Livius

The Livius.org website offers information on ancient history. There are currently 4242 pages. You will also find more than 9,900 original illustrations. You can search to find what you are looking for or browse through the articles using categories or tags; the articles listed after the map are just the most recent ones. 

Dedan

Dedan (Hebrew: דְּדָן‎): town in the Arabian desert along the Incense Route in the Al-‘Ula oasis. It was the capital of the Iron Age kingdoms of Dedan and Lihyan.

This page was created on 23 February 2020.

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Hegra

Hagra: town in the Al-‘Ula oasis. Originally a town of the Lihyanites, it became part of Nabataea and was reused as a Roman fort. Modern Mada'in Saleh.

This page was created on 10 February 2020.

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Gulussa

Gulussa: Numidian prince and king (ruling after 148 BCE), son of Massinissa, brother of Micipsa and Mastanabal.

This page was created on 1 February 2020.

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Micipsa

Micipsa (Numidian Mikiwsan; Greek: Μικίψας): king of the Numidians (r.148-118 BCE), son of Massinissa, brother of Gulussa and Mastanabal, ally of the Romans.

This page was created on 8 January 2020.

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Sitifis

Sitifis (Greek: Σίτιφα): Roman city in the province of Mauretania Caesariensis, modern Sétif in Algeria.

This page was created on 16 December 2019.

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Numidia

Numidia: ancient country to the west of the territories of Carthage, more or less modern Algeria. There were two main units, named after the Massylians and the Masaeisylians, which returned as the Roman provinces Numidia and Mauritania.

This page was created on 15 October 2019.

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Herodas

Herodas (Greek: Ἡρώδας): Hellenistic poet, author of several mimes, short poems containing a farce.

This page was created on 30 September 2019.

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