Antioch. 300BC Seleucus I founds. 64BC Rome. First reference to disciples as Christians c42. 540 Persia. 637 Moslem. 10-11C Syrian capital. 969 Byzantine. 1098 Crusader State. 1268 Egypt. 1517 Ottoman. 1920 Syria. 1939 Turkey.

Antipater. -319BC. Macedonian general and regent.

Antipope. Elected in opposition to existing pope. Schism.

Antisthenes. c445-365BC. Greek philosopher. Founder of Cynics.

Antoine, André. 1858-1943. Antoine Theatre, Paris 1897.

Antonescu, Ion. 1882-1946. Pro-German Romanian dictator, 1938-44.

Antonine Wall. 142. Scotland. North of Hadrian’s. Abandoned ~196. Antoninus.

Antony, Mark. c83-30BC. Caesar’s lieutenant. Triumvirate 43-32. Defeated at Actium with Cleopatra. Suicide.

Anu. Babylonian god of heavens.

Anubis. Jackal-headed Egyptian god of dead.

Anvil, Operation. 1944. Allied invasion of south France.

Anville, J.B. d’. 1697-1782. French cartographer known for accuracy.

ANZAC. Australian+New Zealand forces in WWI. Gallipoli.

Anzio, Battle. 1944. Allied landing site in Italy.

ANZUS, Pact. 1951. Australia, NZ, US mutual defence in Pacific.

Apartheid. 1948-1994. Racial segregation in South Africa.

Aphrodite. Greek goddess of love and beauty, Roman Venus.

Apocrypha. 14 Books of the Old Testament excluded by Protestants and Jews.

Apollinaire, Guillaume. 1880-1918. Italian/French avant-garde poet, coined term Surrealism to describe Chagall work.

Apollinarianism. 4C Christian heresy. Jesus not truly human because of his divine nature.

Apollo. Greek/Roman perfection of male beauty, god of prophecy, song and music.

Apollo Program. 1961-72. US moon mission. Apollo 11 landing 1969.

Apollodorus. 5C BC. Athenian painter. Shading. No surviving work.

Apollonius of Perga. c262-190BC. Greek mathematician: named conic sections: ellipse, hyperbola, parabola.

Apollonius Rhodius. 3C BC. Poet, librarian at Alexandria. Argonautica.

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