Ernst Badian
Articles by Ernst Badian
- RHOXANE
RHOXANE (Gk. Rhōxánē), a woman’s name (in English and other modern languages usually Roxane, Roxanne, etc.), and the Greek rendering…
- RHOXANE ii. ALEXANDER’S WIFE
RHOXANE ii. ALEXANDER’S WIFE The most famous bearer of the name Rhoxane (Gk. Rhōxánē) was Alexander’s wife, whose father, Oxyartes,…
- STATEIRA
STATEIRA, name attested for several royal women of the Achaemenid period. 1. Stateira, daughter of Hydarnes, descended from one of the…
- MAZAEUS
MAZAEUS, member of the highest Achaemenid aristocracy, who had a long career under Artaxerxes III, Darius III, and Alexander of…
- PHRATAPHERNES
PHRATAPHERNES (Old Ir. *Frāda-farnah, Avestan Frādat ̰.xᵛarənah, Yt. 13.128 “furthering Farrah” [see Schmitt]), a member of the highest Persian aristocracy at…
- DIODORUS SICULUS
DIODORUS SICULUS, Greek historian from Agyrium in Sicily, hence called Siculus (the Sicilian). He came to Rome in the middle…
- CALLIAS, PEACE OF
CALLIAS, PEACE OF, peace made by Xerxes and/or Artaxerxes I with Athens and her confederacy in the 5th century b.c. The…
- SISIGAMBIS
SISIGAMBIS, the mother of Darius III and of Stateira (2), perhaps also of Oxyathres (for variants of his name, see…
- HADRIAN
HADRIAN (Publius Aelius Hadrianus), born 76 C.E. of an eminent family of Italian colonists at Italica (near Seville); Roman emperor…
- GRANICUS
GRANICUS, river (mod. Kocabaş Çay) flowing into the Sea of Marmara. The Granicus was the site of the first battle…
- GAUGAMELA
GAUGAMELA, site of one of the greatest battles in history, resulting in the decisive victory of Alexander the Great over…
- PERICLES
PERICLES (ca. 495-429 B.C.E.), Athenian politician and commander. His father, Xanthippus, after playing the leading role in the victory of…
- PARMENIO
PARMENIO, son of Philotas, of high nobility, probably from mountainous Upper Macedonia (b. ca. 400 BCE, d. 330 BCE). He…
- PEUCESTAS
PEUCESTAS, officer under Alexander the Great on his campaign in Asia. First heard of in 326 BCE as a trierarch…
- MENTOR and MEMNON
MENTOR and MEMNON, Rhodian brothers, condottieri of the late Achaemenid period. They aided Artabazus in securing the succession to his father…
- LYSANDER
LYSANDER, Spartan commander and politician (b. ca. 454 BCE; d. 395 BCE). Since he acquired, and then lost, far greater…