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Pelusium (Ancient Egyptian: pr-jmn; Coptic: Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲛ/Ⲡⲉⲣⲉⲙⲟⲩⲏ, romanized: Peremoun, or Ⲥⲓⲛ, romanized: Sin; Hebrew: סִין, romanized: sin; Koinē Gr****:...
- The
Battle of
Pelusium was the
first major battle between the
Achaemenid Empire and Egypt. This
decisive battle transferred the
throne of the Pharaohs...
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Isidore of
Pelusium (Ancient Gr****: Ἰσίδωρος ὁ Πηλουσιώτης, d. c.450) was born in
Egypt to a
prominent Alexandrian family. He
became an ascetic, and moved...
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Pelusium or
Pelousion (Ancient Gr****: Πηλούσιον) was a port town in
ancient Thessaly. It is unlocated. Steph**** of Byzantium. Ethnica. Vol. s.v. Mogens...
- army
approaching Egypt and
dispatched a
regiment of her
guards to
defend Pelusium, a
garrison city
considered to be the
eastern gateway to
Egypt at the time...
- that
Pelusium was
erected during either the
Middle Kingdom period or
during the
Saite and
Persian periods from the 8th to 6th
century BC.
Pelusium is also...
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Artaxerxes lost some
troops to
quicksand at Barathra, and the
fortress of
Pelusium resisted an
attempt to take it.
Artaxerxes deplo****
three divisions of...
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Cambyses II of Persia.
Psamtik was
subsequently defeated at the
Battle of
Pelusium, and fled to
Memphis where he was captured. The
deposed pharaoh was carried...
- over the
Egyptian pharaoh Psamtik III (r. 526–525 BC) at the
battle of
Pelusium in 525 BC.
After having established himself in Egypt, he
expanded the empire's...
- The
Battle of
Pelusium (373 BC) or the
Battle of
Mendes took
place after the
Persian king
Artaxerxes II
launched an
attack on
Egypt with the aim of restoring...
