magistrate in various Greek city states was called eponymous archon (ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων, epōnymos archōn). "Archon" (ἄρχων, pl. ἄρχοντες, archontes) means "ruler"...

official (limmu). In ancient Greece, the eponymous archon was the highest magistrate in classical Athens. Eponymous archons served a term of one year which took...

a legendary archon of Athens from 922 BC to 892 BC. The second Megacles was a member of the Alcmaeonidae family, and the archon eponymous in 632 BC when...

Archon basileus (Ancient Greek: ἄρχων βασιλεύς árchōn basileús) was a Greek title, meaning "king magistrate": the term is derived from the words archon...

"the archon", without further precision), who gave his name to the year. It was the highest political office in the city-state. The eponymous archon probably...

Miltiades the Younger rose through the ranks of Athens to become eponymous archon under the rule of the Peisistratid tyrant Hippias in 524/23 BC. Miltiades...

of Teisander (Τείσανδρος), was an Athenian nobleman, who served as Eponymous Archon for the year 566 BC – 565 BC. He was a member of the Philaidae, a wealthy...

Pisistratus' death in 527 BC, Cleisthenes returned to Athens and became the eponymous archon. A few years later, Pisistratus' successors, Hipparchus and Hippias...

travelled to Greece; he was granted Athenian citizenship and was appointed eponymous archon of Athens for a brief time (in 112). The Athenians awarded him a statue...

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Domitian (/dəˈmɪʃən, -iən/, də-MISH-ən, -⁠ee-ən; Latin: Domitianus; 24 October 51 – 18 September 96) was Roman emperor from 81 to 96. The son of Vespasian...

Eucleides (Ancient Greek: Εὐκλείδης) was eponymous archon of Athens for the year running from July/August 403 BC until June/July 402 BC. His year in office...

the Eleusinian family of the Kerykes, and held the offices of archon basileus and eponymous in Athens. When the Heruli overran Greece and captured Athens...

Commodus (/ˈkɒmədəs/; 31 August 161 – 31 December 192) was a Roman emperor who ruled from 177 until his assassination in 192. For the first three years...

of Elea Amynias (also spelled Ameinias) (5th century BC), in 423 BC Eponymous archon in the city of Athens Ameinias of Iasus in Caria (4th century BC),...

back the Persian invaders. Xanthippus was elected to the position of eponymous archon the following year (479/478 BC), showing the esteem in which he was...

Elaphebolion, towards the end of March. It was organized by the State and the eponymous archon, who picked three of the richest citizens to pay for the drama's expenses...

Euphemus (Greek: Εύφημος) was archon of Athens in 417/416 BC. In Thucydides, he is given a speech which portrays Athens as a tyrannical city. Euphemus...

economic crisis and popular discontent, appoint the poet–statesman Solon (eponymous archon) to institute democratic reforms and revive the city's constitution...

Publius Licinius Egnatius Gallienus (/ˌɡæliˈɛnəs/; c. 218 – September 268) was Roman emperor with his father Valerian from 253 to 260 and alone from 260...

with debt-free property valued at ten minas or more could serve as an eponymous archon or a Treasurer. The Athenian strategoi (generals) and hipparchoi (cavalry...

Creon may refer to: Creon, the first annual eponymous archon of Athens, 682–681 BC Creon (king of Thebes), mythological king of Thebes Creon (king of Corinth)...

Sextus Julius Cotys III (Ancient Greek: Κότυς, flourished second half of 1st century BC and first half of 1st century, died 18 AD) was the Sapaean Roman...

Solon had been archon, when he would have been a member of the Areopagus and probably a more respected statesman by his peers. As archon, Solon discussed...

Hadrian was a philhellene who before he became emperor had served as eponymous archon of Athens. He saw himself as an heir to Pericles and made many contributions...

Democleides, so he may be the same person called Democleides who was the eponymous archon in 316 BC. He wrote a treatise on machinery. Harpocration, Lexicon...

Athens at Methone. One of the ephors was eponymous, i.e. he gave his name to the year, like the eponymous archon in Athens. He was probably designated during...

Skamandrios (moon), satellite of the asteroid 624 Hektor Scamandrius, eponymous archon 510–509 BC This disambiguation page lists articles associated with...

Athenians, and generally being at odds with the Athenian nobility. Elected archon in 493 BC, he convinced the polis to increase the naval power of Athens...

year is precisely indicated. At Athens, the name used was that of the Eponymous Archon, and as an almost complete list of these has been drawn up from inscriptions...