Demetrius - Demetrius A number of notables in classical antiquity are named Demetrius: Demetrius, a writer of Old Comedy ca. 400 BC, mentioned by Diogenes Laertius Demetrius of Alopece, sculptor 5th/4th century BC Demetrius Phalereus, philosopher and statesman of 4th century BC Demetrius I of Macedon Poliorcetes (336-283 BC) Demetrius the Fair, son of Poliorcetes Demetrius II of Macedon (276-229 BC) Demetrius of Pharos, ruler in Illyria 3rd century BC Demetrius I of Bactria Demetrius, Indo-Greek king ca 180-165 BC Demetrius I of Syria, Seleucid king Demetrius II of Syria, his son Demetrius of Scepsis, grammarian and archaeologist 3rd century BC Demetrius Ixion, grammarian 2nd century BC Demetrius Lacon, Epicurean philosopher 2nd century BC Demetrius, composed a guide to letter-writing with 21 types and examples of each type.
History of Sparta - Athens had lost her mainland empire by the battle of Coronea and the revolt of Megara a thirty years' peace was concluded, probably in the winter 446-445 BC. By this Athens was obliged to surrender Troezen, Achaea and the two Megarian ports, Nisaea and Pegae, but otherwise the status quo was maintained. A fresh struggle, the great Peloponnesian War, broke out in 431 BC. This may be to a certain extent regarded as a contest between lonian and Dorian; it may with greater truth be called a struggle between the democratic and oligarchic principles of government; but at bottom its cause was neither racial nor constitutional, but economic. The maritime supremacy of Athens was used for commercial purposes, and important members of the Peloponnesian confederacy, whose wealth depended largely on their.
Demetrius I of Macedon - Demetrius I of Macedon Demetrius I (337-283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes ("Besieger"), son of Antigonus Cyclops and Stratonice was a king of Macedon ( 294 - 288 BC) . He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty. At the age of twenty-two he was left by his father to defend Syria against Ptolemy the son of Lagus; he was totally defeated near Gaza (312 BC), but soon partially repaired his loss by a victory in the neighbourhood of Myus. After an unsuccessful expedition against Babylon, and several campaigns against Ptolemy on the coasts of Cilicia and Cyprus, Demetrius sailed with a fleet of 250 ships to Athens. He freed the city from the power of Cassander and Ptolemy, expelled the garrison which had been stationed there under Demetrius of.
Kings of Macedon - as Ptolemy Alorites) Perdiccas III Amyntas IV (infant son of Perdicas III) Philip II Alexander the Great (Alexander III) Antipater, Regent of Macedon Philip III Arrihadeus Alexander IV Polyperchon, Regent of Macedon Cassander, Regent of Macedon Antipatrid Dynasty Cassander (son of Antipater) Philip IV Alexander V Antipater II Antigonid Dynasty Demetrius I Poliorcetes Lysimachus (divided with Pyrrhus of Epirus) Pyrrhus of Epirus (divided with Lysimachus) Ptolemy II (also known as Ptolemy Ceraunus) Meleager Antipater III (also known as Antipater Etesius) Sosthenes Antigonus II Gonatas Demetrius II (also known as Demetrius II Aetolicus) Antigonus III (also known as Antigonus III Dosoon) Philip V Perseus After Perseus's defeat at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC, Macedon was divided into four republics under Roman domination. In 150 BC, a man named Andriscus claimed.
Government of the United States - Reclamation manages scarce water resources in the semiarid western United States. The department regulates mining in the United States, assesses mineral resources, and has major responsibility for protecting and conserving the trust resources of American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. Internationally, the department coordinates federal policy in the territories of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and oversees funding for development in the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and Palau. Department of Justice The United States Department of Justice represents the U.S. government in legal matters and courts of law, and renders legal advice and opinions upon request to the president and to the heads of the executive departments. The Justice Department is headed by the attorney general of the United States, the.
Dorset - of Hall and Woodhouse, whilst Weymouth is acknowledged as the first ever holiday resort, used by King George III, and is still a popular seaside resort. Jutting out into the English Channel is the Isle of Portland. Dorset is famed in literature for being the native county of author and poet Thomas Hardy. Many of the places he describes in his novels in the fictional Wessex are in Dorset. The National Trust own Thomas Hardy's Cottage, in woods east of Dorchester, and Max Gate, his house in Dorchester. Stalbridge was home of Douglas Adams, author of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Poet William Barnes, authors Theodore Francis Powys, John le Carré and P.D. James and satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock are also locals. The author John Fowles lives in Lyme.
295 BC - Samnites and their Etruscan and Gallic allies, causing the Etruscans, Gauls, and Umbrians to make peace. Athens surrenders to Demetrius Poliorcetes. Ptolemy I of Egypt begins reconquest of Cyprus. Seleucus I acquires Cilicia. Lysimachus acquires Ionia. Births Deaths.
308 BC - 304 BC 303 BC Events Battle of Salamis: Demetrius I Poliorcetes defeats the fleet of Menelaeus, brother of Ptolemy I Births Deaths.
Talking to Americans - However, the prime minister's name (back then) was Jean Chrétien; poutine is a French-Canadian fast food dish of french fries and cheese curd, and also was potentially inspired by recent jokes about Russian president Vladimir Putin who has a similar name. Also, Chrétien had not endorsed any candidate at the time and, in any event, it does not behoove the head of a neighboring country's government to take such a stand regarding U.S. presidential races. Bush's opponent, Vice President Al Gore, also fell victim to Mercer, when he was asked about the Canadian capital Toronto (it is actually Ottawa). Read here for more info The special was a co-production between Island Edge Inc and Salter Street Films. Alliance Atlantis has shut the doors of Salter Street Films. Review Why Should Americans.
Amphetamine - Today it is officially admitted for treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and narcolepsy. General Info Amphetamine is a synthetic substance used to suppress appetite, control weight, treat narcolepsy and also ADHD. It is a commonly abused drug, usually bought on the street very impure or mixed with other drugs. Amphetamine can be snorted, taken orally, smoked, or injected. When the drug is snorted, smoked or injected, the effects can be felt within a few minutes, but the duration is usually lessened. When taken orally, the effects of the drug tend to feel “smoother” and are generally longer-lasting. Amphetamine was introduced in most of the world in the form of the pharmaceutical Benzedrine from the late 1920s. It was banned except for prescribed use in the late 1950s. It is also.
Antigonid dynasty - control of the whole of Alexander's empire led to his defeat and death at the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC. Antigonus's son Demetrius I Poliorcetes survived the battle, and managed to seize control of Macedon itself a few years later, but eventually lost his throne, dying in prison. After a period of confusion, Demetrius's son Antigonus II Gonatas was able to establish the family's control over the old Kingdom of Macedon, as well as over most of the Greek city-states, by 276 BC. It was one of three such empires, the others being the Seleucid dynasty and Ptolemaic dynasty. The dynasty ended with the Roman domination of the area after the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC. Antigonus I Monophthalmus Demetrius I Poliorcetes (294 BC-287 BC) Antigonus II Gonatas (276.
Antiochus II Theos - mother was the Macedonian princess Stratonice, daughter of Demetrius Poliorcetes succeeded his father Antiochus I Soter as head of the Seleucid dynasty on 261 BC. He inherited a state of war with Egypt, which went on along the coasts of Asia Minor (the "Second Syrian War"). Antiochus also made some attempt to get a footing in Thrace. During the war he was given the title "Theos" which means "God" in Greek. About 250 BC peace was concluded between Antiochus and Ptolemy II, Antiochus repudiating his wife Laodice and marrying Ptolemy's daughter Berenice, but by 246 BC Antiochus had left Berenice and her infant son in Antioch to live again with Laodice in Asia Minor. Laodice poisoned him and proclaimed her son Seleucus II Callinicus (reigned 246-225 BC) king. This entry is.
Antigonus I Monophthalmus - territories Kingdoms. This resulted in wars between them. With Antigonus's death in battle against them in 301 BC his plans of reuniting Alexander's Empire came to an end. The victors did not claim power over each other, but rather accepted their Kingdoms as separate. Antigonus's son Demetrius I Poliorcetes took control of Macedonia, which the family held, off and on, until Macedonia was conquered by the Roman Republic at the Battle of Pydna in 168 BC..
Temple of Set - of being a Nazi sympathizer, citing a recurrent use of Nazi imagery and symbolism, and frequent references to Nazi theorists and ideology, which they claim are found throughout the Temple of Set's literature. On at least one occasion, Michael Aquino provided the address for the Institute for Historical Review -- a leading proponent of Holocaust revisionism -- to the entire Temple of Set membership, saying that he had found "much food for thought" in their journal. Michael Aquino has filed libel lawsuits against critics. This civil recourse is a fundamental right within the U.S.A., but some of his critics say he has abused this right, calling the 1997 suit he filed against ElectriCiti.com a SLAPP. Some critics claim to have been subjected to campaigns of harassment by Temple of Set members.
Antigonus II Gonatas - BC) was a Macedonian king, the son of Demetrius I Poliorcetes, and grandson of Antigonus I Monophthalmus. On the death of his father (283), he assumed the title "king of Macedonia", but did not obtain possession of the throne until 276, after it had been successively in the hands of Pyrrhus, Lysimachus, Seleucus, and Ptolemy Ceraunus. Ceraunus was killed by the invading Gauls in 279, and the Macedonian kingdom lapsed into anarchy for two years. Gonatas defeated an army of Gauls in 277, and then won him enough credit to claim the throne of Macedon. He continued in undisputed possession of Macedonia till 274, when Pyrrhus returned from Italy. Pyrrhus launched an attack on the Macedonian army, then convinced it to support him rather than Gonatas. When Pyrrhus was killed adventuring.
Cabeiri - Penates. In Lemnos an annual festival of the Cabeiri was held, lasting nine days, during which all the fires were extinguished and fire brought from Delos. From this fact and from the statement of Strabo x. p. 473, that the father of the Cabeiri was Camillus, a son of Hephaestus, the Cabeiri have been thought to be, like the Corybantes, Curetes and Dactyli, demons of volcanic fire. But this view is not now generally held. In Lemnos they fostered the vine and fruits of the field, and from their connection with Hermes in Samothrace it would also seem that they promoted the fruitfulness of cattle. By far the most important seat of their worship was Samothrace. Here, as early as the 5th century BC, their mysteries, possibly under Athenian influence, attracted.
Crop circle - people want to believe supernatural explanations for phenomena that are not yet explained. Methods to create a hoaxed crop circles have been well-documented on the Internet. A counter argument to hoaxing is that circles often appears in crops mature-enough that they carry seeds, seed-pods are unbroken, whereas trampling causes seed-pod breakage. Crop circle hoaxers counter that it is easy to leave dry seed pods unbroken during stomping and also leave no trace of entrance and egress trampling when the plants and ground are both dry and some care is taken while walking. Several crop circles that were later to have been determined to be hoaxes were at first certified as being genuine by cerealogists due the lack of seed pod breakage. Farmers are not very happy with crop circles, as they.
Tomahawk missile - and storage, and to act as a launch tube. The submarine AUR is launched from torpedo or vertical tubes (e.g. the later Los Angeles class submarines). Surface ships employ a vertical launching system (VLS). A solid fuel booster with steering vanes in its exhaust is used for launch and to provide steering during the initial few seconds of flight while the wings and control surfaces are deployed. The Tomahawk is launched on a preset course above the water and, as it crosses over land, switches to an inertial and Terrain Contour Matching (TERCOM) system to guide the missile to its target with terminal guidance from the Digital Scene Matching Area Correlation (DSMAC) sytem, producing an accuracy of around 10m. The Block III TLAMs, entered service in 1993, have an extended range.
Walthamstow - James Street railway station Walthamstow Central railway station Wood Street railway station =See Also= The History of Walthamstow Statistics and further info about Walthamstow The KnoWhere Guide to Walthamstow The William Morris Gallery.
Short-finned eel - years for females. They are carnivorous, eating crustaceans, fish, frogs and even small birds. Like other angullids, Short-finned eels are remarkably hardy: they can tolerate high water temperatures and low oxygen concentrations, endure long periods without food, and bury themselves in mud or sand and enter an energy-saving torpor when the water temperature drops below 10 degrees. They are one of the few Australian freshwater fish to have coped well with the wholesale introduction of European and American species. Short-finned eels make excellent eating. Prior to European settlement at least two Aboriginal Australian civilisations farmed eels on a large scale, trading smoked eel with distant communities in return for other goods. For the Maori people of New Zealand, starved of protein after the extinction of New Zealand megafauna, the Short-finned eel.
