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    Choragic Monument of Nicias". American Journal of Archaeology. 14: 459–484. JSTOR 497149. Dörpfeld, Wilhelm (1885). "Das choragische Monument des Nikias"...
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    Beulé Gate (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    ISBN 978-1-107-41801-1. Dinsmoor, William Bell (1910). "The Choragic Monument of Nicias". American Journal of Archaeology. 14 (4): 459–484. doi:10.2307/497149...
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    the monument still standing in Athens erected in honor of the festival victory of his production in 335 BC. Ruins of a choragic monument to Nicias from...
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    Sparta and Corinth. When these two powers quarrelled during the peace of Nicias, it remained loyal to the Spartans. At the reprise of the war, during the...
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    Cleopatra (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    joined Cleopatra for a cruise of the Nile and sightseeing of Egyptian monuments, although this may be a romantic tale reflecting later well-to-do Roman...
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    Pylos (redirect from Port-de-Jonc)
    to Athens as hostages, contributed to their acceptance of the Peace of Nicias in 421 BC. Little is known of Pylos under Byzantine rule, except for a mention...
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    Rabirius, the former master of Publius Rabirius Isio, Publius Rabirius Nicias, and Publius Rabirius Philargurus. Quintus Rabirius, the former master of...
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    Acropolis of Athens (category Articles with German-language sources (de))
    caused by the Peloponnesian War, the temple was finished during the time of Nicias' peace, between 421 BC and 409 BC. Construction of the elegant temple of...
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    alongside the Greek title of basileus, and had themselves portrayed on public monuments in Egyptian style and dress; however, the monarchy otherwise rigorously...
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    dethroned and did not return to power until later, though his relative Nicias may have ruled a small principality in the Kabul valley. After the reign...
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    thunder, lightning and thunderbolts". Another outstanding painter was Nicias of Athens, of whom Pliny praised the "care he took with light and shade...
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    of Menander include the ruling queen Agathokleia, her son Strato I, and Nicias, though it is uncertain whether they ruled directly after Menander. Other...
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    BC Diomedes Amyntas Epander 90 BC Theophilos Peukolaos Thraso 90–85 BC Nicias Menander II Artemidoros 90–70 BC Hermaeus Archebius Yuezhi occupation Maues...
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    rich admitting it openly". Thus, in 415 BC., the wealthy supporters of Nicias, opposed like him to the expedition to Sicily, preferred not to intervene...
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    time Cleopatra VII was born (69 BC): her name begins to disappear from monuments and papyri, and there is a papyrus of Ptolemy XII from 69 BC that does...
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    Hellenistic period (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    seen in works like the Dying Gaul and the Venus De Milo. Hellenistic architecture emphasized grand monuments and ornate decorations, exemplified by structures...
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    Dipylon (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    many Athenians whose relatives' tombs were despoiled. During the Peace of Nicias (421–416 BC), the wall was complemented by a moat and a secondary wall (proteichisma)...
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  • stationed at Rome in AD 70, serving in the century of Tiberius Claudius Nicia. Marcus Salvidienus Asprenas, proconsul of Bithynia during the reign of...
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  • Stigmatias Nicarchus Nicarchus (general) Nicarete of Megara Nichomachus Nicias Nicias of Nicaea Nicippe Nicobule Nicochares Nicocles (Paphos) Nicocles (Salamis)...
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    Peloponnesian War (ongoing since 431). His efforts were rewarded with the Peace of Nicias in 421, which nevertheless had only a short life. Pleistoanax finally died...
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    Englished the so-called Dryden's Plutarch of 1683–1686 (5 vols.): the life of Nicias fell to his share. Rymer wrote a preface to Whitelocke's Memorials of English...
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    against Athens. Although slightly estranged from Sparta after the peace of Nicias, they never abated their enmity against their neighbours. They rendered...
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    Alexander restored the temples neglected by the Persians and dedicated new monuments to the Egyptian gods. In the temple of Luxor, near Karnak, he built a...
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    reign of Menander I, several Indo-Greek rulers, such as Amyntas Nikator, Nicias, Peukolaos, Hermaeus, Hippostratos and Menander II, depicted themselves...
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    John Newton (1725–1807), British slave trader and later abolitionist. Nicias (c. 470–413 BCE), Athenian politician and general. Plutarch recorded that...
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    of Menander I, several Indo-Greek rulers, such as Agathokleia, Amyntas, Nicias, Peukolaos, Hermaeus, Hippostratos, Menander II and Philoxenus depicted...
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    Macedonia (ancient kingdom) (category CS1 German-language sources (de))
    died in 422 BC, the year Athens and Sparta struck an accord, the Peace of Nicias, that freed Macedonia from its obligations as an Athenian ally. Following...
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    Thurians observed the same neutrality towards the Athenian fleet under Nicias and Alcibiades as the other cities of Italy. Thurii was, in fact, the city...
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    inspired by the written recollections and memories of the author's father, Nicias Aridjis; a captain in the Greek army during the Smyrna Catastrophe. The...
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    130–115/110 BCE. Thrason Son of Menander, ruled very briefly c. 130 BCE. Nicias Theophilos Coin Philoxenus Territories of Arachosia, Paropamisadae, Gandhara...
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