Hellenistic

Hellenistic art, and artists, spread very widely, and was especially influential in the expanding Roman Republic and when it encountered Buddhism in the easternmost extensions of the Hellenistic area.

What is notable about the Macedonian regime during the Hellenistic times is that it was the only successor state to the Empire that maintained the old archaic perception of kingship, and never adopted the ways of the Hellenistic monarchy.

Although there was nothing left of the magnificent mansions and other buildings of the Greek quarter of the city, the core of the late Hellenistic and early Roman Smyrna is preserved within the Agora Open Air Museum in Izmir.

Chaeronea, 2 August 338 BC: A Day that Changed the World highlights the significance of the Battle of Chaeronea in the transition from the Classical to the Hellenistic period.

It’s a UNESCO Heritage site: “This Phoenician city, where a triad of deities was worshipped, was known as Heliopolis during the Hellenistic period.

Several historians claim that Hellenism was Armenia’s greatest cultural influence, becoming so ingrained into the culture that many Hellenistic characteristics are still apparent within the Armenian culture to this day.

The agora of Smyrna, built during the Hellenistic era and rebuilt after the earthquake of 178 AD by the Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius.

The excavation of a 2nd-century BC theater in Smyrna has revealed finds from Hellenistic and Roman times.

Derek Latal is an extremely dedicated amateur historian of the Hellenistic Age, and you’ll probably know him from his podcast of the same name.

Hellenism has, on occasion, been presented by historians as a threat of assimilation entirely opposed to Jewish tradition, but it does not appear that most Jews in the Hellenistic era thought of Greek rulers as any worse than Persian or Babylonian ones.

Our exploration led us to the venerable Tomb of the Kings, part of the prestigious UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 1980, where high-ranking dignitaries and nobles found their final resting place from the Hellenistic and Roman times.

Over 200 million euros was spent on excavating and removing antiquities dating to the Hellenistic era, some of which were subsequently incorporated into the new stations.

The Kyrenia has a storied legacy as the first major Greek Hellenistic-period ship to be found, in 1965, with a largely intact hull.

This was during the Hellenistic period.

What first struck me during our interview is that Latal really does know what he’s talking about when it comes to Hellenistic era history.

Archaeologists recently unearthed part of a Seleucid fortress built by the Hellenistic king Antiochus IV Epiphanes; a large villa from the Roman Era; as well as coins and other smaller items.

David Mevorah, Israel Museum’s curator of Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine archaeology said the purpose of the building upon which the inscription was written is unknown.

The city was a significant center of trade in the Hellenistic era and it is home to the Temple of Athena.

Additionally, Meroë maintained contact with Arab and Indian traders along the Red Sea coast and incorporated Hellenistic and Indian cultural influences into its daily life.

A favorite tactic used by the opposition was to accuse a popular political rival as living a Hellenistic lifestyle based on Greek and Eastern culture, where homosexuality and a lavish lifestyle were more acceptable than in Roman tradition.