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Kallinikos The Vigilant
Callinicus or Kallinikos ( el, Καλλίνικος) is a surname or male given name; the feminine form is Kalliniki, Callinice or Callinica ( el, Καλλινίκη). It is of Greek origin, meaning "beautiful victor". People named Callinicus Seleucid rulers *Seleucus II Callinicus (r. 246–225 BC) *Antiochus VIII Grypus *Antiochus XII Dionysus *Antiochus XIII Asiaticus Kingdom of Commagene *King Mithridates I Callinicus, who married the daughter of Antiochus VIII Grypus *Callinicus (Prince of Commagene), a prince of Commagene who lived in the 1st century Religious figures * Callinicus, the supposed father of the Tannaim, tannaic scholar Onkelos * Callinicus of Pelusium, a 4th-century bishop, imprisoned by Saint Athanasius of Alexandria * Martyrs of the Eastern Church: ** (c. 2nd century), martyred together with Meletius Stratelates and many others ** (d. 251), martyred together with Leukios and Saint Thyrsus ** Saint Callinica (or Callinicus), beheaded in Rome in 252 ** (c. 4t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seleucus II Callinicus
Seleucus II Callinicus Pogon ( el, ; ''Kallinikos'' means "beautifully triumphant"; ''Pogon'' means "the Beard"; July/August 265 BC – December 225 BC),, . was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire, who reigned from 246 BC to 225 BC. Faced with multiple enemies on various fronts, and not always successful militarily, his reign was a time of great turmoil and fragmentation for the Seleucid empire, before its eventual restoration under his second son and eventual successor, Antiochus III. Accession and invasion After the death of his father, Antiochus II in July 246 BC, Seleucus was proclaimed king by his mother, Laodice in Ephesos, while his father's second wife, Queen Berenice, declared her son Antiochus king in Antioch. Berenice acted decisively at first, seizing control of most of Syria and Cilicia. However, before her brother Ptolemy III, the king of Egypt, was able to land and support to her son's claims, she was murdered by partisans of Seleucus II and Queen Laodice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |