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- A′LCIMUS (Άλκειμος), also called Jacimus, or Joachim (Ίάκειμος), one of the Jewish priests, who espoused the Syrian cause. He was made high priest by Demetrius, about b.c. 161, and was installed in his office by the help of a Syrian army. In consequence of his cruelties he was expelled by the Jews, and obliged to fly to Antioch, but was restored by the help of another Syrian army. He continued in his office, under the protection of the Syrians, till his death, which happened suddenly (b.c. 159) while he was pulling down the wall of the temple that divided the court of the Gentiles from that of the Israelites. (Joseph. Ant. Jud. xii. 9. § 7; 1 Maccab. vii. ix.) (Wikisource | public domain)
- A′LCIMUS (Άλκιμος), a Greek rhetorician whom Diogenes Laertius (ii. 114) calls the most distinguished of all Greek rhetoricians, flourished about b.c. 300. It is not certain whether he is the same as the Alcimus to whom Diogenes in another passage (iii. 9) asciibes a work πρὁς Άμὐνταν. Athenaeus in several places speaks of a Sicilian Alcimus, who appears to have been the author of a great historical work, parts of whicb are referred to under the names of Ίταλικα and Σικελικά. But whether he was the same as the rhetorician Alcimus, cannot be determined. (Athen. x. p. 441, xii. p. 518, vii. p. 322.) (Wikisource | public domain)
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology (ed. William Smith 1870), Wikisource | public domain
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Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:
Confirmed occurences in the Roman Empire:
- Alcimus (Masc), ref: PIR A 0492 | PIR ID1151
- C. Attius Alcimus Felicianus (Masc, eques), ref: PIR A 1349 | PIR ID2271
- C. Furius Alcimus (Masc), ref: PIR F 0572 | PIR ID6438
Prosopographia Imperii Romani
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