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Pelusium (Ancient Egyptian: pr-jmn; Coptic: Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ/Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲏ, romanized: Peremoun, or Ⲥⲓⲛ, romanized: Sin; Hebrew: סִין, romanized: sin; Koinē Gr****:...
- The
Battle of
Pelusium was the
first major battle between the
Achaemenid Empire and Egypt. This
decisive battle transferred the
throne of the Pharaohs...
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Isidore of
Pelusium (Gr****: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Πηλουσιώτης, d. c.450) was born in
Egypt to a
prominent Alexandrian family. He
became an ascetic, and
moved to a...
- that
Pelusium was
erected during either the
Middle Kingdom period or
during the
Saite and
Persian periods from the 8th to 6th
century BC.
Pelusium is also...
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Pelusium or
Pelousion (Ancient Gr****: Πηλούσιον) was a port town in
ancient Thessaly. It is unlocated. Steph**** of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Mogens...
- The
Battle of
Pelusium (373 BC) or the
Battle of
Mendes took
place after the
Persian king
Artaxerxes II
launched an
attack on
Egypt with the aim of restoring...
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Epimachus of
Pelusium was an
Egyptian martyr.
Epimachus lived an
ascetical life on
Mount Pelusium. To
support himself, he
worked as a
weaver along with...
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Cambyses II of Persia.
Psamtik was
subsequently defeated at the
Battle of
Pelusium, and fled to
Memphis where he was captured. The
deposed pharaoh was carried...
- name may have
derived from
either sources, one
derived from Casion, near
Pelusium in Egypt.
Another derived from
Mount Kasios (Casius),
which is the modern...
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Cambyses II, the King of Persia, who
defeated the
Egyptians at the
Battle of
Pelusium (525 BCE), and
crowned himself as
Pharaoh of Egypt.
Achaemenid rule was...