This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

American actor Jay Robinson famously portrayed a sinister and scene-stealing Caligula in two epic films of the 1950s, The Robe ( 1953 ) and its sequel Demetrius and the Gladiators ( 1954 ).

One of Demetrius ' successors, Menander I, brought the Indo-Greek Kingdom to its height between 165 – 130 BC, expanding the kingdom in India to even larger proportions than Demetrius.

* 1912 – First Balkan War: The Ottoman occupied city of Thessaloniki, is liberated and unified with Greece on the feast day of its patron Saint Demetrius.

Following the Congress, the institutions created there began to be formalised into the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ), with Demetrius Vikelas as its first President.

When Demetrius I became Ecumenical Patriarch in 1972 and established the Patriarchal Office, he selected Bartholomew as its director.

* Athens falls to Demetrius Poliorcetes after a bitter siege, and its tyrant Lachares is killed.

Demetrius finally takes the city after using siege engines to demolish its walls.

However, the Seleucid kingdom was now but a shadow of its former glory, and Demetrius had a hard time ruling even in Syria.

The resulting peace treaty between Philip V and the Romans confined Philip to Macedonia and required him to pay 1000 talents indemnity, surrender most of its fleet and provide a number of hostages, including his younger son Demetrius.

He succeeded his brother Demetrius III Eucaerus as separatist ruler of the southern parts of the last remaining Seleucid realms, basically Damascus and its surroundings.

In 1953's The Robe and its 1954 sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators, Rennie was billed fourth and third, respectively, playing the Apostle Peter, who provides affirmation in the new faith, as Diana ( Jean Simmons ) and Marcellus ( Richard Burton ) become martyrs for Christianity.

In 291 BC, Demetrius finally took the city after using siege engines to demolish its walls.

It was notable for its famous librarians: Demetrius, Zenodotus, Eratosthenes, Apollonius, Aristophanes, Aristarchus, and Callimachus.

The name Kosovska Mitrovica comes from the 14th century, from Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki, but there are some other legends on the origin of its name.

* Demetrius, a Greek slave in the Lloyd C. Douglas Christian novel The Robe and its film sequel below

Athens lost its independence to Philip II of Macedon after the battle of Chaeronea in 338 BC ; but they continued to run their internal affairs democratically until the coup by Demetrius of Phaleron in 322 BC.

For the next decade, Mature settled into playing hard-boiled characters in a range of genres such as film noir, Westerns, and Biblical motion pictures like The Robe ( with Richard Burton and Jean Simmons ) and its sequel, Demetrius and the Gladiators ( with Susan Hayward ).

In 307 BC Antigonus's son Demetrius captured Athens and restored its democratic system, which had been suppressed by Alexander.

With Demetrius now isolated from the battle-field, the Antigonid phalanx was exposed on its right flank.

The people of Ganja experienced a temporary cultural decline after an earthquake in 1139, when the city was taken by king Demetrius I of Georgia and its gates taken as trophies, and again after the Mongol invasion in 1231.

Other charity stamps included the Thessaloniki International Fair Fund issue, a 20 lepta stamp from 1934 which depicted St. Demetrius ; its use was obligatory on domestic mail from Thessaloniki.

St. Demetrius was also depicted on a 50 drachmae charity stamp released in 1948 ; proceeds from its sale went toward the restoration of historic sites and churches destroyed during World War II.

During a royal hunt the following day, Aaron persuades Demetrius and Chiron to kill Bassianus, so they may rape Lavinia.

Demetrius may have married his sister Laodice V, by whom he had three sons Demetrius II Nicator, Antiochus VII Sidetes and Antigonus.

Demetrius ' downfall may be attributed to Heracleides, a surviving brother of the defeated rebel Timarchus, who championed the cause of Alexander Balas, a boy who claimed to be a natural son of Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

He was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter, the brother of Demetrius II Nicator and his mother may have been Laodice V. Antiochus was elevated after Demetrius ' capture by the Parthians.

Demetrius set himself up as co-ruler with the young boy Antiochus VI, but may have killed him in 142 BC.

Demetrius may have first started to recover the province of Arachosia, an area south of the Hindu Kush already inhabited by many Greeks but ruled by the Mauryas since the liberation of the territory by Chandragupta from Seleucus.

This may have been Demetrius ' final act as bishop.

Mitrovica, which stems from the name " Saint Demetrius " or " Sveti Dimitrije " ( Cyrillic: " Свети Димитрије ") may refer to:

Demetrius I may refer to:

The Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I ( 205-171 BCE ) himself may have been the prototype for the image of the Buddha.

Demetrius may have been deified, and the first Hellenistic statues of the Buddha we know may be representations of the idealized Greek king, princely, yet friendly, protective and open to Indian culture.

Finally, Demetrius may have been the founder of a newly discovered Greek Era, starting in 186 / 5 BC.

But while this inscription may be interpreted as an indication that Demetrius I was the king who made conquests in Punjab, it is still true that he never issued any Indian coins, and the restoration of his name in Kharosthi on the Hathigumpha inscription: Di-Mi-Ta, has been doubted.

Ai-Khanoum may have been the city in which Eucratides was besieged by Demetrius, before he successfully managed to escape to ultimately conquer India ( Justin ).

Demetrius II may refer to:

Justin's Demetrius may have been a relative of the Indian king Apollodotus I or a fugitive prince of the Euthydemid dynasty.

The prince may have been named after the Seleucid Demetrius I Soter.

Demetrius may have returned to the Ardeaian State and have been attacked by another Roman force, although the regime of Pinnes, now confirmed as king, was left intact.

Demetrius responded by saying that, if you have the heart of an augur, to quit it as quick as you can: but if of a gallant and wise king, to keep it, lest if you quit it now you may never have so good an opportunity again, for it is by thus holding the two horns that you can alone keep the ox under your control.

The date of his reign cannot be fixed with certainty, but as he was contemporary with Demetrius II, king of Macedonia, it may be placed between 239 and 229 BC.