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Arch of Augustus (Susa)Work / monumentThe Arch of Augustus at Susa in Piedmont, Italy, was built in 9–8 BCE by Marcus Julius Cottius to mark his alliance with Augustus.
Arch of GermanicusWork / monumentThe Arch of Germanicus is a Roman double arch in Saintes, western France, built around 18–19 CE at the entrance to a bridge over the Charente.
Arch-Marshal of the Holy Roman EmpireTermThe Arch-Marshal (Erzmarschall) was one of the ceremonial high offices of the Holy Roman Empire attached to the electoral dignity.- ArchaeanactidsStateThe Archaeanactids were the first known ruling dynasty of the Bosporan Kingdom, governing the Greek cities around the Cimmerian Bosporus from Panticapaeum from about…
Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-AynPlaceBat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn are archaeological sites in the interior of north-western Oman, together a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1988.- Archbishopric of Hamburg-BremenInstitutionThe Archbishopric of Hamburg-Bremen was the see formed in the 9th century when the mission archbishopric of Hamburg, founded for Ansgar in the 830s, was united with the…
Archdiocese of FreiburgInstitutionThe Archdiocese of Freiburg is a Catholic archdiocese in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, founded in 1821 with its seat at Freiburg im Breisgau.
Archdiocese of Munich and FreisingInstitutionThe Archdiocese of Munich and Freising is a Catholic archdiocese in Bavaria, Germany.
Archdiocese of OlomoucInstitutionThe Archdiocese of Olomouc is a Catholic see in Moravia, in the Czech Republic, established as a bishopric in 1063 and raised to an archbishopric in 1777.
Archdiocese of TrentoInstitutionThe Archdiocese of Trento is a Catholic see in northern Italy, traced back to the 4th century, when Saint Vigilius was among its early bishops.
Archduke Ferdinand Karl of AustriaPersonArchduke Ferdinand Karl (1754–1806) was a son of Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand of AustriaPersonArchduke Franz Ferdinand was the nephew of Emperor Franz Joseph I and heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne from 1896.
Archduke John of AustriaPersonArchduke John of Austria was a Habsburg prince, son of Emperor Leopold II, who commanded Austrian armies against Napoleon and was a popular patron of Styria.
Archduke Rainer Joseph of AustriaPersonArchduke Rainer Joseph was a son of Emperor Leopold II and brother of Francis I of Austria.
Archelaus I of MacedonPersonArchelaus I was king of Macedon from about 413 to 399 BCE.
Archelaus of CappadociaPersonArchelaus was the last king of Cappadocia, installed by Mark Antony in 36 BCE.- ArchermusPersonArchermus was a Greek sculptor of Chios active in the mid-sixth century BCE, from a family of sculptors that included his sons Bupalus and Athenis.
- ArcheryTermArchery is the use of bows to shoot arrows in hunting and warfare.
- Archias of CorinthPersonArchias was a nobleman of the Bacchiad family of Corinth who, according to Greek tradition, led the colonists who founded Syracuse in Sicily in 734 or 733 BCE.
Archibald V. ArnoldPersonArchibald V.
Archidamus IIIPersonArchidamus III was king of Sparta from about 360 to 338 BCE, son of Agesilaus II.
ArchidonaPlaceArchidona is a town in the province of Málaga in Andalusia, Spain, below a hill crowned by the remains of a Moorish fortress.
Archil of ImeretiPersonArchil was a Georgian prince of the Kakhetian Bagrationi line who reigned several times as king of Imereti between 1661 and 1698, and also for a time as king of Kakheti.- ArchilochusPersonArchilochus was a Greek lyric poet from the island of Paros, active in the 7th century BCE and regarded in antiquity as the master of iambic verse.
ArchimedesPersonArchimedes of Syracuse was the greatest mathematician and engineer of the ancient Greek world.
Archive of the Crown of AragonInstitutionThe Archive of the Crown of Aragon in Barcelona is one of the oldest and richest archives in Europe.
ArchytasPersonArchytas of Tarentum (c. 428–c. 347 BCE) was a Greek philosopher, mathematician and statesman of the Pythagorean school.
Arco EtruscoWork / monumentThe Arco Etrusco is a monumental gate in the Etruscan walls of Perugia in central Italy, built in the 3rd century BCE.
Arcos de la FronteraPlaceArcos de la Frontera is a hilltop town in the province of Cádiz, Andalusia, Spain, set on a sandstone ridge above the Guadalete river.
ArcotPlaceArcot is a town on the Palar river in Tamil Nadu, southern India, which became the capital of the Nawabs of the Carnatic under Mughal rule.
Arctic OceanPlaceThe Arctic Ocean is the smallest and shallowest of the world's oceans, surrounding the North Pole and bordered by Europe, Asia and North America.
ArdabilPlaceArdabil is a city in north-western Iran.
Ardagh, County LongfordPlaceArdagh is a village in County Longford, Ireland, whose church is traditionally said to have been founded by Saint Mel, a disciple of Saint Patrick, in the 5th century.- ArdahanPlaceArdahan is a city in north-eastern Turkey, the capital of Ardahan Province, on the upper Kura river near the Georgian border.
- ArdaricPersonArdaric was king of the Gepids in the mid 5th century and, according to Jordanes, one of Attila's most trusted subject rulers.
Ardashir IPersonArdashir I was the founder of the Sasanian Empire in Iran.
ArdèchePlaceThe Ardèche is a department of south-eastern France on the right bank of the Rhône, named after the river Ardèche, known for its gorges.
ArdennesPlaceThe Ardennes is a region of wooded hills and plateaus spread across south-eastern Belgium, Luxembourg and north-eastern France, with a fringe in Germany.
ArdiaeiPeople / groupThe Ardiaei were an Illyrian people of the eastern Adriatic, living around the Neretva valley in the 4th and 3rd centuries BCE.
ArdnamurchanPlaceArdnamurchan is a rugged peninsula in Lochaber, in the western Highlands of Scotland.- Ardo NjobdiPersonArdo Njobdi was a Fulbe leader who founded Ngaoundere around 1835 under the authority of the Adamawa Emirate.
Ards PeninsulaPlaceThe Ards Peninsula is a low, fertile peninsula in County Down, Northern Ireland, between Strangford Lough and the Irish Sea.
ArdudwyPlaceArdudwy is a historic district of Merioneth in north-west Wales, a coastal strip between the Mawddach estuary and the Dwyryd beneath the Rhinog mountains.
Arduin GlaberPersonArduin Glaber was a 10th-century count who received control of Turin and the Susa valley around 941 and founded the March of Turin.
Arduin of IvreaPersonArduin of Ivrea was margrave of Ivrea in north-western Italy who was elected King of Italy by Italian nobles in 1002, after the death of Emperor Otto III.- ArduiniciPeople / groupThe Arduinici were a noble family of Piedmont descended from Arduin Glaber, who received Turin and the Susa valley around 941 and drove Arab raiders from the Alpine…
- Ardys of LydiaPersonArdys was king of Lydia in the mid-7th century BCE, the son and successor of Gyges of the Mermnad dynasty.
- Are-Ona-KakanfoInstitutionThe Are-Ona-Kakanfo was the title of the supreme field commander of the Oyo Empire's army.
Area of Outstanding Natural BeautyTermAn Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) is a protected landscape designation in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, created under the National Parks and Access to…- Arechis I of BeneventoPersonArechis I was Duke of Benevento from 591 to 641, appointed after the death of Zotto, the first duke.
- Arechis II of BeneventoPersonArechis II was duke of Benevento from 758.
- AregenuaPlaceAregenua was the chief town of the Viducasses in Roman Gaul, at modern Vieux, south-west of Caen in Normandy.
- Arengo (San Marino)InstitutionThe Arengo is the assembly of the heads of families of San Marino, the republic's original governing body in the Middle Ages.
AreopagusInstitutionThe Areopagus was the ancient council of Athens, named after the hill north-west of the Acropolis where it met.- AreopolisPlaceAreopolis, formerly Tsimova, is a village in the Mani peninsula of the southern Peloponnese, Greece, and was the seat of the Mavromichalis family.
ArequipaPlaceArequipa is the second-largest city of Peru, in the southern Andes at the foot of the volcano El Misti.
AresReligion / ideaAres was the Greek god of war, a son of Zeus and Hera, identified by the Romans with Mars.
Aretas IPersonAretas I is the earliest known king of the Nabataeans, mentioned in the Second Book of Maccabees as 'tyrant of the Arabs' in about 169 BCE, when the deposed Jewish high…
Aretas IIIPersonAretas III was king of the Nabataeans who extended his kingdom north and took Damascus around 85 BCE, ruling it for several years.
Aretas IVPersonAretas IV was king of the Nabataeans, whose long reign marked the height of Petra's prosperity and building.- ArevaciPeople / groupThe Arevaci were the most powerful Celtiberian people, living in the upper Douro valley around the modern province of Soria in Spain.
ArezzoPlaceArezzo is a city in eastern Tuscany, Italy, standing on a hill above the upper valleys of the Arno and Tiber.
Arg of Karim KhanWork / monumentThe Arg of Karim Khan is a citadel in Shiraz built in the 1760s under Karim Khan Zand, the founder of the Zand Empire.- ArganthoniosPersonArganthonius was a king of Tartessos in south-western Iberia, known from Herodotus, who says he reigned for 80 years and lived to 120.
Argead dynastyPeople / groupThe Argead dynasty ruled the Kingdom of Macedon from around the 7th century BCE until about 310 BCE.
ArgentinaPlaceArgentina is a country in southern South America that emerged from the Spanish viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
Argentine Civil WarsWar · 1814–1880The Argentine Civil Wars were the series of conflicts fought from 1814 to 1880 between the Unitarians, who wanted a centralised state led by Buenos Aires, and the…- ArgentocoxusPersonArgentocoxus was a Caledonian chieftain in northern Britain around 210 CE, known only from the history of Cassius Dio.
ArghunPersonArghun was the fourth Mongol Ilkhan of Iran, reigning from 1284 to 1291.
ArgilusPlaceArgilus was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Thrace, west of the mouth of the Strymon in northern Greece, founded by colonists from Andros around 655 BCE.
Argishti IPersonArgishti I was king of Urartu from about 786 to 764 BCE, the son and successor of Menua.
Argishti IIPersonArgishti II was king of Urartu from about 714 to 685 BCE, succeeding his father Rusa I after Sargon II of Assyria's devastating campaign of 714 BCE.- ArgishtihiniliPlaceArgishtihinili was a Urartian city founded by Argishti I around 776 BCE on the Ararat plain, near modern Armavir in Armenia.
Argive HeraionWork / monumentThe Argive Heraion was the chief sanctuary of the goddess Hera in the Argolid in southern Greece, on a hillside between Argos and Mycenae.
ArgoWork / monumentIn Greek mythology, the Argo was the ship on which Jason and the Argonauts sailed from Iolkos in Thessaly to Colchis on the Black Sea in search of the Golden Fleece.
ArgolidPlaceThe Argolid is the plain and peninsula in the north-eastern Peloponnese of Greece around the Gulf of Argolis.- ArgonautsPeople / groupThe Argonauts were the band of heroes in Greek mythology who sailed with Jason on the ship Argo to Colchis, on the eastern shore of the Black Sea, to fetch the Golden…
- ArgosPlaceArgos is a city in the north-eastern Peloponnese of Greece, one of the oldest continuously inhabited towns in Europe.
Argun (Caucasus)PlaceThe Argun is a river of the North Caucasus that rises in north-eastern Georgia and flows north through Chechnya to join the Sunzha.
Argungu Fishing FestivalEventThe Argungu Fishing Festival is an annual festival held at the Matan Fada river near Argungu in Kebbi State, north-western Nigeria.
Argyle International AirportWork / monumentArgyle International Airport is the main airport of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, on the south-east coast of Saint Vincent.
ArgyllPlaceArgyll is a region of western Scotland, made up of sea lochs, peninsulas and islands, including Kintyre, Cowal and Lorn.
ArgynPeople / groupThe Argyn are one of the largest tribes of the Middle Juz of the Kazakhs, living mainly in central, northern and eastern Kazakhstan.- ArhalbaPersonArhalba was king of Ugarit for a short reign in the late fourteenth century BCE, succeeding his father Niqmaddu II.
Arhuaco peoplePeople / groupThe Arhuaco are an Indigenous people of the southern slopes of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in northern Colombia, speaking a Chibchan language.- Ari MallaPersonAri Malla was the first king of the Kathmandu Valley to bear the Malla title, beginning the Malla period of Nepalese history around 1200.
AriadneReligion / ideaAriadne is a figure of Greek mythology, daughter of King Minos of Crete, who gave Theseus the thread that guided him out of the Labyrinth after he killed the Minotaur.
Ariane (rocket family)Work / monumentAriane is a series of European civilian launch vehicles developed for the European Space Agency, first flown in 1979.- ArianismReligion / ideaArianism was a Christian doctrine, named after the Alexandrian priest Arius, holding that the Son was created by the Father and not of the same substance.
- AriapeithesPersonAriapeithes was a king of the Scythians in the first half of the 5th century BCE, known from Herodotus.
Ariarathes I of CappadociaPersonAriarathes I was the Persian satrap of Cappadocia who kept control of the region after Alexander the Great conquered the Achaemenid Empire.
Ariarathes II of CappadociaPersonAriarathes II was the adopted son of the satrap Ariarathes I, who restored his family's rule in Cappadocia after his father's execution in 322 BCE.
Ariarathes V of CappadociaPersonAriarathes V Eusebes Philopator was king of Cappadocia from about 163 to 130 BCE.- Ariarathid dynastyPeople / groupThe Ariarathid dynasty ruled Cappadocia in central Anatolia from the late 4th century BCE until about 96 BCE.
AricaPlaceArica is a port city in the far north of Chile, near the border with Peru.- AriciaPlaceAricia was an ancient Latin town in the Alban Hills south-east of Rome, near modern Ariccia.
AriconiumPlaceAriconium was a Romano-British town near Weston-under-Penyard, east of Ross-on-Wye in Herefordshire, England.
Ariège (department)PlaceAriège is a department of south-western France in the central Pyrenees, created in 1790 from the County of Foix and the Couserans, with its prefecture at Foix.
Ariège (river)PlaceThe Ariège is a river of south-western France, about 163 km long, rising in the Pyrenees near the border with Andorra and flowing north past Foix and Pamiers to join…- Arikesari IIPersonArikesari II was a ruler of the Chalukyas of Vemulavada in present-day Telangana, feudatories of the Rashtrakutas.