Nabis (Νάβις) was ruler of Sparta from 207 BC to 192 BC, during the years of the First and Second Macedonian Wars and the eponymous `War against Nabis`, i.e. against him. After taking the throne by executing two claimants, he began rebuilding Sparta`s power. During the Second Macedonian War, he sided with King Philip V of Macedon and in re......
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[genus] Nabis is a genus in the Nabidae family of damsel bugs. It contains the following species: ...
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(from the article `damsel bug`) Each foreleg of the damsel bug is slightly thickened and has a double row of spines that act as grasping organs when the leg bends. Nabis is one of ...
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last ruler (207–192) of an independent Sparta. Nabis carried on the revolutionary tradition of Kings Agis IV and Cleomenes III. Since ancient ... [1 related articles]
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From the Hebrew word for "prophet." A group of French painters active in the 1890s who worked in a subjective, sometimes mystical style, stressing flat areas of color and pattern. Bonnard and Vuillard were members.
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Nabis was a native of Sparta in ancient Greece, who made himself tyrant in 207 BC. He attacked Megalopolis and seized Messene in 202 BC. In 201 BC he was defeated by the forces of the Achaean League under Philopoemen and in 192 BC he was assassinated by Alexamenus, a leader of mercenaries.
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