ABSTRACT
ALEXANDRIA Athanasius, Saint, 119 Callimachus, 156 Ctesibius of Alexandria, 231 Eratosthenes of Cyrene, 303 Hero of Alexandria, 387 Herophilus, 398 Hypatia, 436 Origen, 581 Pappus, 593 Philo of Alexandria, 632 Ptolemy, 712 Ptolemy Philadelphus, 716 Ptolemy Soter, 720 Valentinus, 911
ARABIA. See also IRAN, MESOPOTAMIA, and SYRIA Lucian, 507
ARMENIA Tigranes the Great, 896
ASIA. See ASIA MINOR ASIA MINOR. See also ASSYRIA, BITHYNIA, CAPPADOCIA, CILICIA, CNIDUS, COS, GREECE, MILUTUS, MOPSUESTIA, PERGA, and PONTUS
Anaxagoras, 47 Aspasia, 115 Christopher, Saint, 180 Diogenes, 268 Galen, 338 Helena, Saint, 375 Herodotus, 394 Homer, 420 Irenaeus, Saint, 447
ASSYRIA Ashurbanipal, 105 Ashurnasirpal II, 109 Sargon II, 754
BABYLONIA
Abraham, 5 Hammurabi, 360 Nabu-rimanni, 566 Nebuchadnezzar II, 569
BITHYNIA Asclepiades of Bithynia, 101 Hipparchus, 407
BRITAIN Boadicca, 136 Hengist, 378 Patrick, Saint, 600
BYZANTINE EMPIRE Constantine the Great, 226 Gregory of Nyssa, 352 Proclus, 698 Stilicho, Flavius, 825 Ulfilas, 908
CANAAN. See ISRAEL CAPPADOCIA
Aretaeus of Cappadocia, 81 Gregory of Nazianzus, 349
CARTHAGE Genseric, 342 Hannibal, 364 Hanno, 368 Masinissa, 535 Tertullian, 848
CENTRAL ASIA Attila, 124
CHALDEA. See BABYLONIA CHINA
Ch’in Shin Huang-ti, 176 Ch’ü Yüan, 187 Chuang-tzu, 190 Confucius, 222 Hsieh Ling-yün, 429 Hsün-tzu, 433 Lao-tzu, 498 Mencius, 543 Pan Ku, 589 Ssu-ma Ch’ien, 818 T’ao Ch’ien, 841 Wang Ch’ung, 943 Wang Hsi-chih, 946 Wang Pi, 949
CILICIA Dioscorides, Pedanius, 276 Paul, Saint, 604
CNIDUS Eudoxus of Cnidus, 310 COS
Hippocrates, 411
DALMATIA Diocletian, 263
EAST AFRICA
Piankhi, 636 EGYPT. See also ALEXANDRIA
Akhenaton, 23 Anthony of Egypt, Saint, 56 Cleopatra VII, 218 Hatshepsut, 371 Imhotep, 443 Menes, 547 Nefertiti, 573 Plotinus, 666 Psamtik I, 709 Ramses II, 734 Sesostris III, 774 Thutmose III, 889 Tutankhamen, 904 Zoser, 978
ELBA Parmenides, 596 Zeno of Elea, 972
FRANCE
Denis, Saint, 257 Pytheas, 731 Vercingetorix, 922 Vincent of Lérins, Saint, 936
GAUL. See FRANCE GREECE. See also ALEXANDRIA, ASIA MINOR, CNIDUS, COS, ELEA, MACEDONIA, MILETUS, and THRACE
Aeschylus, 9 Aesop, 13 Agesilaus II, 16 Alcibiades, 31 Alcmaeon, 34 Alexander the Great, 38 Anaxagoras, 47 Antisthenes, 66 Aristippus, 85 Aristophanes, 88 Aristotle, 94 Aristoxenus, 98 Cimon, 198
Cleisthenes of Athens, 207 Cleomenes, 214 Demosthenes, 253 Diocles of Carystus, 260 Diogenes, 268 Diophantus, 272 Draco, 280 Empedocles, 282 Epaminondas, 290 Epicurus, 295 Erasistratus, 299 Euclid, 307 Eupalinus of Megara, 314 Euripides, 317 Heraclitus of Ephesus, 382 Hesiod, 402 Homer, 420 Isocrates, 456 Leonidas, 501 Lysippus, 515 Menander (dramatist), 538 Miltiades the Younger, 553 Pericles, 609 Pheidippides, 621 Phidias, 624 Pindar, 644 Pisistratus, 648 Pittacus of Mytilene, 651 Plato, 655 Plotinus, 666 Plutarch, 670 Polybius, 673 Polygnotus, 676 Posidonius, 686 Praxiteles, 690 Protagoras, 705 Pyrrhon of Elis, 724 Pythagoras, 727 Sappho, 750 Scopas, 764 Simonides, 787 Socrates, 793 Solon, 803 Sophocles, 807 Themistocles, 857 Theophrastus, 873 Thespis, 877 Thucydides, 885
Xanthippe, 952 Xenophanes, 955 Xenophon, 958 Zeno of Citium, 967
INDIA
Aśoka the Great, 112 Buddha, 144 Kālidāsa, 491 Kanishka, 494 Menander (Indian king), 541 Thomas, Saint, 880 Vardhamāna, 915
IONIA. See GREECE and ASIA MINOR IRAN. See also ARABIA, MESOPOTAMIA, and SYRIA
Cyrus the Great, 233 Darius the Great, 236 Shapur II, 778 Xerxes I, 962 Zoroaster, 975
IRAQ. See ARABIA, IRAN, MESOPOTAMIA, and SYRIA IRELAND
Patrick, Saint, 600 ISRAEL. See also JUDAEA and PALESTINE
Aaron, 1 Abraham, 5 David, 241 Deborah, 246 Eusebius of Caesarea, 322 Ezekiel, 326 Ezra, 330 Jerome, Saint, 463 John the Apostle, 475 John the Baptist, 479 Josephus, Flavius, 483 Moses, 561 Peter, Saint, 614 Pilate, Pontius, 640 Samuel, 746 Solomon, 798 Stephen, Saint, 822 Thomas, Saint, 880 Virgin Mary, 939
ITALY. See also ELBA Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius, 20 Alcmaeon, 34 Ambrose, Saint, 43 Antony, Marc, 69
Archimedes, 76 Asclepiades of Bithynia, 101 Attila, 124 Augustus, 132 Brutus, Marcus Junius, 140 Caesar, Julius, 147 Caligula, 152 Cassius, 159 Cato the Censor, 162 Cato the Younger, 166 Catullus, 169 Celsus, Aulus Cornelius, 173 Cicero, 194 Claudius I, 203 Clement I, 210 Constantine the Great, 226 Denis, Saint, 257 Diocletian, 263 Ennius, Quintus, 287 Fabius Maximus, Quintus, 334 Gracchi, The, 345 Hadrian, 356 Hannibal, 364 Hippolytus of Rome, 415 Horace, 424 Irenaeus, Saint, 447 Jerome, Saint, 463 Josephus, Flavius, 483 Juvenal, 488 Livy, 504 Lucian, 507 Lucretius, 511 Maecenas, Gaius, 519 Marcus Aurelius, 523 Marius, Gaius, 528 Martial, 532 Messalina, Valeria, 550 Nero, 577 Ovid, 585 Phaedrus, 618 Plautus, 659 Pliny the Elder, 662 Plutarch, 670 Pompey the Great, 679 Porphyry, 683 Posidonius, 686 Propertius, Sextus, 702 Regulus, Marcus Atilius, 739
Sallust, 742 Scipio Aemilianus, 757 Scipio Africanus, 760 Seneca the Younger, 770 Siricius, Saint, 790 Sosigenes, 811 Spartacus, 814 Stilicho, Flavius, 825 Sulla, Lucius Cornelius, 833 Tacitus, Cornelius, 837 Terence, 844 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, 865 Theodosius the Great, 868 Tiberius, 892 Trajan, 899 Valentinus, 911 Varro, Marcus Terentius, 918 Vergil, 926 Verrius Flaccus, Marcus, 930 Vespasian, 933
JERUSALEM. See ISRAEL JUDAEA. See also ISRAEL and PALESTINE
Herod the Great, 390 Isaiah, 452 Jeremiah, 459 Jesus Christ, 467 Johanan ben Zakkai, 471 Pilate, Pontius, 640 Virgin Mary, 939
JUDAH. See JUDAEA
MACEDONIA Alexander the Great, 38 Antigonus I Monophthalmos, 60 Phaedrus, 618 Philip II of Macedonia, 628 Seleucus I Nicator, 767
MESOPOTAMIA. See also ARABIA, IRAN, and SYRIA Lucian, 507
MILETUS Anaximander, 50 Anaximenes of Miletus, 53 Thales of Miletus, 852
MONGOLIA. See CENTRAL ASIA MOPSUESTIA
Theodore of Mopsuestia, 861
NORTH AFRICA. See also CARTHAGE and NUMIDIA Masinissa, 535
NUMIDIA Augustine, Saint, 128 Masinissa, 535
PALESTINE. See also ISRAEL and JUDAEA
Akiba ben Joseph, 27 Herod the Great, 390 Pilate, Pontius, 640 Thomas, Saint, 880 Virgin Mary, 939
PERGA Apollonius of Perga, 72
PERSIA. See IRAN PERSIAN EMPIRE. See IRAN PHOENICIA
Porphyry, 683 PONTUS
Chrysostom, Saint John, 184 Mithradates the Great, 557 Strabo, 828
ROMAN EMPIRE. See ITALY ROME. See ITALY
SPAIN
Martial, 532 Priscillian, 694 Theodosius the Great, 868
SYRIA. See also ARABIA, IRAN, and MESOPOTAMIA Antiochus the Great, 63 Chrysostom, Saint John, 184 Ignatius of Antioch, 440 Lucian, 507 Seleucus I Nicator, 767 Simeon Stylites, Saint, 783 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, 865
THRACE
Democritus, 249 TURKEY. See ASIA MINOR
