Events
Displaying events 601 - 900 of 1136 in total
| ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5509 | Society | Massacre | 86BC Feb. 12 | Sulla's siege of Athens |
| 5609 | Society | Massacre | 82BC | Marcus Marius Gratidianus: popularist reformer and human sacrifice martyr during Sullan proscriptions |
| 1310 | Society | Massacre | 82BC | Proscriptions of Sulla |
| 5520 | Society | Massacre | 82BC Nov. | Battle of the Colline Gate; Samnites and Populares slaughtered by Sulla |
| 1483 | Society | Massacre | 68AD (Spr.) | Merciless terror excerted by the Zealots: "He who survived called them that were already dead happy" |
| 4519 | Society | Massacre | 600AD | King Chlotar's army is massacred by Kings Theudebert and Theuderic |
| 1466 | Celestial | Meteor | 49BC | Meteor fire on and over Rome |
| 5227 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 707BC | "Shield" falls from the sky during pestilence |
| 2914 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 644BC Dec. 24 | Fireball observed in Babylon and China; falling stones |
| 2811 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 419BC | Numerous fireballs over several months, possible overhead meteor explosion; observed in Babylon |
| 2826 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 367BC | Very bright fireball observed in Babylon |
| 2829 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 344BC Feb. | Meteor shower, fireballs and meteors |
| 2830 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 333BC | Fireball illuminated ground recorded by Babylonians |
| 2700 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 331BC Oct. 1 | Fireballs, portents decide fate of Persian Empire at Battle of Gaugamela |
| 2855 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 327BC Jan. 14 | Meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
| 2833 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 323BC Nov. | Fireballs recorded by Babylonians, one like a "torch" |
| 2836 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 309BC | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
| 2842 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 285BC | Bright meteor, and "fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
| 399 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 245BC Feb. 14 | Innumerable large and small meteors traveled westward, China |
| 1322 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 223BC | Large fireball; light like day |
| 517 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 217BC | Bright meteors shot against Italy from the direction of Africa |
| 650 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 204BC | Meteor shooting from east to west |
| 2748 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 169BC Jul. 20 | Bright meteor/fireball observed in Babylon |
| 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 |
| 2750 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 166BC Aug. | A torch crossed the sky; fireball observed from Babylon to Rome |
| 2759 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 141BC Mar. | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
| 5482 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 137BC (Spr.) | Fireball observed from Babylon |
| 2769 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 131BC | Hail of small stones falls in Babylon |
| 2773 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 125BC | Exploding fireball observed in Babylon |
| 2778 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 123BC | Bright meteor flashed from west to east |
| 2782 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 120BC Jun. 1 | A quaking from the sky during comet passage reported by Babylonians |
| 2783 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 119BC | White torch flashed from East to West observed in Babylon |
| 2792 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 106BC | Meteor followed by loud noise in the sky observed in Babylon |
| 2803 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 83BC Sep. | Bright meteor observed in Babylon |
| 400 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 74BC Apr. 7 | A large meteor in the process of breaking up is is sighted in China |
| 669 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 56BC | A blaze of light from south to north; fireball |
| 697 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 52BC | A meteor from south to east |
| 1473 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 48BC Aug. 9 | Fiery torch, thunderbolt, seen over Caesar's camp, falls on Pompey's camp |
| 436 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 979AD | A blood-red object is seen in the sky with rays of various colors |
| 205 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jan. 27 | Bushy Star, Sparkling Star, western quarter near Venus; possible nova observed by Chinese |
| 207 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jul. 23 | Guest Star, Nova, observed by Chinese |
| 5242 | Other | Other | 2100BC | Epic of Gilgamesh stories composed |
| 1268 | Celestial | Other | 612BC | Venus "casts a shadow by its rays" (Pythagoras) |
| 2637 | Geology | Other | 490BC | Earthquake at Delos, said to be first by Herodotus |
| 1295 | Celestial | Other | 394BC | "Meteoric lights, beams" at Battle of Cnidus |
| 2910 | Geology | Other | 120BC | The Cymbrian Flood; Jutland penninsula |
| 1422 | Geology | Other | 67BC | Island appeared among the Cyclades |
| 4528 | Other | Other | 60AD | A massive, heavy gate opens all by itself |
| 4257 | Geology | Other | 599AD | Fish are killed by boiling lake water in Lake of Thun |
| 4400 | Celestial | Other | 806AD Jun. 3 | A cross appears in the moon |
| 2356 | Geology | Outgassing | 126BC | Fire and gases erupting from the sea off northern Sicily; many fish killed, people sickened, killed |
| 5499 | Geology | Outgassing | 91BC | Fire erupted from the earth at Aeneria (Ischia) |
| 5404 | Society | People | 1114BC | Tiglath-Pileser I; made Assyria the leading power of the Middle East |
| 5087 | Society | People | 776BC | Retrospective calculation of the First Olympiad used for dating purposes |
| 5223 | Society | People | 771BC Mar. 28 | Traditional Birth of Romulus, founder and King of Rome |
| 5234 | Society | People | 750BC | Homer |
| 5350 | Society | People | 747BC | Reign of Nabonassar, King of Babylon |
| 5220 | Society | People | 715BC | Reign of Numa Pompilius, second King of Rome |
| 5346 | Society | People | 705BC | Reign of Sennacherib, king of Assyria |
| 5310 | Society | People | 680BC | Archilochus: earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of his own emotions and experiences |
| 5219 | Society | People | 673BC | Reign of Tullus Hostilius, third King of Rome |
| 5249 | Society | People | 642BC | Reign of Ancus Marcius, fourth King of Rome |
| 5228 | Society | People | 624BC | Thales of Miletus philosopher and mathematician, one of the Seven Sages of Greece |
| 5250 | Society | People | 616BC | Reign of Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Tarquin the Elder, fifth King of Rome |
| 5229 | Society | People | 610BC | Anaximander |
| 5230 | Society | People | 585BC | Anaximenes of Miletus |
| 5312 | Society | People | 578BC | Reign of Servius Tullius, the Etruscan 'Mastarna', sixth King of Rome; building of defenses, division of Rome into districts, other reforms |
| 5231 | Society | People | 570BC | Xenophanes |
| 5213 | Society | People | 570BC | Pythagoras |
| 5233 | Society | People | 535BC | Heraclitus of Ephesus |
| 5313 | Society | People | 534BC | Reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, seventh and last King of Rome |
| 5214 | Society | People | 522BC | Pindar |
| 5293 | Society | People | 519BC | Cincinnatus, patrician opponent of justice and equality under the law |
| 5235 | Society | People | 515BC | Parmenides of Elea |
| 5240 | Society | People | 490BC | Protagoras, first relativist |
| 5237 | Society | People | 490BC | Empedocles formulates 4 elements and 2 powers of the cosmos |
| 5236 | Society | People | 490BC | Zeno of Elea |
| 5211 | Society | People | 484BC | Herodotus |
| 5238 | Society | People | 480BC | Leucippus |
| 5212 | Society | People | 470BC | Socrates |
| 5294 | Society | People | 462BC | Gaius Terentilius Harsa, plebeian tribune and advocate of formal law code for all |
| 5239 | Society | People | 460BC | Democritus, philosopher |
| 47 | Society | People | 449BC | Herodotus Writes The Histories |
| 5538 | Society | People | 446BC | Marcus Furius Camillus: longest-reigning Roman dictator until Sulla and Caesar; passed Lex Licinia under pressure |
| 66 | Society | People | 440BC | Heraclitus, Early Stoicism |
| 5295 | Society | People | 439BC | Spurius Maelius, advocate for the people, falsely accused and assassinated by Gaius Servilius Ahala |
| 5241 | Society | People | 430BC | Xenophon |
| 5248 | Society | People | 428BC | Plato |
| 5260 | Society | People | 361BC | Titus Manlius Torquatus single combat with gigantic Gaul - David and Goliath type story |
| 5302 | Society | People | 356BC Jul. 20 | Alexander III of Macedon, the Great |
| 5224 | Society | People | 350BC | Diocles of Peparethus, author of earliest known Roman history |
| 5215 | Society | People | 345BC | Timaeus of Tauromenium |
| 5232 | Society | People | 341BC | Epicurus |
| 5252 | Society | People | 334BC | Zeno of Citium, founder of Stoicism |
| 2929 | Society | People | 333BC Mar. | Alexander solves the Gordian Knot |
| 5304 | Society | People | 316BC | Arcesilaus, founder of the Middle Academy and Academic skepticism; opposed Stoics |
| 5307 | Society | People | 310BC | Apollonius of Rhodes, author of the Argonautica, librarian at Alexandria, Homeric scholar |
| 5305 | Society | People | 310BC | Callimachus, catalogued the library at Alexandria |
| 5303 | Society | People | 300BC | Aristo of Chios, stoic and companion of Zeno of Citium |
| 5309 | Society | People | 289BC | Archimedes: mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer |
| 5582 | Society | People | 280BC | Fabius Maximus Cunctator: father of guerrilla warfare; five times consul, two times dictator |
| 5306 | Society | People | 278BC | Ptolemy III Euergetes, first known example of decrees published as bilingual inscriptions, invented leap years, builder of the Serapeum, expanded the Alexandrian library |
| 5300 | Society | People | 276BC | Eratosthenes of Cyrene |
| 5225 | Society | People | 270BC | Quintus Fabius Pictor, earliest Roman historian |
| 5581 | Society | People | 268BC | Marcus Claudius Marcellus, five times consul; Gallic War, Punic War, killed Viridomarus in single combat; responsible for death of Archimedes |
| 5308 | Society | People | 262BC | Ptolemy IV Philopator, builder of largest human-powered vessel ever built, major antagonist of 3 Maccabees |
| 5578 | Society | People | 247BC | Hannibal: one of the greatest military commanders in history |
| 5318 | Society | People | 238BC | Philip V of Macedon |
| 5561 | Society | People | 236BC | Scipio Africanus: never lost a battle; first Roman general to expand Roman territories outside Italy; hated by Cato the Elder; grandfather of the Gracchi |
| 5536 | Society | People | 234BC | Cato the Elder |
| 5576 | Society | People | 233BC | Manius Acilius Glabrio (consul 191 BC): defeated Antiochus III at the Battle of Thermopylae |
| 5583 | Society | People | 230BC | Aemilia Tertia AKA Aemilia Paulla; grandmother of the Gracchi, great grandmother of Fulvia |
| 5317 | Society | People | 222BC | Reign of Antiochus III the Great |
| 5579 | Society | People | 216BC | Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 219, 216 BC):shared command with Varro at the Battle of Cannae, killed in battle |
| 5319 | Society | People | 204BC | Reign of Ptolemy V Epiphanes; Rosetta Stone |
| 5548 | Society | People | 185BC | Scipio Aemilianus: destroyer of Carthage, opponent of the Gracchi, murder victim |
| 5591 | Society | People | 160BC | Mnesarchus of Athens; leader of the Stoic school |
| 5491 | Society | People | 157BC | Gaius Marius, general, consul, uncle and role model of Julius Caesar |
| 5512 | Society | People | 135BC | Mithridates VI of Pontus |
| 5589 | Society | People | 125BC | Antiochus of Ascalon; Middle Platonism |
| 5533 | Society | People | 121BC | Gaius Sempronius Gracchus murdered by Roman Senate |
| 5547 | Society | People | 121BC | Death of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 125 BC): ally of the Gracchi |
| 5527 | Society | People | 120BC | Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar; ideal Roman matron |
| 5590 | Society | People | 118BC | Lucius Licinius Lucullus; fought Third Mithridatic War; gastronome, "Xerxes in a toga" |
| 5593 | Society | People | 116BC | Marcus Terentius Varro Reatinus; the most learned of the Romans; Varronian chronology |
| 5585 | Society | People | 110BC | Titus Pomponius Atticus; friend, correspondent, and publisher of Cicero |
| 5564 | Society | People | 104BC | Servilia Caepionis: mistress of Julius Caesar, mother of Brutus, half-sister of Cato the Younger |
| 5595 | Society | People | 100BC | Marcus Aemilius Scaurus (praetor 56 BC); massacres in Judea mentioned in the Dead Sea scrolls |
| 3076 | Society | People | 100BC Jul. 12 | Gaius Julius Caesar, Birth, GJC Era |
| 5594 | Society | People | 95BC | Mucia Tertia: wife of Gaius Marius minor, Pompeius Magnus, Marcus Aemilius Scaurus; mother of Sextus Pompeius |
| 5563 | Society | People | 64BC | Titus Livius, historian of Rome |
| 5587 | Society | People | 63BC | Junia Tertia born, daughter of Julius Caesar? Wife of assassin Gaius Cassius Longinus |
| 5664 | Society | People | 63BC Sep. 23 | Birth of Gaius Octavius, future 1st emperor of Rome; Imperātor Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus |
| 5586 | Society | People | 45BC | Claudia Pulchra Major, first wife of Brutus, divorced by him to marry Porcia Catonis |
| 118 | Society | People | 532AD Jan. | An insurrection breaks out unexpectedly in Byzantinum. Procopius describes a "disease of the soul" amongst people of "factions". |
| 2079 | Society | People | 588AD | Arian Goths are forced to be baptized and Arian books are burnt |
| 2274 | Society | People | 628AD | Dagobert I is praised for his prosperous rule of Austrasia |
| 4808 | Society | People | 642AD | Flaochad struck down by fever |
| 5469 | Archeology | Pestilence Evidence | 1686BC | Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis found in Kytmanovo, Russia |
| 5487 | Environment | Plant Prodigies | 135BC | Corn grows on trees |
| 1474 | Environment | Plant Prodigies | 48BC Aug. 9 | Palm tree shoots up at the base of Caesar's statue in Tralles |
| 2689 | Environment | Plasma Event | 368BC | Lightening and thunder from a clear sky at beginning of battle between Spartans, Arcadians and Argives |
| 1324 | Environment | Plasma Event | 223BC | "Heaven on fire"; aurora? |
| 510 | Environment | Plasma Event | 217BC | Javelins blazed up suddenly in the hands of astounded soldiers |
| 388 | Environment | Plasma Event | 190BC | Thunderbolts from a clear sky strike many towns around Rome; two persons killed |
| 412 | Environment | Plasma Event | 190BC | Temple of Juno Lucina struck by lightning damaging a gable and the doors |
| 433 | Environment | Plasma Event | 186BC | Lightning bolts, appearing in many places, had scorched the clothes of many persons by a slight blast of heat |
| 5341 | Environment | Plasma Event | 166BC | At Tarracina, three women seated in the Temple of Minerva killed by lightning; Many places at Cassinum were shattered by lightning |
| 5332 | Environment | Plasma Event | 163BC | Flock of goats killed by lightning |
| 1309 | Environment | Plasma Event | 73BC | Town-councillor of Pompei, Marcus Herennius, struck by a thunderbolt on a fine day. |
| 672 | Environment | Plasma Event | 56BC | Romans killed by thunderbolts |
| 677 | Environment | Plasma Event | 52BC | Many thunderbolts in Rome |
| 1463 | Environment | Plasma Event | 49BC | Thunderbolts over Dyrrachium and Rome |
| 4526 | Environment | Plasma Event | 60AD | A great light at night as bright as day for half an hour |
| 4510 | Environment | Plasma Event | 305AD | Thunderbolts |
| 550 | Environment | Plasma Event | 363AD Apr. 7 | Soldier and two horses killed by lightning |
| 505 | Environment | Plasma Event | 375AD Nov. 19 | A thunderbolt strikes Sirmium |
| 5416 | Society | Politics | 2214BC | Gutian dynasty of Sumer, destruction of Akkad |
| 5407 | Society | Politics | 1570BC | Kassites rule of Babylon |
| 5090 | Society | Politics | 745BC | Tiglath-Pileser III siezes Assyrian throne |
| 5094 | Society | Politics | 739BC | Hiram II becomes King of Tyre |
| 5089 | Society | Politics | 727BC | Babylon rebels against Assyria |
| 5126 | Society | Politics | 700BC | End of Villanovan, rise of Etruscan in Italy |
| 5338 | Society | Politics | 657BC | Expulsion of the Bacchiadae from Corinth |
| 5314 | Society | Politics | 509BC | Expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, Founding of Roman Republic; Consuls: Lucius Iunius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus |
| 5622 | Society | Politics | 501BC | Titus Lartius first Roman dictator |
| 5537 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Conflict of the Orders develops; political struggle between the Plebeians (commoners) and Patricians (aristocrats) |
| 5626 | Society | Politics | 495BC | P. Servilius Priscus Structus passed edict for partial amelioration of debt slavery in order to levy an army |
| 5628 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Civil discord at Rome due to debt slavery and extreme poverty; plebs refuse military service |
| 5623 | Society | Politics | 494BC | Agitation of impoverished plebs; Titus Lartius unsuccessfully advocated measures to relieve the plebs from the burdens of debt |
| 5540 | Society | Politics | 494BC Dec. | First Secession of the Plebs due to extreme debt and wealth/political inequality |
| 5276 | Society | Politics | 493BC | Foedus Cassianum, military alliance between the Latin cities with Rome |
| 5543 | Society | Politics | 493BC | Plebeian Council's authority recognized by Patricians (unwillingly) |
| 5625 | Society | Politics | 491BC | Gaius Marcius Coriolanus defects to the Volscii after enraging the patricians and plebeians |
| 5621 | Society | Politics | 486BC | Spurius Cassius Viscellinus authored agrarian law; accused of pandering to the masses and seeking kingship; executed |
| 5697 | Society | Politics | 473BC | Political strife between the orders, tribune Cnaeus Genucius murdered |
| 5714 | Society | Politics | 458BC | Census at Rome |
| 5541 | Society | Politics | 450BC | Second Secession of the Plebs due to abuse of power by the decemviri; demanded restoration of plebeian tribune power and right of appeal |
| 5718 | Society | Politics | 450BC | Illegal seizure of power by Decemvirs leads to reforms |
| 5717 | Society | Politics | 449BC | Kidnapping and death of Verginia and overthrow of the decemviri |
| 5542 | Society | Politics | 445BC | Third Secession of the Plebs demanding rights to consulship and marriage between patricians and plebeians: Lex de conubio patrum et plebis |
| 5719 | Society | Politics | 437BC | King of Veii executes Roman envoys; Aulus Cornelius Cossus kills him in single combat |
| 5721 | Society | Politics | 425BC | Plebeian agitation prevents consular elections |
| 5723 | Society | Politics | 414BC | Turmoil over attempt to take annexed land from aristocrats and give to the people |
| 5724 | Society | Politics | 412BC | Military Tribune murdered by his troops over his resistance to land reform |
| 5726 | Society | Politics | 408BC | First plebeian quaestors elected at Rome |
| 5730 | Society | Politics | 398BC | Tribunes elected are all patrician after augurs say pestilence due to plebeians in high office |
| 5288 | Society | Politics | 375BC | Period of anarchy in Rome |
| 5292 | Society | Politics | 354BC | End of the early Latin Wars; Rome prevails |
| 5526 | Society | Politics | 133BC | Optimates and Populares solidify their positions in respect of the Gracchi |
| 5570 | Society | Politics | 121BC | Lucius Opimius (consul 121 BC) ordered the extralegal executions of 3000 supporters of Gaius Gracchus |
| 5613 | Society | Politics | 100BC Dec. | Gaius Memmius "a man fiercely hostile to the power of the nobles" murdered during consular elections |
| 5650 | Society | Politics | 91BC | Marcus Livius Drusus proposed land reform and giving Roman citizenship to all freemen of Italy; triggered Social War |
| 5612 | Society | Politics | 87BC | Marcus Antonius (consul 99 BC); executed by Marius and Cinna |
| 5516 | Society | Politics | 86BC | Lucius Cornelius Cinna: Domination of Cinna |
| 5519 | Society | Politics | 83BC | Rebellion in Spain: Quintus Sertorius, popularist general |
| 5505 | Society | Politics | 82BC | Civil war: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, dictator of Rome |
| 5515 | Society | Politics | 81BC | Sulla's dictatorship and reforms |
| 5679 | Society | Politics | 78BC | Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (consul 78 BC), turned against Sulla and became Popularist rebel and revolutionary |
| 5572 | Society | Politics | 66BC | Gaius Licinius Macer: annalist, people's rights activist; defamed, prosecuted and ruined by Cicero, commits suicide |
| 5707 | Society | Politics | 64BC | Lucius Julius Caesar, consul 64 BC; cousin and supporter of Julius Caesar; tried Gaius Rabirius |
| 5525 | Society | Politics | 63BC Jan. | Marcus Tullius Cicero takes up his consulship |
| 5652 | Society | Politics | 63BC Feb. | Cicero rejects Caesar's Land Reform/support for Veterans bill |
| 5651 | Society | Politics | 63BC Jun. | Death of Metellus Pius, Caesar elected Pontifex Maximus |
| 5656 | Society | Politics | 63BC Oct. 27 | The conspiracy of Catiline fails to materialize; Cicero's credibility collapses; threatened with a court of inquiry |
| 5657 | Society | Politics | 63BC Nov. 8 | First Catilinarian oration by Cicero: a study in propaganda and intimidation |
| 5658 | Society | Politics | 63BC Nov. 9 | Second Catilinarian oration by Cicero |
| 5659 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 3 | Catilinarian 'conspirators' arrested; Cicero cannot conceal his glee |
| 5712 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 5 | Publius Cornelius Lentulus Sura: executed by Cicero as a "Catilinarian Conspirator" |
| 5660 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 5 | Cicero's Bona Dea miracle/conspiracy Fourth Catilinarian Oration; Caesar and Cato speak; executions |
| 5661 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 10 | Cicero denounced as a tyrant for the Catilinarian affair, posts a bill for subsidized grain distribution to regain popularity |
| 5662 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 29 | Cicero gives up his consulship, jeered by the crowd. |
| 5710 | Society | Politics | 60BC | Quintus Metellus Celer, consul 60 BC; Gaius Asinius Pollio, dated the start of the Civil Wars to this year |
| 5713 | Society | Politics | 60BC | Lucius Afranius, consul 60 BC |
| 5597 | Society | Politics | 59BC | Clodia Metelli Quadrantaria; sister of Publius Clodius Pulcher, enemy of Cicero; suspected of poisoning her husband, Metellus Celer |
| 5567 | Society | Politics | 59BC | Calpurnia Piso, marries Julius Caesar |
| 5692 | Society | Politics | 58BC | Lucius Calpurnius Piso Caesoninus, consul 58 BC, father-in-law of Julius Caesar |
| 5683 | Society | Politics | 57BC | Aulus Gabinius, (consul 58 BC) proconsul of Syria (57 BC); supporter of both Pompey and Caesar |
| 5531 | Society | Politics | 52BC | Fulvia: first Roman non-mythological woman to appear on Roman coins; appears in records at death of Clodius, her 1st husband |
| 5705 | Society | Politics | 51BC | Servius Sulpicius Rufus, consul 51 BC; opposed Caesar, later honored by Caesar |
| 5704 | Society | Politics | 51BC | Marcus Claudius Marcellus, consul 51 BC, optimate; urged extreme measures against Caesar; had a senator of Comum scourged |
| 5680 | Society | Politics | 50BC | Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (consul 50 BC); destroyed the temples of Isis and Serapis by Senate decree |
| 5703 | Society | Politics | 50BC | Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, consul 50 BC, opposed Caesar; was later pardoned |
| 5733 | Society | Politics | 50BC (Spr.) | Cicero deals with Brutus' financial scandal: extorting Cypriot communities |
| 5599 | Society | Politics | 49BC | Titus Labienus, traitor to Caesar |
| 5668 | Society | Politics | 49BC | Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior, consul 49 BC, opponent of Caesar; started civil war; fled Rome with Pompeius |
| 5667 | Society | Politics | 49BC | Death of Curio, supporter of Caesar, husband of Fulvia |
| 5669 | Society | Politics | 49BC | Lucius Cornelius Lentulus Crus, consul 49 BC, triggered civil war; fled Rome |
| 5565 | Society | Politics | 49BC | Quintus Caecilius Metellus Pius Cornelianus Scipio Nasica: 'personally despicable... politically reactionary'; triggered war with Caesar |
| 5600 | Society | Politics | 48BC | Death of Marcus Caelius Rufus in rebellion against Caesar |
| 5601 | Society | Politics | 47BC | Terentia, wife of Cicero, divorces him possibly because she was a supporter of Caesar |
| 5556 | Society | Politics | 46BC Apr. | Death of Cato the Younger, sworn enemy of Caesar |
| 5566 | Society | Politics | 45BC | Porcia Catonis, daughter of Cato the Younger, marries Brutus the assassin |
| 5711 | Society | Politics | 45BC | Caecilia Metella wife of Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther; affair with Publius Cornelius Dolabella; divorce scandal |
| 5596 | Society | Politics | 45BC Apr. 12 | Death of Gnaeus Pompeius the younger; executed by Lucius Caesennius Lento for treason |
| 5706 | Society | Politics | 43BC | Servius Sulpicius Galba, friend, legate and assassin of Julius Caesar; condemned by Pedian law |
| 5708 | Society | Politics | 43BC | Lucius Cornelius Balbus minor; served under Julius Caesar; 43 BC quaestor to Asinius Pollio |
| 5568 | Society | Politics | 42BC | Servilius Casca, one of Caesar's assassins |
| 5569 | Society | Politics | 42BC Oct. 3 | Death of Gaius Cassius Longinus: leader of the assassination plot against Julius Caesar |
| 5545 | Society | Politics | 42BC Oct. 23 | Suicide death of Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, leading assassin of Julius Caesar |
| 5709 | Society | Politics | 40BC | Gaius Asinius Pollio, consul 40 BC; friend of Caesar and Antony; historian, literary patron |
| 5602 | Society | Politics | 39BC | Death of Quintus Labienus: traitor to Caesar and to Rome |
| 5598 | Society | Politics | 35BC | Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius: executed without trial by order of Antony via Marcus Titius |
| 5523 | Society | Politics | 30BC Aug. 1 | Death of Marcus Antonius, supporter of Julius Caesar |
| 5666 | Society | Politics | 30BC Aug. 12 | Death of Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of Egypt, mistress/wife of Marcus Antonius |
| 5663 | Society | Politics | 13BC | Death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, supporter of Caesar, triumvir with Antony and Octavian |
| 5665 | Society | Politics | 14AD Aug. 19 | Death of Augustus |
| 5635 | Society | Prodigy | 470BC | Religious awe and fear of the gods owing to the occurrence of many prodigies and omens |
| 5287 | Society | Prodigy | 377BC | Voice heard from temple of Mater Matuta during burning of Satricum |
| 5216 | Society | Prodigy | 332BC | "Bloody bread", vision of Apollo leaving city during siege of Tyre |
| 2357 | Society | Prodigy | 137BC Aug. | Animal prodigies observed in Rome |
| 5486 | Society | Prodigy | 135BC | Talking cow, hooting owl; portents of defeat of Roman army |
| 5497 | Society | Prodigy | 94BC | Multiple prodigies recorded at Rome |
| 1440 | Society | Prodigy | 63BC | Revival of ancient augural rite; bad omens resulted |
| 4167 | Society | Prodigy | 53BC | Lightning, monsters and death of politicians portend political changes |
| 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 |
| 675 | Society | Prodigy | 52BC | Portents follow the decree of the Senate to tear down temples of Serapis and Isis |
| 5204 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 426BC Oct. | Rivers and springs stopped flowing for several days, land sinking and rising prior to Malian Gulf tsunami |
| 5731 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 398BC | The Alban Lake rose to an unusual height, without any rainfall or other cause; embassy sent to oracle at Delphi |
| 1321 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 223BC | A river in Picenum the color of blood |
| 514 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 217BC | River Allia flooding |
| 5258 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 198BC | Fountains of Arethusa in Chalcis stopped and gushed up elsewhere |
| 5328 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 168BC | At Calatia in public land for three days and two nights blood flowed |
| 5342 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 166BC | Water poured from foot of Equestrian statue; on the Quirinal hill blood drenched the earth |
| 5485 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 137BC | The Fucine lake overflowed; red water emerged from the ground |
| 2786 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 112BC | Euphrates river turns red |
| 5503 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 89BC | Appearance of new lakes, disappearance of rivers and springs in Asia Minor |
| 653 | Environment | Rock Falls | 204BC | Shower of stones in association with meteors, crashing sounds; fall of Magna Mater |
| 5200 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 1188BC | Fall of Troy |
| 5092 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 732BC | Deportation of Israelites Tiglath-Pileser III |
| 5091 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 722BC | Deportation of Israelites - Shalmaneser V, Sargon II |
| 5217 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 332BC | Alexander's Siege of Tyre |
| 35 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC | Destruction of Corinth |
| 23 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC (Spr.) | Third Punic War, Siege of Carthage |
| 5647 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC | Complete destruction of the city of Carthage by Scipio Aemilianus; Rome flooded with slaves |
| 94 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 410AD Aug. 24 | Sack of Rome |
| 1845 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 452AD | The scourge of God and leader of the Huns Attila destroys many cities in Italy |
| 173 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 502AD | Siege of Amida, at least 85,000 killed |
| 4516 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 539AD Dec. | A mighty hunnic army plunders city of Cassandria and leads away one hundred and twenty thousand captives |
| 329 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 546AD Dec. 17 | Sack of Rome by Totila |
| 4520 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 600AD | King Theudebert's and Theuderic's army lay waste the towns and districts along the Seine |
| 2277 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 630AD | Many Northern Italian cities are destroyed and razed |
| 5351 | Society | Science | 747BC | Beginning of Babylonian Chronicles; first step in development of ancient historiography |
| 5352 | Society | Science | 747BC | Beginning of Babylonian Astronomical Diaries recording 21 years of instability of the orbit of Venus |
| 5301 | Society | Science | 200BC | Eratosthenes of Cyrene accurately calculates the circumference of the Earth |
| 654 | Geology | Sinkhole | 203BC | Sinking earth at Arpinum made huge depression |
| 4942 | Geology | Sinkhole | 400AD | Earth is opening up and sinkholes swallow up inhabitants |
| 5722 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 417BC | Plot by slaves to seize Rome |
| 74 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 104BC | Second Servile War; Gaius Marius |
| 75 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 73BC | Third Servile War, Spartacus, Crassus, Pompey |
| 1880 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 623AD | The wendish Slavs revolt against the Huns |
| 5093 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 780BC Jun. 4 | Solar eclipse observed in China |
| 2607 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 763BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse, key to ancient chronology |
| 5162 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 717BC Jul. 5 | Solar eclipse, Descending cloud, blasts of wind and rain, disappearance/ascent of Romulus |
| 2615 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 669BC May 17 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
| 2618 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 657BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse Assyrian astrological reports |
| 2648 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 648BC Apr. 6 | Earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks |
| 1269 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 584BC May 28 | First predicted solar eclipse, Thales of Miletus |
| 2640 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 480BC Oct. 2 | Solar eclipse recorded by Herodotus |