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Cimmerian invasion of Anatolia
The Cimmerian invasion of Anatolia was a series of incursions by nomadic Cimmerians, driven south by the Scythians, who destroyed Phrygia and sacked Sardis before their defeat by Lydia.
Cimmerian invasion of Phrygia
The Cimmerian invasion of Phrygia was the nomadic Cimmerian attack on the Iron Age kingdom of Midas in central Anatolia, traditionally dated about 700–675 BC.
Cimmerian invasion of Urartu
The Cimmerian invasion of Urartu was a series of attacks by nomadic Cimmerians on the kingdom of Urartu in the Armenian highlands between 720 and 714 BC.
Cimmerian raid on Ionia and Aeolis
The Cimmerian raid on Ionia and Aeolis was an attack by Cimmerian nomads under King Lygdamis on Greek cities of western Anatolia in the 640s BC.
Cimmerian sack of Sardis
The Cimmerian sack of Sardis was the mid-seventh-century BC capture of the Lydian capital by Cimmerians under Lygdamis, in which King Gyges was killed; the citadel held out.
Cimmerian sack of the Artemision at Ephesus
The Cimmerian sack of the Artemision at Ephesus was the reported destruction of the sanctuary of Artemis by Cimmerian raiders under King Lygdamis in the 640s BC.
Cineas (minister of Ptolemy VIII)
Cineas (Κινέας) was a Ptolemaic general and minister who, with Comanus, directed the government and defense of Alexandria in 169 BC during Antiochus IV's invasion of Egypt.
Çineköy inscription
The Çineköy inscription, a Phoenician and Hieroglyphic Luwian bilingual, was carved in the 8th century BC for Warikas, king of Que in Cilicia near Adana, Turkey.
Cippi of Melqart
The Cippi of Melqart are twin 2nd-century BC white-marble votive pillars from Malta with identical Phoenician and Greek inscriptions to Melqart; one is in the Louvre, one in Valletta.
Cirta steles
The Cirta steles are Punic and Neo-Punic votive steles from the El Hofra sanctuary at Cirta, Numidia's capital under modern Constantine, Algeria, dedicated to Ba'al Hammon and Tanit.
Cirta/Constantina
Cirta, later Constantina, was the ancient capital of the Numidian kings Syphax and Masinissa on the Rhummel gorge in Algeria; a Roman colony (Colonia Iulia Iuvenalis Honoris et Virtutis Cirta), renamed by Constantine after 311, it survives as Constantine.
Cisjordan Corpus
The Cisjordan Corpus is a group of 36 Iron Age silver hoards from 14 sites in the southern Levant, dating from about 1200 to 586 BC.
Civil war between Apries and Amasis
The civil war between Apries and Amasis, or Revolt of Amasis, was an Egyptian conflict of 570–567 BC in which the general Amasis overthrew Pharaoh Apries.
Civil War of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII
The Civil War of Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII was a dynastic conflict between the brother kings of Ptolemaic Egypt, fought from about 170 to 163 BC.
Cleomenes of Naucratis
Cleomenes of Naucratis, also known as Kleomenes of Naucratis, was a Greek financial administrator whom Alexander the Great made effective master of Egypt's finances by 331 BC.
Cleopatra
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (69–30 BC), last Ptolemaic pharaoh of Egypt of Macedonian Greek ancestry; partner of Julius Caesar and Mark Antony; defeated at Actium in 31 BC, died by suicide in 30 BC; her tomb has never been found.
Cleopatra I
Cleopatra I Syra was a Seleucid princess who married Ptolemy V and ruled Ptolemaic Egypt for her son Ptolemy VI until her death in 176 BC.
Cleopatra II
Cleopatra II of Egypt was a Ptolemaic queen from the 170s BC to 115 BC who married her brothers Ptolemy VI and Ptolemy VIII and briefly ruled Alexandria alone.
Cleopatra III
Cleopatra III of Egypt was a Ptolemaic queen who ruled from 141 to 101 BC alongside Ptolemy VIII and her sons, and was murdered in 101 BC.
Cleopatra IV
Cleopatra IV of Egypt was a Ptolemaic princess and queen consort to Ptolemy IX until 115 BC, later killed in the Seleucid dynastic war in 112 BC.
Cleopatra VI Tryphaena
Cleopatra VI Tryphaena is a queen of Ptolemaic Egypt who supposedly co-ruled with Berenice IV in 58–57 BC, though most scholars identify her with Cleopatra V.
Cleruchy
A cleruchy (Greek klerouchia) was the Ptolemaic Egyptian institution by which soldiers received land allotments and served as army reservists, first documented under Ptolemy II Philadelphos.
Clitomachus
Clitomachus (Greek Kleitomachos), born Hasdrubal at Carthage, was an Academic skeptic who headed the Academy in Athens from about 129/8 to his death in 110/9 BC.
Co-regency of Amenemhat I and Senusret I
The co-regency of Amenemhat I and Senusret I was a ten-year joint rule of Egypt's Twelfth Dynasty, begun in Amenemhat's year 20 to secure the succession.
Code of Lipit-Ishtar
The Code of Lipit-Ishtar, also called the Laws of Lipit-Ishtar, is a Sumerian-language legal collection attributed to Lipit-Ishtar, fifth king of the First Dynasty of Isin.
Coffin of Nedjemankh
The Coffin of Nedjemankh, also known as the Gilded coffin of Nedjemankh, is a gold-sheathed Ptolemaic Egyptian coffin (150–50 BC) made for a priest of the ram-god Heryshef.
Coffin Texts
The Coffin Texts are a corpus of 1,185 ancient Egyptian funerary spells inscribed on the coffins of non-royal people, mainly during the Middle Kingdom, descended from the royal Pyramid Texts.
Colossi of Memnon
The Colossi of Memnon are two 18-meter quartzite statues of Amenhotep III at his mortuary temple in Luxor, Egypt, famed for the singing northern statue after the 27 BC earthquake and for ongoing restoration.
Comanus (eparch)
Comanus was a court minister of Ptolemaic Egypt, one of two new ministers who took charge at Alexandria in 169 BC during the Sixth Syrian War.
Commemorative scarabs of Amenhotep III
The commemorative scarabs of Amenhotep III are over 200 large inscribed scarabs from his reign (c. 1390–1352 BC), recording hunts, Queen Tiye, and royal events.