Ptolemy I Soter, the "Savior," born around 368 BC and died in 283 BC, is a<hr>
Macedonian general of Alexander the Great and one of his main successors. He is named<hr>
sovereign of Egypt in the division of Alexander's empire in 323 BC.<hr>
        A satrap is the governor of a satrapy, that is, an administrative division<hr>
of the Persian Empire, the Kingdom of Macedonia, and the Seleucid Empire. He is the direct<hr>
representative of the king in a province, where he exercises all the royal prerogatives.<hr>
        Valerian is a Roman emperor from 253 to 260 AD. He shares power with his son<hr>
Gallienus, who succeeds him as the sole Roman emperor from 260 to 268. He is captured by<hr>
Shapur I and dies in captivity at the hands of the Persians. Gallienus does nothing to save his father.<hr>
        Shapur I is a 'king of kings' who reigns from 240 to 272 AD over the Sassanid Empire<hr>
which extended from Mesopotamia to the Indus River. The Sassanids are an Iranian dynasty.<hr>
        Gallienus, also known as Gallien, is a Roman Emperor. Initially co-emperor, he<hr>
shares power with his father Valerian until the latter's capture in 260 AD.<hr>
        Mesopotamia is a historical region in the Middle East located between the Tigris and<hr>
Euphrates rivers.<hr>
        Nisibis is a notable place in the history of Syriac-speaking Christianity.<hr>
        Ctesiphon is an ancient Parthian city on the left bank of the Tigris River, 30 km<hr>
south-east of the present city of Baghdad, in Iraq.<hr>
        The Parthians are a people settled in the northeast region of Iran. Spanning<hr>
over Iran and part of Mesopotamia, they are defeated by the Romans. The Parthian<hr>
Arsacid dynasty is overthrown by the Sassanids.<hr>
        Heraclianus or Aurelius Heraclianus is a Roman soldier who rises to the rank of prefect<hr>
at the end of Emperor Gallienus's reign.<hr>
        Ancyra is an ancient city that corresponds to the present-day Ankara.<hr>
        Galatia is a historical region of Anatolia, around present-day Ankara, named after<hr>
a Celtic people, the Gauls, who migrated there in ancient times, around 279 BC.<hr>
        Bithynia is a historical region of Asia Minor located on the northern coast of the<hr>
Black Sea.<hr>
        Chalcedon is a Greek city of Bithynia, now in Turkey, located on<hr>
the Sea of Marmara, at the eastern entrance of the Bosporus.<hr>
        The Bosporus is the strait that connects the Black Sea to the Sea of Marmara and marks, with<hr>
the Dardanelles, the southern boundary between the Asian and European continents.<hr>
        Thonis-Heracleion is an ancient city of Ancient Egypt, located near<hr>
the current Abu Qir. It's a strategic port city for entering Asia Minor.<hr>
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