Antipater of Thessalonica was the author of upwards of a hundred epigrams in the Greek Anthology. He is the most copious and perhaps the most interesting of the Augustanepigrammatists. He lived under the patronage of Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul in B.C. 15 and then proconsul of Macedonia for several years), who appointed him governor of Thessalonica. An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. ... Greek Anthology (also Anthologia Graeca) is a collection of poems, mostly epigrams, that span the Ancient and Byzantine periods of Greek Literature. ... For other uses, see Augustus (disambiguation). ... An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. ... Lucius Calpurnius Piso (PW 99) (48 BC - 32 AD) was a statesman of ancient Rome. ... The White Tower The Arch of Galerius Map showing the Thessaloníki prefecture Thessaloníki (Θεσσαλονίκη) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ...
There are many allusions in his work to contemporary history:
one anticipates his victory over the Parthians in the expedition of 20 BC
one is addressed to Gaius Caesar, who died in A.D. 4. None can be ascribed securely to a date later than 4.
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Ancient History
Select Epigrams from The Greek Anthology, Edited with a Revised Text, Translation, and Notes, by J. W. Mackail (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1890)
Cassander, the son of Antipater, having enlarged the village and transported thither the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages, called it Thessalonica, in honour of his wife.
Thessalonica, which is the capital of a vilayet, grows constantly in importance, owing to its situation and its commerce, as well as to the part it played in the two military revolutions of 1908 and 1909 which modified the authoritative régime of the Turkish Empire.
After the establishment of the Latin Kingdom of Thessalonica in 1205 Nivelo de Chérisy, Bishop of Soissons, who had taken an active part in the Fourth Crusade, was appointed by Innocent III (10 December, 1206) first Latin archbishop of the city.
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