Events
Displaying events 901 - 1136 of 1136 in total
| ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1453 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 53BC | Fog, lightning, violent winds afflict Crassus' army in Mesopotamia |
| 1452 | Society | Prodigy | 53BC | Portents afflict Crassus and his army while crossing the Euphrates |
| 1449 | Society | Prodigy | 53BC | Some statues sweated, some struck by lightning in Rome |
| 1447 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 54BC | Portents in Rome: owls, dogs, wolves |
| 1446 | Environment | Flood | 54BC | Tiber floods for many days; many people and animals killed, many buildings destroyed in Rome |
| 1444 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 63BC | Storm at Rome tears up trees, destroys buildings, many people perished during consulship of Cicero. |
| 1443 | Geology | Earthquake | 63BC | Earthquakes mentioned by Cicero, probably in Italy |
| 1442 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 63BC | Extreme heat |
| 1441 | Celestial | Comet | 63BC | Comet: A fiery javelin stretched to the sky from the west; firebrands seen in the west in the night time |
| 1440 | Society | Prodigy | 63BC | Revival of ancient augural rite; bad omens resulted |
| 1438 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 65BC | Many towers in Rome struck with lightning; melts statues and bronze tablets |
| 1428 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 91BC | Islands burned several days, sea burned during the Social War |
| 1426 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 472BC | Mount Epopos shot forth fire, collapse of land, great noise |
| 1425 | Geology | Tsunami | 472BC | Following volcanic eruption on Pithecussae, the sea retreated then turned back and deluged the island. |
| 1424 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 126BC | Eruption of Etna; island emerges burning with violent blast |
| 1422 | Geology | Other | 67BC | Island appeared among the Cyclades |
| 1420 | Society | Human Prodigies | 359AD | Birth of two-headed infant |
| 1406 | Celestial | Comet | 60AD | A comet runs across half the sky for six months |
| 1398 | Geology | Earthquake | 426BC (Sum.) | Multiple earthquakes in Greece during Peloponnesian War |
| 1394 | Geology | Earthquake | 217BC | Fifty-seven earthquakes in the year of the Battle of Lake Trasimene; cities overthrown, rivers diverted, cliffs torn away |
| 1393 | Society | Massacre | 217BC Jun. 24 | Battle of Lake Trasimene; Hannibal massacres Roman army |
| 1387 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 91BC | Possible Tunguska-like event or comet/asteroid impact in northern Italy |
| 1386 | Geology | Earthquake | 464BC | Sparta destroyed by earthquake, rocks fall from mountain peaks |
| 1384 | Society | Mass Death | 331BC Oct. 1 | Battle of Arbela or Gaugamela, death of Darius, end of Persian Empire |
| 1328 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 215BC | Fire shone out at sea; possible plasma event or fireball |
| 1327 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 215BC | A cow gave birth to a horse |
| 1326 | Geology | Earthquake | 217BC Jun. 24 | Mountains cleft asunder, rivers blocked by earthquake during Battle of Lake Trasimene |
| 1325 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 223BC | Three moons visible from Italy |
| 1324 | Environment | Plasma Event | 223BC | "Heaven on fire"; aurora? |
| 1322 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 223BC | Large fireball; light like day |
| 1321 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 223BC | A river in Picenum the color of blood |
| 1320 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent Storm in the Mediterranean |
| 1318 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 104BC | Clanging armour and the sounding of a trumpet were heard from the sky |
| 1317 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 101BC | Clanging armor, trumpet sounds from sky, Battle of Vercellae |
| 1316 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 50BC | It rained wool in the vicinity of Compsa Castle; rained bricks |
| 1315 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 53BC | It rained iron the shape of sponges in Lucania |
| 1314 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 461BC | Rained flesh that did not turn bad |
| 1313 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 114BC | Sky rained milk and blood in the consulship of Manius Acilius and Gaius Porcius |
| 1312 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 49BC | Many towers destroyed by thunderbolts in Italy during civil war |
| 1311 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 115BC | Thunderbolt strikes temple of Juno during consulship of Marcus Aemilius Scaurus |
| 1310 | Society | Massacre | 82BC | Proscriptions of Sulla |
| 1309 | Environment | Plasma Event | 73BC | Town-councillor of Pompei, Marcus Herennius, struck by a thunderbolt on a fine day. |
| 1308 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 86BC | Fireball like "burning shield scattering sparks", observed in Rome |
| 1307 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 113BC | 'Night-suns’ seen in the consulship of Gaius Caccilius and Gnaeus Papirius |
| 1298 | Celestial | Halo | 90BC | Red halo around the sun observed from Rome |
| 1297 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 114BC | Halo around the sun in the consulships of Gaius Porcius and Manius Acilius |
| 1296 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 122BC | Sun veiled in dust; haloes; darkness for several days following Etna eruption |
| 1295 | Celestial | Other | 394BC | "Meteoric lights, beams" at Battle of Cnidus |
| 1294 | Celestial | Sun activity | 349BC | Bloody chasm in the sky, fire falling, aurora? |
| 1289 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 118BC | Three suns seen at once during consulships of Quintus Marcius and Marcus Porcius |
| 1288 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 174BC | Three suns seen in the consulships of Spurius Postumius and Quintus Mucius |
| 1280 | Celestial | Comet | 49BC | A terrifying star during the war between Pompey and Caesar |
| 1279 | Celestial | Comet | 76BC | In the western sky, comet with a terrible glare during the consulship of Gnaeus Octavius |
| 1271 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 413BC Aug. 27 | Lunar eclipse caused Nicias to delay abandoning the siege of Syracuse leading to destruction of Athenian forces |
| 1269 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 584BC May 28 | First predicted solar eclipse, Thales of Miletus |
| 1268 | Celestial | Other | 612BC | Venus "casts a shadow by its rays" (Pythagoras) |
| 1253 | Celestial | Comet | 674BC Oct. | Comet observed by Babylonians |
| 1230 | Celestial | Comet | 582AD Jan. 15 | A bright comet is seen with a long tail like smoke |
| 1220 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 563AD Oct. 3 | A solar eclipse with the sun discolored as sackcloth |
| 1217 | Geology | Earthquake | 373BC (Win.) | Earthquake at Delos just before great earthquake and tsunami |
| 1154 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2349BC | Tree ring evidence, Ireland, "Noah's flood" |
| 1106 | Society | Famine | 439BC | Famine in early Rome, Cincinnatus made dictator, Spurius Maelius murdered for trying to help the poor |
| 880 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 346AD | Solar eclipse |
| 725 | Celestial | Comet | 539AD Dec. | A comet with goodly length and very sharp at the point appears |
| 722 | Celestial | Comet | 400AD Mar. 19 | A comet of extraordinary magnitude |
| 718 | Geology | Earthquake | 56BC | Temple of Juno turns from east to north in association with earthquake |
| 713 | Celestial | Comet | 104BC Jul. 19 | Comet during eclipse, Posidonius |
| 709 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 168BC | Fireball as big as the moon seen when Paulus was engaged in the war against Perseus; At Lanuvium a blazing torch was seen in the sky |
| 697 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 52BC | A meteor from south to east |
| 689 | Society | Mass sickness | 707BC | Numa Pompilius, pestilence |
| 677 | Environment | Plasma Event | 52BC | Many thunderbolts in Rome |
| 676 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 52BC | Many clods, stones, shards and blood went flying through the air |
| 675 | Society | Prodigy | 52BC | Portents follow the decree of the Senate to tear down temples of Serapis and Isis |
| 673 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 56BC | A "subterranean tumult" heard in association with earthquake and fireball activity |
| 672 | Environment | Plasma Event | 56BC | Romans killed by thunderbolts |
| 670 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 56BC | A wolf entered Rome |
| 669 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 56BC | A blaze of light from south to north; fireball |
| 659 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 203BC | Roof-eating ravens, gnawing mice, locust infestation and a deformed colt |
| 656 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 203BC | Sun halo at Frusino |
| 655 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 204BC | Shooting stars at intervals; great meteor blazed; sky lighted up at night; crashing sound |
| 654 | Geology | Sinkhole | 203BC | Sinking earth at Arpinum made huge depression |
| 653 | Environment | Rock Falls | 204BC | Shower of stones in association with meteors, crashing sounds; fall of Magna Mater |
| 652 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 204BC | In the temple of Juno Sospita at Lanuvium a noise was heard with a dreadful crash |
| 650 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 204BC | Meteor shooting from east to west |
| 648 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 204BC | Two suns seen, ring around moon |
| 642 | Celestial | Comet | 390AD Aug. 22 | A Comet appears |
| 639 | Celestial | Comet | 363AD Aug. 26 | A sparkling star comet is seen in Virgo, and thought to presage the death of the Roman emperor Jovian |
| 634 | Celestial | Comet | 336AD Feb. 16 | Comet of unusual size seen across the world |
| 620 | Geology | Earthquake | 358AD (Sum.) | Terrible earthquakes take place in Macedonia, Asia Minor, and Pontus, overthrowing mountains |
| 615 | Celestial | Comet | 363AD Aug. | Comets are seen during the day, other bad omens |
| 614 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 360AD Aug. 28 | Annular Solar Eclipse of 360 |
| 612 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 814AD | A severe storm occurs at Aix-la-Chapelle palace and basilica |
| 611 | Geology | Earthquake | 814AD | The palace at Aix-la-Chapelle frequently trembles |
| 610 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 814AD | Lunar eclipses are frequent during the last years before Charlemagne's death |
| 550 | Environment | Plasma Event | 363AD Apr. 7 | Soldier and two horses killed by lightning |
| 519 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 217BC | Vesuvius thundered, hurling flames and rock |
| 518 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 217BC | The heavens burst open with a fearful crash, and the countenance of the Thunderer was revealed. |
| 517 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 217BC | Bright meteors shot against Italy from the direction of Africa |
| 515 | Geology | Earthquake | 217BC | The Alps did not keep their place, and the Apennines were never still day or night among their vast gorges |
| 514 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 217BC | River Allia flooding |
| 513 | Celestial | Comet | 217BC | Multiple comets: bright hair of more than one comet... showed its baleful glare |
| 511 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 217BC | Light was suddenly withdrawn, and the Calabrian mariners, plunged in darkness |
| 510 | Environment | Plasma Event | 217BC | Javelins blazed up suddenly in the hands of astounded soldiers |
| 509 | Geology | Landslide | 217BC | Mount Garganus, collapsing with tottering summit, overset its forests |
| 507 | Society | Mass Death | 255BC Jul. 4 | Severe storm, destruction of Roman Fleet with massive mortality |
| 506 | Geology | Earthquake | 375AD Nov. 19 | Many cities in Greece severely shaken by an earthquake |
| 505 | Environment | Plasma Event | 375AD Nov. 19 | A thunderbolt strikes Sirmium |
| 504 | Society | Mass Death | 270AD Aug. | A plague causes widespread death |
| 503 | Celestial | Comet | 995AD Aug. | A comet appears - Halleys? |
| 501 | Society | Mass Death | 986AD | Cattle and human pestilence |
| 498 | Society | Famine | 976AD | Famine in England |
| 497 | Society | Mass Death | 962AD | Great Mortality/Fever in 962 |
| 496 | Celestial | Comet | 905AD Oct. 20 | A comet appears |
| 494 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 904AD | Lunar Eclipse |
| 493 | Celestial | Comet | 892AD Apr. 25 | Hairy Star appears |
| 492 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 879AD | Solar Eclipse |
| 490 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 733AD Aug. 14 | Annular solar eclipse |
| 488 | Celestial | Comet | 729AD Jan. | Two comets appear for 14 days to the great terror of the beholders |
| 437 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 926AD | Fiery Lights in Northern Sky |
| 436 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 979AD | A blood-red object is seen in the sky with rays of various colors |
| 435 | Society | Mass Migration | 186BC | Gauls who had crossed the Alps into Italy were expelled without a battle |
| 434 | Society | Human Prodigies | 186BC | A hermaphrodite about twelve years old was discovered, and by order of the soothsayers was put to death |
| 433 | Environment | Plasma Event | 186BC | Lightning bolts, appearing in many places, had scorched the clothes of many persons by a slight blast of heat |
| 431 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 186BC | Shower of stones in Picenum |
| 430 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 809AD Jul. 16 | Solar Eclipse |
| 429 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 806AD Aug. 30 | Circle around the Sun |
| 427 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 806AD Sep. 2 | Lunar Eclipse |
| 426 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 802AD Dec. 19 | Lunar Eclipse at Dawn |
| 424 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 795AD Mar. 28 | Lunar Eclipse |
| 416 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 734AD Jan. 22 | Lunar Eclipse |
| 412 | Environment | Plasma Event | 190BC | Temple of Juno Lucina struck by lightning damaging a gable and the doors |
| 411 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 188BC | Shower of Stones on the Aventine in Rome |
| 410 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 188BC | Daytime darkness sets in at Rome |
| 406 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 538AD Feb. 15 | Solar eclipse |
| 404 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 540AD Jun. 20 | Solar Eclipse |
| 400 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 74BC Apr. 7 | A large meteor in the process of breaking up is is sighted in China |
| 399 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 245BC Feb. 14 | Innumerable large and small meteors traveled westward, China |
| 398 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 687BC Mar. 23 | Stars fall like rain, with rain, bright night without stars |
| 393 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 190BC | Shower of Earth from the sky |
| 388 | Environment | Plasma Event | 190BC | Thunderbolts from a clear sky strike many towns around Rome; two persons killed |
| 335 | Environment | Flood | 525AD Apr. 22 | People drown in the great and sudden flood at Edessa |
| 329 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 546AD Dec. 17 | Sack of Rome by Totila |
| 312 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 312AD | Did a meteor over central Italy in AD 312 change the course of Roman and Christian history? |
| 285 | Geology | Earthquake | 362AD Dec. 2 | Nicomedia and Nicaea destroyed by an Earthquake |
| 253 | Celestial | Comet | 79AD Mar. 22 | Vespasian's comet |
| 213 | Celestial | Comet | 49BC Apr. 14 | Guest Star, Bushy star, Cassiopeia; observed in China |
| 212 | Celestial | Comet | 61BC Jul. 24 | Bushy Star, sparkling star, eastern quarter; observed in China |
| 209 | Celestial | Comet | 69BC Aug. 20 | Guest Star, Comet Swift-Tuttle |
| 207 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jul. 23 | Guest Star, Nova, observed by Chinese |
| 205 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jan. 27 | Bushy Star, Sparkling Star, western quarter near Venus; possible nova observed by Chinese |
| 173 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 502AD | Siege of Amida, at least 85,000 killed |
| 170 | Celestial | Comet | 296BC | Broom Star, China |
| 138 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 679AD | Fire from Heaven burned Coldingham, Scotland |
| 137 | Celestial | Comet | 676AD Aug. 15 | A comet with a "pillar of radiant flame" visible for three months |
| 135 | Celestial | Comet | 974BC Mar. | Bushy Star Comet in the north polar region; observed in China |
| 134 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 1034BC (Spr.) | A new star appears near the North Star, comet or nova; observed in China |
| 133 | Celestial | Comet | 1059BC | Comet, broom star with tail observed in China |
| 123 | Celestial | Comet | 83BC | Tangle Star in Hercules observed in China |
| 122 | Celestial | Comet | 84BC Mar. 12 | Sparkling Star observed in China |
| 121 | Society | Mass Death | 259AD | Plague of Cyprian |
| 118 | Society | People | 532AD Jan. | An insurrection breaks out unexpectedly in Byzantinum. Procopius describes a "disease of the soul" amongst people of "factions". |
| 108 | Society | Famine | 412AD | Rome falls by intense famine |
| 107 | Celestial | Comet | 87BC Aug. 10 | Comet Halley observed in Babylon and China |
| 106 | Celestial | Comet | 102BC | Bushy Star in Bootes observed in China |
| 105 | Geology | Earthquake | 348AD | Earthquake in Beirut |
| 104 | Celestial | Comet | 108BC | Bushy Star in Canis Minor, Gemini observed in China |
| 102 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 347AD | Solar eclipse |
| 101 | Celestial | Comet | 110BC | Bushy Star in Gemini, Ursa Major, observed in China and Babylon |
| 99 | Celestial | Comet | 119BC May 8 | Sparkling star, Long-tailed star observed in China |
| 98 | Geology | Earthquake | 344AD | Earthquake in Neocaesarea |
| 97 | Celestial | Comet | 120BC Feb. | Comet burned brightly, filled a quarter of the heavens, sky seemed to be on fire |
| 94 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 410AD Aug. 24 | Sack of Rome |
| 90 | Geology | Earthquake | 335AD | Earthquake in Cyprus, many places collaps |
| 75 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 73BC | Third Servile War, Spartacus, Crassus, Pompey |
| 74 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 104BC | Second Servile War; Gaius Marius |
| 73 | Society | Massacre | 135BC | Eunus and the First Servile War against Rome |
| 71 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 814AD | Solar eclipses are frequent during the last years before Charlemagne's death |
| 70 | Society | War | 732AD Oct. | Saracens fight two battles near Poitiers and River Berre against Charles Martel during their conquest of Gaul |
| 69 | Archeology | Epidemic Mass Grave | 430BC | Plague of Athens thought to have been Typhoid |
| 66 | Society | People | 440BC | Heraclitus, Early Stoicism |
| 65 | Celestial | Comet | 135BC Aug. 31 | Giant comet stretched across the heavens at the birth of Mithradates; entire sky 'on fire' |
| 64 | Celestial | Comet | 135BC Jul. 3 | Bushy Star |
| 63 | Celestial | Comet | 136BC Sep. 22 | Comet 'spread out to unlimited size'; beginning of the reign of Attalus III |
| 61 | Celestial | Comet | 305BC | Broom Star, China |
| 60 | Celestial | Comet | 340BC | Comet coincided with storm at Corinth |
| 59 | Celestial | Comet | 345BC | Timoleon's Torch; a 'Mane-shaped' comet changed into a spear |
| 58 | Celestial | Comet | 361BC | Broom Star, China |
| 54 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 373BC (Win.) | Great Comet like a flaming torch before great earthquake and tsunami that swallowed entire cities in Greece |
| 53 | Society | War | 405BC | Battle of Aegospotami, obliteration of Athenian navy, end of Peloponnesian War |
| 52 | Celestial | Comet | 425BC (Win.) | Comet during the plague of Athens |
| 51 | Celestial | Comet | 433BC | Broom Star, China |
| 49 | Celestial | Comet | 466BC | Meteorite falls at Aegospotami while bright comet is passing; Halley |
| 48 | Society | War | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea |
| 47 | Society | People | 449BC | Herodotus Writes The Histories |
| 46 | Celestial | Comet | 469BC | Broom Star observed in China |
| 45 | Society | War | 480BC Sep. | Battle of Salamis between Persians and Greeks; Xerxes, Themistocles, |
| 44 | Celestial | Comet | 480BC Sep. | Horn shaped Comet, Battle of Salamis |
| 43 | Celestial | Comet | 481BC Oct. | Sparkling star, Bushy Star observed in China |
| 42 | Celestial | Comet | 482BC Oct. | Bushy Star observed in China |
| 41 | Celestial | Comet | 500BC | Broom Star, China |
| 40 | Celestial | Comet | 516BC | Broom Star, China |
| 39 | Celestial | Comet | 525BC (Win.) | Bushy Star, Antares, China |
| 38 | Celestial | Comet | 532BC (Spr.) | Comet or nova in Aquarius, China |
| 37 | Celestial | Comet | 137BC May 28 | Sparkling star in Hercules 'as if the Sun appeared at night' observed by Babylonians, Chinese, poss. Romans |
| 36 | Celestial | Comet | 137BC Apr. 9 | Circumpolar Sparkling Star in Hydra observed by Chinese |
| 35 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC | Destruction of Corinth |
| 34 | Celestial | Comet | 146BC Oct. | Broom star, Bushy star observed in China |
| 33 | Celestial | Comet | 146BC Aug. | Tangle Star observed in China |
| 32 | Celestial | Comet | 146BC May 13 | Broom Star observed in China |
| 31 | Celestial | Comet | 154BC Jan. | Broom Star observed in China |
| 30 | Celestial | Comet | 172BC | Tailed Star Comet observed in China |
| 29 | Celestial | Comet | 204BC Aug. 14 | Sparkling or Bushy Star near Arcturus |
| 28 | Celestial | Comet | 210BC Jun. | Comet in the process of breaking up: "surrounded by stars" |
| 27 | Celestial | Comet | 214BC Aug. | Bright Star, Broom star in the West |
| 26 | Celestial | Comet | 234BC Jan. | Broom Star, and a great fall of fire, observed in China and Babylon |
| 25 | Celestial | Comet | 238BC May | Broom Star stretched across the heavens, China |
| 24 | Celestial | Comet | 148BC Apr. 29 | Comet, Bushy star; observed in China |
| 23 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC (Spr.) | Third Punic War, Siege of Carthage |
| 22 | Celestial | Comet | 153BC Feb. | Tailed Star Comet observed in China |
| 21 | Celestial | Comet | 154BC Sep. | Broom Star observed in China |
| 20 | Celestial | Comet | 611BC Aug. | Broom Star Great Bear, Big Dipper - possible Halley's sighting? |
| 19 | Celestial | Comet | 632BC | Broom Star, Auriga |
| 18 | Celestial | Comet | 157BC Oct. 2 | Sparkling star with "trunk laid straight" observed in Babylon and China |
| 17 | Celestial | Comet | 162BC Feb. 6 | Comet like a celestial magnolia tree observed in China; possibly Halley's |
| 16 | Celestial | Comet | 162BC Sep. 5 | Comet, and meteor observed in Babylon |
| 15 | Celestial | Comet | 163BC Sep. | Comet Halley observed from Babylon and possibly Rome |
| 14 | Society | War | 196BC | Second Macedonian War |
| 13 | Society | Massacre | 202BC Oct. 19 | Battle of Zama, Scipio Africanus vs Hannibal |
| 11 | Society | Massacre | 214BC | Siege of Syracuse, Death of Archimedes |
| 10 | Society | War | 214BC | First Macedonian War |
| 9 | Celestial | Comet | 240BC May | Broom star; Comet Halley |
| 7 | Society | Massacre | 216BC Aug. 2 | Battle of Cannae, Roman army massacred by Hannibal |
| 6 | Society | War | 218BC | Second Punic War |
| 5 | Society | War | 264BC | First Punic War |
| 4 | Celestial | Comet | 303BC | Broom Star, China, also recorded on the Parian marble of Greece |
| 3 | Society | War | 340BC | Latin War, Battle of Vesuvius, duel of Titus Manlius, Devotio of Decius Mus |