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amphipolis (; ) is a municipality in the serres regional unit, macedonia, greece. the seat of the municipality is rodolivos. it was an important ancient greek polis (city), and later a roman city, whose large remains can still be seen. amphipolis was originally a colony of ancient athenians and was the site of the batt...
in the book of exodus, amram (; ) is the husband of jochebed and father of aaron, moses and miriam. in the bible in addition to being married to jochebed, amram is also described in the bible as having been related to jochebed prior to the marriage, although the exact relationship is uncertain; some greek and latin man...
amyntas i () was king of the ancient greek kingdom of macedonia from at least 512/511 until his death in 498/497 bc. although there were a number of rulers before him, amyntas is the first king of macedonia for which we have any reliable historical information. during amyntas' reign, macedonia became a vassal state of ...
amyntas iii () was king of the ancient greek kingdom of macedonia from 393/2 to 388/7 bc and again from 387/6 to 370 bc. he was a member of the argead dynasty through his father arrhidaeus, a son of amyntas, one of the sons of alexander i. his most famous son is philip ii, father of alexander the great. family polygamy...
anacharsis (; ) was a scythian prince and philosopher of uncertain historicity who lived in the 6th century bc. life anacharsis was the brother of the scythian king saulius, and both of them were the sons of the previous scythian king, gnurus. few concrete details are known about the life of the historical anacharsis. ...
anah or ana (, ʾāna, ), formerly also known as anna, is an iraqi town on the euphrates river, approximately midway between the gulf of alexandretta and the persian gulf. anah lies from west to east on the right bank along a bend of the river just before it turns south towards hit. name the town was called (d)ha-na-at i...
ānanda (pali and sanskrit: आनन्द; 5th4th century bce) was the primary attendant of the buddha and one of his ten principal disciples. among the buddha's many disciples, ānanda stood out for having the best memory. most of the texts of the early buddhist sutta-piṭaka (; , sūtra-piṭaka) are attributed to his recollection...
anaxagoras (; , anaxagóras, "lord of the assembly"; 500 – 428 bc) was a pre-socratic greek philosopher. born in clazomenae at a time when asia minor was under the control of the persian empire, anaxagoras came to athens. according to diogenes laërtius and plutarch, in later life he was charged with impiety and went int...
anaxarchus (; ; c. 380 – c. 320 bc) was a greek philosopher of the school of democritus. together with pyrrho, he accompanied alexander the great into asia. the reports of his philosophical views suggest that he was a forerunner of the greek skeptics. life anaxarchus was born at abdera in thrace. he was the companion a...
ancyra is a small genus of planthoppers of the family eurybrachidae and the only genus in the tribe ancyrini. species in this genus occur in southeast asia. description members of the genus are well known for having a pair of prolonged filaments at the tips of the forewings that arise near a pair of small glossy spots;...
anastasius i or anastasios i may refer to: anastasius i dicorus ( – 518), roman emperor anastasius i of antioch (d. 599), patriarch of antioch pope anastasius i (died 401), pope of rome
anastasius ii or anastasios ii may refer to: pope anastasius ii (died 498), pope anastasius ii of antioch (550–609), patriarch of antioch anastasius ii of jerusalem, patriarch of the greek orthodox patriarchate of jerusalem in 705–706 anastasios ii (died 719), byzantine emperor
anaximenes of lampsacus (; ; 320 bc) was a greek rhetorician and historian. he was one of the teachers of alexander the great and accompanied him on his campaigns. family his father was named aristocles (). his nephew (son of his sister), was also named anaximenes and was a historian. rhetorical works anaximenes was a ...
anastasius (latinized) or anastasios () is a masculine given name of greek origin derived from the greek word (anastasis) meaning "resurrection". its female form is anastasia (). a diminutive form of anastasios is tassos (). people byzantine emperors anastasius i dicorus, reign 491–518 anastasios ii (died 719), reign 7...
anaximenes of miletus (; ; ) was an ancient greek, pre-socratic philosopher from miletus in anatolia (modern-day turkey). he was the last of the three philosophers of the milesian school, after thales and anaximander. these three are regarded by historians as the first philosophers of the western world. anaximenes is k...
ancus marcius () was the legendary fourth king of rome, who traditionally reigned 24 years. upon the death of the previous king, tullus hostilius, the roman senate appointed an interrex, who in turn called a session of the assembly of the people who elected the new king. ancus is said to have ruled by waging war as rom...
the andaman islands () are an archipelago in the northeastern indian ocean about southwest off the coasts of myanmar's ayeyarwady region. together with the nicobar islands to their south, the andamans serve as a maritime boundary between the bay of bengal to the west and the andaman sea to the east. most of the islands...
alexander anderson ( in aberdeen – in paris) was a scottish mathematician. life he was born in aberdeen, possibly in 1582, according to a print which suggests he was aged 35 in 1617. it is unknown where he was educated, but it is likely that he initially studied writing and philosophy (the "belles lettres") in his home...
andocides (; , andokides; c. 440 – c. 390 bc) was a logographer (speech writer) in ancient greece. he was one of the ten attic orators included in the "alexandrian canon" compiled by aristophanes of byzantium and aristarchus of samothrace in the third century bc. life andocides was the son of leogoras, and was born in ...
andrea andreani (1540–1623) was an italian engraver on wood, who was among the first printmakers in italy to use chiaroscuro, which required multiple colours. andreani was born and generally active in mantua about 1540 (brulliot says 1560) and died at rome in 1623. his engravings are scarce and valuable, and are chiefl...
andrew ii (, , , ; 117721 september 1235), also known as andrew of jerusalem, was king of hungary and croatia between 1205 and 1235. he ruled the principality of halych from 1188 until 1189/1190, and again between 1208/1209 and 1210. he was the younger son of béla iii of hungary, who entrusted him with the administrati...
an enquiry concerning human understanding is a book by the scottish empiricist philosopher david hume, published in english in 1748. it was a revision of an earlier effort, hume's a treatise of human nature, published anonymously in london in 1739–40. hume was disappointed with the reception of the treatise, which "fel...
andré de longjumeau (also known as andrew of longjumeau in english) was a 13th-century dominican missionary and diplomat and one of the most active occidental diplomats in the east in the 13th century. he led two embassies to the mongols: the first carried letters from pope innocent iv and the second bore gifts and let...
andriscus (, andrískos; 154/153 bc – 146 bc), also often referenced as pseudo-philip, was a greek pretender who became the last independent king of macedon in 149 bc as philip vi (, philipos), based on his claim of being philip, a now-obscure son of the last legitimate macedonian king, perseus. his reign lasted just on...
andronikos iii palaiologos (; 25 march 1297 – 15 june 1341), commonly latinized as andronicus iii palaeologus, was the byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341. he was the son of michael ix palaiologos and rita of armenia. he was proclaimed co-emperor in his youth, before 1313, and in april 1321 he rebelled against his gran...
andronikos ii palaiologos (; 25 march 1259 – 13 february 1332), latinized as andronicus ii palaeologus, reigned as byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328. his reign marked the beginning of the recently-restored empire's final decline. the turks conquered most of byzantium's remaining anatolian territories, and andronikos ...
andronikos i komnenos (; – 12 september 1185), latinized as andronicus i comnenus, was byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185. he was the son of isaac komnenos and the grandson of the emperor alexios i. in later byzantine historiography, andronikos i became known under the epithet "misophaes" ("hater of sunlight") in refe...
andronicus of cyrrhus or andronicus cyrrhestes (latin; , andrónikos kyrrhēstēs; ) was a hellenized macedonian astronomer best known for designing the tower of the winds in roman athens. life little is known about the life of andronicus, although his father is recorded as hermias. it is usually assumed that he came from...
andronicoos of rhodes (; ; ) was a greek philosopher from rhodes who was also the scholarch (head) of the peripatetic school. he is most famous for publishing a new edition of the works of aristotle that forms the basis of the texts that survive today. life little is known about andronicus' life. he is reported to have...
andronicus or andronikos () is a classical greek name. the name has the sense of "male victor, warrior". its female counterpart is andronikè (ἀνδρονίκη). notable bearers of the name include: people andronicus of olynthus, greek general under demetrius in the 4th century bc livius andronicus (), greco-roman dramatist an...
ammianus marcellinus, occasionally anglicised as ammian (greek: αμμιανός μαρκελλίνος; born , died 400), was a roman soldier and historian who wrote the penultimate major historical account surviving from antiquity (preceding procopius). his work, known as the res gestae, chronicled in latin the history of rome from the...
apollo 13 (april 1117, 1970) was the seventh crewed mission in the apollo space program and the third meant to land on the moon. the craft was launched from kennedy space center on april 11, 1970, but the lunar landing was aborted after an oxygen tank in the service module (sm) failed two days into the mission. the cre...
apollo 7 (october 11–22, 1968) was the first crewed flight in nasa's apollo program, and saw the resumption of human spaceflight by the agency after the fire that had killed the three apollo 1 astronauts during a launch rehearsal test on january 27, 1967. the apollo7 crew was commanded by walter m. schirra, with comman...
apollo 9 (march 313, 1969) was the third human spaceflight in nasa's apollo program. flown in low earth orbit, it was the second crewed apollo mission that the united states launched via a saturn v rocket, and was the first flight of the full apollo spacecraft: the command and service module (csm) with the lunar module...
arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder that affects joints. symptoms generally include joint pain and stiffness. other symptoms may include redness, warmth, swelling, and decreased range of motion of the affected joints. in some types of arthritis, other organs are also affected. onset can be gradual or su...
events pre-1600 1513 – having spotted land on march 27, spanish explorer juan ponce de león comes ashore on what is now the u.s. state of florida, landing somewhere between the modern city of st. augustine and the mouth of the st. johns river. 1601–1900 1755 – commodore william james captures the maratha fortress of su...
acetylene (systematic name: ethyne) is the chemical compound with the formula and structure . it is a hydrocarbon and the simplest alkyne. this colorless gas is widely used as a fuel and a chemical building block. it is unstable in its pure form and thus is usually handled as a solution. pure acetylene is odorless, but...
alfred may refer to: arts and entertainment alfred j. kwak, dutch-german-japanese anime television series alfred (arne opera), a 1740 masque by thomas arne alfred (dvořák), an 1870 opera by antonín dvořák "alfred (interlude)" and "alfred (outro)", songs by eminem from the 2020 album music to be murdered by business and...
events pre-1600 475 – the roman general orestes forces western roman emperor julius nepos to flee his capital city, ravenna. 489 – theodoric, king of the ostrogoths, defeats odoacer at the battle of isonzo, forcing his way into italy. 632 – fatimah, daughter of the islamic prophet muhammad, dies, with her cause of deat...
the ten arabic numerals 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are the most commonly used symbols for writing numbers. the term often also implies a positional notation using the numerals, as well as the use of a decimal base, in particular when contrasted with other systems such as roman numerals. however, the symbols are a...
events pre-1600 193 – the distinguished soldier septimius severus is proclaimed emperor by the army in illyricum. 475 – byzantine emperor basiliscus issues a circular letter (enkyklikon) to the bishops of his empire, supporting the monophysite christological position. 537 – siege of rome: the byzantine general belisari...
abm or abm may refer to: companies abm industries, a us facility management provider abm intelligence, a uk software company advantage business media, a us digital marketing and information services company associated british maltsters, acquired by dalgety plc computing advanced bit manipulation, an instruction set ext...
apuleius (, ; also called lucius apuleius madaurensis; c. 124 – after 170) was a numidian latin-language prose writer, platonist philosopher and rhetorician. he was born in the roman province of numidia, in the berber city of madauros, modern-day m'daourouch, algeria. he studied platonism in athens, travelled to italy,...
alexander selkirk (167613 december 1721) was a scottish privateer and royal navy officer who spent four years and four months as a castaway (1704–1709) after being marooned by his captain, initially at his request, on an uninhabited island in the south pacific ocean. he survived that ordeal but died from tropical illne...
an anti-ballistic missile (abm) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense). ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological, or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory. the term "anti-ballistic missile" is a generic term conveying a system de...
events pre-1600 708 – copper coins are minted in japan for the first time (traditional japanese date: august 10, 708). 870 – the city of melite surrenders to an aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to byzantine malta. 1009 – mainz cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on...
events pre-1600 70 – titus ends the siege of jerusalem after destroying herod's temple. 1282 – peter iii of aragon lands at trapani to intervene in the war of the sicilian vespers. 1363 – the five-week battle of lake poyang begins, in which the forces of two chinese rebel leaders (chen youliang and zhu yuanzhang) meet ...
the acre ( ) is a unit of land area used in the british imperial and the united states customary systems. it is traditionally defined as the area of one chain by one furlong (66 by 660 feet), which is exactly equal to 10 square chains, of a square mile, 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet, and approximately 4,047...
atp may refer to: science, technology and biology adenosine triphosphate, an organic chemical used for driving biological processes atpase, any enzyme that makes use of adenosine triphosphate advanced technology program, us government program anti-tachycardia pacing, process similar to a pacemaker alberta taciuk proces...
adenosine triphosphate (atp) is an organic compound that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, condensate dissolution, and chemical synthesis. found in all known forms of life, atp is often referred to as the "molecular unit of curren...