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structure in human digestive system digestive system, human
...food by relaxing its muscular wall; it frequently contains a gas bubble, especially after a meal. The largest part of the stomach is known simply as the body; it serves primarily as a reservoir for ingested food and liquids. The antrum, the lowermost part of the stomach, is somewhat funnel-shaped, with its wide end joining the lower part of the body and its narrow end connecting with the...
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court of Antigonus II Antigonus II Gonatas
...lamented that he had lost the only man whose judgment of his public actions he valued, and he prevailed upon the Athenians to bury him in state. Among the literati at his court were the historian Hieronymus of Cardia, who recorded the war with Pyrrhus, and the poet Aratus, a native of Cilicia, author of the much read didactic poem on astronomy, Phaenomena.
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Greek historiography ancient Greek civilization
...of Alexander the Great, the Greek Eumenes of Cardia, was in effect traded by his troops to a rival for gain. Already under Alexander the elite troops known as “Silver Shields,” or argyraspides, had taken their name from the conquered Persian treasure of precious metal.
one of the most brilliant generals of the Macedonian king Alexander the Great (ruled 336–323). Accompanying Alexander on his expedition of conquest in Asia, he played a key role in the defeat of the Indian prince Porus at the Battle of the Hydaspes (326). During the opening phase of the struggle for the succession to Alexander’s empire, Craterus was killed while fighting the forces of Alexander’s former secretary, Eumenes of Cardia.
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association with Alexander the Great Alexander the Great
...set out along the coast through Gedrosia (modern Baluchistan), but he was soon compelled by mountainous country to turn inland, thus failing in his project to establish food depots for the fleet. Craterus, a high-ranking officer, already had been sent off with the baggage and siege train, the elephants, and the sick and wounded, together with three battalions of the phalanx, by way of the...
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opposition to Perdiccas Perdiccas
...and soon began to act as if he meant to make himself king. This move was resisted by the regional governors, Ptolemy in Egypt, Antigonus in Phrygia, and by Perdiccas’ colleagues in the regency, Craterus and Antipater.
- History of war.org - Biography of Craterus
general under Alexander the Great who became regent of the Macedonian empire after Alexander’s death (323).
Perdiccas served with distinction in Alexander’s campaigns and, upon Alexander’s death, led the aristocratic party that supported the claim of the unborn child of Roxana, Alexander’s widow, to the succession. After a compromise under which a division of the powers of regency was arranged, Perdiccas exercised a wide authority in Asia as “supreme general” and soon began to act as if he meant to make himself king. This move was resisted by the regional governors, Ptolemy in Egypt, Antigonus in Phrygia, and by Perdiccas’ colleagues in the regency, Craterus and Antipater.
In 322 Perdiccas conquered Cappadocia and installed as satrap (provincial governor) his most reliable and efficient subordinate, Eumenes of Cardia. Antigonus fled to Europe, where he persuaded Antipater and Craterus that Perdiccas must be destroyed. Leaving Eumenes to hold Asia Minor against Craterus and Antigonus, Perdiccas marched against Ptolemy, but when he failed to cross the Nile he was murdered by mutinous officers.
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Antigonus I Antigonus I Monophthalmus
In 333 Alexander had appointed Antigonus satrap of Phrygia, and upon Alexander’s death he also received the governorship of Pamphylia and Lycia from the regent of the Macedonian empire, Perdiccas. He then formed an alliance against Perdiccas with Antipater, the governor of Macedonia, and with Ptolemy of Egypt, Lysimachus of Thrace, and Craterus (all of whom had served under Alexander)....
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Antipater Antipater
...by cooperating with the League of Corinth but was unpopular because he supported oligarchic governments. The settlement of the satrapies (provinces) of the Macedonian Empire by the new regent, Perdiccas, at Babylon in 323, immediately after Alexander’s...
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