peter Ibbetson George Gissing New Grub Street Thomas Hardy Tess of the d Urbervilles Joris Karl Huysmans La Bas Jerome K. Jerome Diary of a Pilgrimage Herman Melville Timoleon novel Timoleon Georges Ohnet Dernier Amour Howard Pyle Men of Iron Jules Verne Mistress Branican Margaret L. Woods Esther Vanhomrigh Charlotte Mary Yonge Two Penniless Princesses Unknown to History mile Zola L Argent New drama Maurice Maeterlinck Intruder play Intruder first production Frank Wedekind Spring Awakening play Spring Awakening Fr hlings Erwachen Oscar Wilde Salome play Salome Poetry William Morris Poems by the Way Non fiction Black s Law Dictionary , 1st edition Errico Malatesta Anarchy book L anarchia Births January 7 Zora Neale Hurston , American novelist died 1960 in literature 1960 February 10 Elliot Paul , American writer died 1958 in literature 1958 August 1 Edward Street ... more details
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