Alexander had a love-hate relationship with his father, King Philip II of Macedonia. While at times he appeared to be the ...

Died: 43 B.C. Father of Herod I, King of Judea, Antipater is known as the founder of the Herodian Dynasty. As an ally of Julius Caesar, Antipater became a powerful politician until he was ...

It made such an impression that renowned poet Antipater of Sidon included it among his Seven Wonders of the World in an ode in the second century B.C. The monumental tomb served as inspiration for ...

The epigrammist Antipater of Sidon, a Greek poet who lived around or before 100 BC, created a list of seven “wonders,” including six of the present list, substituting the walls of Babylon for the ...

Despite going on to become the King of the Jews, Herod was born to an Edomite father and an Arab mother. After his father, Antipater, supported Pompey’s invasion of Palestine and aligned himself with ...

As Brighton Pier announces plans to charge visitors to stroll its wooden boards, we take a tour of other fine examples across the country ...

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