Aelius Gallus, the Glossary
Gaius Aelius Gallus was a Roman prefect of Egypt from 26 to 24 BC.[1]
Table of Contents
41 relations: Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Alexandria, Ancient Rome, Arabia Felix, Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, Augustus, Baraqish, Berlin, Book review, Cassius Dio, Charles Merivale, Chiron (journal), Classics, Cornelius Gallus, Gaius Petronius, Galen, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies, Greeks, Hadhramaut, History of the Romans in Arabia, Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub I, Kingdom of Kush, Leuke Kome, List of governors of Roman Egypt, London, Marib, Nabataean Kingdom, Nabataeans, Najran, New York City, Pliny the Elder, Praefectus, Prefect, Qataban, Robert Hamilton, 12th Lord Belhaven and Stenton, Roman Egypt, South Arabia, Strabo, The Roman Society, William Linn Westermann, Yemen.
- 1st-century BC Roman governors of Egypt
- Ancient history of Yemen
Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae
Acta Orientalia Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Akadémiai Kiadó (Budapest, Hungary).
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Alexandria
Alexandria (الإسكندرية; Ἀλεξάνδρεια, Coptic: Ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ - Rakoti or ⲁⲗⲉⲝⲁⲛⲇⲣⲓⲁ) is the second largest city in Egypt and the largest city on the Mediterranean coast.
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Ancient Rome
In modern historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD.
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Arabia Felix
Arabia Felix (literally: Fertile/Happy Arabia; also Ancient Greek: Εὐδαίμων Ἀραβία, Eudaemon Arabia) was the Latin name previously used by geographers to describe South Arabia, or what is now Yemen. Aelius Gallus and Arabia Felix are ancient history of Yemen.
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Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt
Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt, commonly referred to by its German acronym, ANRW, or in English as Rise and Decline of the Roman World, is an extensive collection of books dealing with the history and culture of ancient Rome.
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Augustus
Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire.
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Baraqish
Barāqish or Barāgish or Aythel (براقش) is a town in north-western Yemen, 120 miles to the east of Sanaa in al Jawf Governorate on a high hill.
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Berlin
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.
Book review
A book review is a form of literary criticism in which a book is merely described (summary review) or analyzed based on content, style, and merit.
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Cassius Dio
Lucius Cassius Dio, also known as Dio Cassius (Δίων Κάσσιος), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin.
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Charles Merivale
Charles Merivale (8 March 1808 – 27 December 1893) was an English historian and churchman, for many years dean of Ely Cathedral.
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Chiron (journal)
Chiron.
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Classics
Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity.
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Cornelius Gallus
Gaius Cornelius Gallus (c. 70 – 26 BC) was a Roman poet, orator, politician and military commander, at one time appointed by the Emperor Augustus as prefect of Egypt. Aelius Gallus and Cornelius Gallus are 1st-century BC Roman governors of Egypt and 1st-century BC Romans.
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Gaius Petronius
Gaius Petronius or Publius Petronius (75 BC – after 20 BC) was the second and then fourth Prefect of Roman Aegyptus. Aelius Gallus and Gaius Petronius are 1st-century BC Roman governors of Egypt and 1st-century BC Romans.
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Galen
Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – 216 AD), often anglicized as Galen or Galen of Pergamon, was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. Aelius Gallus and Galen are Aelii.
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies
Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal established in 1958 by John J. Bilitz.
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Greeks
The Greeks or Hellenes (Έλληνες, Éllines) are an ethnic group and nation native to Greece, Cyprus, southern Albania, Anatolia, parts of Italy and Egypt, and to a lesser extent, other countries surrounding the Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea. They also form a significant diaspora, with many Greek communities established around the world..
Hadhramaut
Hadhramaut (Ḥaḍramawt / Ḥaḍramūt; Hadramautic: 𐩢𐩳𐩧𐩣𐩩, Ḥḍrmt) is a geographic region in South Arabia, comprising eastern Yemen, parts of western Oman and southern Saudi Arabia.
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History of the Romans in Arabia
The Roman presence in the Arabian Peninsula had its foundations in the expansion of the empire under Augustus, and continued until the Arab conquests of Eastern Roman territory from the 630s onward.
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Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub I
Ilīsharaḥ Yaḥḍub: was a king of Saba' reigned in 120 – 130 CE.
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Kingdom of Kush
The Kingdom of Kush (Egyptian: 𓎡𓄿𓈙𓈉 kꜣš, Assyrian: Kûsi, in LXX Χους or Αἰθιοπία; ⲉϭⲱϣ Ecōš; כּוּשׁ Kūš), also known as the Kushite Empire, or simply Kush, was an ancient kingdom in Nubia, centered along the Nile Valley in what is now northern Sudan and southern Egypt.
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Leuke Kome
Leuke Kome (lit) was a Nabataean port city located on the Incense Route.
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List of governors of Roman Egypt
During the Roman Empire, the governor of Roman Egypt (praefectus Aegypti) was a prefect who administered the Roman province of Egypt with the delegated authority (imperium) of the emperor.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Marib
Marib (Maʾrib; Old South Arabian: 𐩣𐩧𐩨/𐩣𐩧𐩺𐩨 Mryb/Mrb) is the capital city of Marib Governorate, Yemen.
Nabataean Kingdom
The Nabataean Kingdom (Nabataean Aramaic: 𐢕𐢃𐢋𐢈 Nabāṭū), also named Nabatea, was a political state of the Nabataeans during classical antiquity.
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Nabataeans
The Nabataeans or Nabateans (translit) were an ancient Arab people who inhabited northern Arabia and the southern Levant.
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Najran
Najran (نجران), is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia.
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
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Pliny the Elder
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24 AD 79), called Pliny the Elder, was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.
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Praefectus
Praefectus, often with a further qualification, was the formal title of many, fairly low to high-ranking, military or civil officials in the Roman Empire, whose authority was not embodied in their person (as it was with elected Magistrates) but conferred by delegation from a higher authority.
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Prefect
Prefect (from the Latin praefectus, substantive adjectival form of praeficere: "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area.
Qataban
Qataban (Qatabanian: 𐩤𐩩𐩨𐩬, romanized) was an ancient South Semitic-speaking kingdom of South Arabia (ancient Yemen) that existed from the early 1st millennium BCE to the late 1st or 2nd centuries CE. Aelius Gallus and Qataban are ancient history of Yemen.
Robert Hamilton, 12th Lord Belhaven and Stenton
Robert Alexander Benjamin Hamilton, 12th Lord Belhaven and Stenton (16 September 1903 – 10 July 1961), was a Scottish soldier, colonial administrator, author, and peer.
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Roman Egypt
Roman Egypt; was an imperial province of the Roman Empire from 30 BC to AD 641.
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South Arabia
South Arabia is a historical region that consists of the southern region of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia, mainly centered in what is now the Republic of Yemen, yet it has also historically included Najran, Jizan, Al-Bahah, and 'Asir, which are presently in Saudi Arabia, and Dhofar of present-day Oman.
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Strabo
StraboStrabo (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed.
The Roman Society
The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies (The Roman Society) was founded in 1910 as the sister society to the Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.
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William Linn Westermann
William Linn Westermann (September 15, 1873 – October 4, 1954) was an American historian and papyrologist who served as the president of the American Historical Association in 1944.
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Yemen
Yemen (al-Yaman), officially the Republic of Yemen, is a sovereign state in West Asia.
See also
1st-century BC Roman governors of Egypt
- Aelius Gallus
- Cornelius Gallus
- Gaius Petronius
- Gaius Turranius
Ancient history of Yemen
- 'Abd-Kulal
- 'Uzlah
- Abyssinian–Persian wars
- Aelius Gallus
- Al-Qalis Church, Sanaa
- Ancient South Arabian art
- Ancient South Arabian script
- Ancient history of Yemen
- Arabia Felix
- Arethas (martyr)
- Badhan (Persian governor)
- Bi'r Ali
- Dhu'l Manar Abrahah
- Haram (Yemen)
- Himyarite Kingdom
- Himyarites
- Kaleb of Axum
- Karibi-ilu
- Khawlan
- Kinda (tribe)
- Kingdom of Awsan
- Kingdom of Hadhramaut
- Kingdom of Kinda
- Ma'dikarib Ya'fur
- Marib Dam
- Marthad'ilan Yanuf
- Mikhlaf
- Minaean language
- Minaeans
- Mukarrib
- Old South Arabian languages
- Qataban
- Sabaeans
- Sasanian Yemen
- Shammar Yahri'sh
- Wahrez
- Yuhaqim Yurzih
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aelius_Gallus
Also known as Gaius Aelius Gallus, Roman invasion of Arabia.