E Page for the Ancient / Classical History Glossary

The Edict of Milan was granted by Emperor Constantine the Great in the West and Licinius Augustus in the East.

Glossary of terms connected with the history of ancient Egypt.

Glossary entry on Ennius.

Ancient Classical epic poetry is defined in terms of its content and style.

Epidauros was a city-state of ancient Greece in the Peloponnese.

The names of the magi or three wisemen who visited the Christ child.

Each of the ten tribes of Athens was named for a hero. That is what is meant by an eponymous hero.

Erectheus was the autochthonous founder of Athens who named the city after the goddess Athena.

Euclid of Alexandria was a mathematician who was of great importance to geometry. c. 325-265 B.C.

The Euphrates is one of the two main rivers in Mesopotamia.