-
suggested that
Thapsacus was
renamed to
Seleucia at the Zeugma,
which lies
further upstream on the Euphrates.
Farrell and
Engels argue that
Thapsacus was located...
-
Birtha (Gr****: Βίρθα), was an
ancient town to the
southeast of
Thapsacus,
which Ptolemy (v. 19)
places in 73° 40′ long., 35° 0′ lat. This place, the same...
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reached Thapsacus, on the
Euphrates river.
Arrian relates that
Darius had
ordered Mazaeus to
guard the
crossing of the
Euphrates near
Thapsacus with a...
- Birecik,
modern name of
Birtha on the Euphrates,
Turkey Birtha (
Thapsacus), near
Thapsacus,
location not
precisely known Birtha (moth), a moth
genus Birtha...
- 10,400 are Gr**** mercenaries. When he
reaches the
Euphrates River at
Thapsacus, he
announces that he is
marching against Artaxerxes II. He
advances unopposed...
- of the
Afrin and the Queiq, and the road from the
Euphratean ford at
Thapsacus,
which skirts the
fringe of the
Syrian steppe. A
single route proceeds...
- (Lebanon)―Phoenicia (Syria) ?
Damascus (Syria)―Syria ? Alep (Syria)―Syria Jul 331
Thapsacus (Tipsah) (Dibsi Faray,
Euphrates River, Syria)―Mesopotamia Jul 331 Harran...
- Θάσος Thásos ˈθasos
Thasos Θάψακος Thápsakos Θάψακος Thápsakos ˈθapsakos
Thapsacus Θάψος Thápsos Θάψος Thápsos ˈθapsos
Thapsus Θεάγγελα Theángela Θεάγγελα...
- 50,000 gold
talents (equivalent of
today circa 77
billion USD). From
Thapsacus on the
Euphrastes River,
Alexander led the Gr**** army
toward the Tigris...
-
mission and led them some
considerable way, to the
Euphrates River at
Thapsacus,
before telling them his true intentions.
Xenophon goes into some detail...
