hide
Named Entity Searches
hide
Sorting
You can sort these results in two ways:
- By entity
- Chronological order for dates, alphabetical order for places and people.
- By position (current method)
- As the entities appear in the document.
You are currently sorting in ascending order. Sort in descending order.
hide
Most Frequent Entities
The entities that appear most frequently in this document are shown below.
Entity | Max. Freq | Min. Freq | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Rome (Italy) | 602 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Italy (Italy) | 310 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Carthage (Tunisia) | 296 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Greece (Greece) | 244 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Spain (Spain) | 224 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Sicily (Italy) | 220 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Macedonia (Macedonia) | 150 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Peloponnesus (Greece) | 148 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Libya (Libya) | 132 | 0 | Browse | Search |
Syracuse (Italy) | 124 | 0 | Browse | Search |
View all entities in this document... |
Browsing named entities in a specific section of Polybius, Histories. Search the whole document.
Found 28 total hits in 10 results.
Lydia (Turkey) (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
Alabanda (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
Alexandria (Egypt) (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
Forces Available to Antiochus and Ptolemy
At the beginning of the following spring, having all
B. C. 217. Antiochus and Ptolemy recommence hostilities in the spring. Ptolemy's army: 70,000 infantry, 5000 cavalry, 73 elephants.
preparations for war completed, Antiochus and
Ptolemy determined to bring their claims to
Coele-Syria to the decision of a battle. Ptolemy
accordingly set out from Alexandria with seventy
thousand infantry, five thousand cavalry, and
seventy-three elephants. Being informed of his
approach, Antiochus drew his forces together.
These consisted of Daae, Carmani, and Cilicians,
equipped as light-armed troops to the number of about
five thousand, under the charge and command
of Byttacus the Macedonian. The army of Antiochus: 62,000 infantry, 6000 cavalry, 102 elephants.
Under Theodotus, the Aetolian, who had deserted from
Ptolemy, were ten thousand picked men from
the whole kingdom, armed in the Macedonian
fashion, most of whom had silver shields. The number of
the ph
Gortyna (Greece) (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
Thessaly (Greece) (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
Greece (Greece) (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
France (France) (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
Coele-Syria (Lebanon) (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
Forces Available to Antiochus and Ptolemy
At the beginning of the following spring, having all
B. C. 217. Antiochus and Ptolemy recommence hostilities in the spring. Ptolemy's army: 70,000 infantry, 5000 cavalry, 73 elephants.
preparations for war completed, Antiochus and
Ptolemy determined to bring their claims to
Coele-Syria to the decision of a battle. Ptolemy
accordingly set out from Alexandria with seventy
thousand infantry, five thousand cavalry, and
seventy-three elephants. Being informed of his
approach, Antiochus drew his forces together.
These consisted of Daae, Carmani, and Cilicians,
equipped as light-armed troops to the number of about
five thousand, under the charge and command
of Byttacus the Macedonian. The army of Antiochus: 62,000 infantry, 6000 cavalry, 102 elephants.
Under Theodotus, the Aetolian, who had deserted from
Ptolemy, were ten thousand picked men from
the whole kingdom, armed in the Macedonian
fashion, most of whom had silver shields. The number of
the p
Mede (Italy) (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
217 BC (search for this): book 5, chapter 79
Forces Available to Antiochus and Ptolemy
At the beginning of the following spring, having all
B. C. 217. Antiochus and Ptolemy recommence hostilities in the spring. Ptolemy's army: 70,000 infantry, 5000 cavalry, 73 elephants.
preparations for war completed, Antiochus and
Ptolemy determined to bring their claims to
Coele-Syria to the decision of a battle. Ptolemy
accordingly set out from Alexandria with seventy
thousand infantry, five thousand cavalry, and
seventy-three elephants. Being informed of his
approach, Antiochus drew his forces together.
These consisted of Daae, Carmani, and Cilicians,
equipped as light-armed troops to the number of about
five thousand, under the charge and command
of Byttacus the Macedonian. The army of Antiochus: 62,000 infantry, 6000 cavalry, 102 elephants.
Under Theodotus, the Aetolian, who had deserted from
Ptolemy, were ten thousand picked men from
the whole kingdom, armed in the Macedonian
fashion, most of whom had silver shields. The number of
the p