Events
Displaying events 1 - 300 of 1136 in total
| ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1295 | Celestial | Other | 394BC | "Meteoric lights, beams" at Battle of Cnidus |
| 5425 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2800BC | Bell-Beaker maritime culture, spread over Europe, emerged from the lower Rhine and North Sea regions |
| 435 | Society | Mass Migration | 186BC | Gauls who had crossed the Alps into Italy were expelled without a battle |
| 511 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 217BC | Light was suddenly withdrawn, and the Calabrian mariners, plunged in darkness |
| 1465 | Geology | Earthquake | 49BC | "Bellowing" earthquakes in Rome |
| 5216 | Society | Prodigy | 332BC | "Bloody bread", vision of Apollo leaving city during siege of Tyre |
| 4529 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 60AD | "Chariots and troops" appear amongst the clouds |
| 4552 | Society | Human Prodigies | 66AD | "Divine fury" makes man shout "Woe, woe to Jerusalem!" |
| 2837 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 307BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
| 2838 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 300BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
| 2729 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 233BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
| 1324 | Environment | Plasma Event | 223BC | "Heaven on fire"; aurora? |
| 5227 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 707BC | "Shield" falls from the sky during pestilence |
| 5207 | Society | Mass sickness | 379BC | "Supernatural disaster", turmoils and fears causing panic and discord in Carthage |
| 5243 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 7250BC | 'Ain Ghazal Neolithic site near Amman, Jordan, settled |
| 5479 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 137BC | 'Fall of fire' from the sky observed in Babylon |
| 5484 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 137BC | 'Many places shattered by lightning'; praetor M. Claudius burst into flames from a thunderbolt |
| 1307 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 113BC | 'Night-suns’ seen in the consulship of Gaius Caccilius and Gnaeus Papirius |
| 4989 | Celestial | Comet | 607AD Feb. 28 | 1P/Halley returns |
| 1471 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD Oct. 23 | A "divine storm" with strong wind is unleashed during the Siege of Gamala |
| 2815 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 384BC | A "fall of fire" recorded in Babylon |
| 2822 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 371BC Jul. | A "fall of fire" to the ground observed in Babylon |
| 2821 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 373BC Jul. | A "fall of fire". Meteor shower or fireballs? Observed in Babylon |
| 673 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 56BC | A "subterranean tumult" heard in association with earthquake and fireball activity |
| 4972 | Celestial | Sun activity | 814AD | A black spot is visible on the sun |
| 669 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 56BC | A blaze of light from south to north; fireball |
| 436 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 979AD | A blood-red object is seen in the sky with rays of various colors |
| 5478 | Society | Human Prodigies | 147BC | A boy with three feet and one hand is born |
| 1230 | Celestial | Comet | 582AD Jan. 15 | A bright comet is seen with a long tail like smoke |
| 5011 | Celestial | Comet | 768AD (Spr.) | A broom star appears in the northeast during spring |
| 642 | Celestial | Comet | 390AD Aug. 22 | A Comet appears |
| 496 | Celestial | Comet | 905AD Oct. 20 | A comet appears |
| 1704 | Celestial | Comet | 607AD Oct. 21 | A comet appears - Halleys? |
| 503 | Celestial | Comet | 995AD Aug. | A comet appears - Halleys? |
| 4260 | Celestial | Comet | 595AD Jan. 9 | A comet is seen |
| 1710 | Celestial | Comet | 60AD | A comet is seen for an entire year |
| 4718 | Celestial | Comet | 563AD Oct. 1 | A comet like a sword appears |
| 722 | Celestial | Comet | 400AD Mar. 19 | A comet of extraordinary magnitude |
| 1653 | Celestial | Comet | 817AD Feb. 5 | A comet resembling a sword is seen |
| 1406 | Celestial | Comet | 60AD | A comet runs across half the sky for six months |
| 137 | Celestial | Comet | 676AD Aug. 15 | A comet with a "pillar of radiant flame" visible for three months |
| 725 | Celestial | Comet | 539AD Dec. | A comet with goodly length and very sharp at the point appears |
| 1327 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 215BC | A cow gave birth to a horse |
| 4400 | Celestial | Other | 806AD Jun. 3 | A cross appears in the moon |
| 1560 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 367AD | A donkey mounts the tribunal |
| 4902 | Society | Human Prodigies | 390AD | A dwarf and a giant and other prodigies appear at the same time as the comet of 390 |
| 2078 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 586AD | A fiery globe falls from the sky |
| 4508 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 358AD Aug. 23 | A fire rages for fifty days and nights |
| 5620 | Society | Expiation | 215BC | A Gaulish man and a Gaulish woman and a Greek man and a Greek woman were buried alive under the Forum Boarium |
| 4526 | Environment | Plasma Event | 60AD | A great light at night as bright as day for half an hour |
| 4531 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 60AD | A great quaking and sound of a great multitude is heard |
| 4948 | Society | Mass Death | 676AD | A heavy pestilence follows the comet's appearance |
| 4527 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 60AD | A heifer gives birth to a lamb |
| 434 | Society | Human Prodigies | 186BC | A hermaphrodite about twelve years old was discovered, and by order of the soothsayers was put to death |
| 2892 | Geology | Landslide | 563AD | A landslide causing a tsunami, 8 meters high, wipes out the old city of Geneva |
| 400 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 74BC Apr. 7 | A large meteor in the process of breaking up is is sighted in China |
| 2080 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 590AD | A lunar eclipse is observed in Burgundy |
| 4528 | Other | Other | 60AD | A massive, heavy gate opens all by itself |
| 697 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 52BC | A meteor from south to east |
| 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 |
| 134 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 1034BC (Spr.) | A new star appears near the North Star, comet or nova; observed in China |
| 4937 | Society | Mass sickness | 400AD | A pestilence strikes as has never occurred before within the memory of man |
| 2939 | Society | Mass Death | 29BC | A pestilential disease carries off the greatest part of the multitude |
| 504 | Society | Mass Death | 270AD Aug. | A plague causes widespread death |
| 2782 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 120BC Jun. 1 | A quaking from the sky during comet passage reported by Babylonians |
| 1321 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 223BC | A river in Picenum the color of blood |
| 612 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 814AD | A severe storm occurs at Aix-la-Chapelle palace and basilica |
| 2081 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 592AD Mar. 19 | A solar eclipse is observed from dawn to midday |
| 2086 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 603AD Aug. 12 | A solar eclipse is observed when Bertoald was mayor of the palace to Theuderic |
| 1220 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 563AD Oct. 3 | A solar eclipse with the sun discolored as sackcloth |
| 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 |
| 5337 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 163BC | A tempestuous storm destroyed buildings and created carnage on the land |
| 1280 | Celestial | Comet | 49BC | A terrifying star during the war between Pompey and Caesar |
| 505 | Environment | Plasma Event | 375AD Nov. 19 | A thunderbolt strikes Sirmium |
| 2750 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 166BC Aug. | A torch crossed the sky; fireball observed from Babylon to Rome |
| 4518 | Geology | Earthquake | 331AD | A very severe earthquake in Salamis/Cyprus kills a considerabe number |
| 670 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 56BC | A wolf entered Rome |
| 5151 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Abrupt Climate Change Syria and Palestine |
| 5474 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 147BC | Acidity spike in Greenland ice core; persistent red sky phenonomenon reported |
| 5163 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Anatolia and Cyprus |
| 5171 | Environment | Drought | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Egypt, desertification |
| 5170 | Society | Mass Death | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes in Egypt, dynasty collapse, severe famine, cannibalism |
| 5153 | Archeology | Climate Evidence | 2300BC | Adverse Climate Changes Mesopotamia/Iran |
| 5583 | Society | People | 230BC | Aemilia Tertia AKA Aemilia Paulla; grandmother of the Gracchi, great grandmother of Fulvia |
| 5432 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3500BC | Afanasevo culture, south Siberia, Altai mountains, mixed Europoid, wheel, metals, Tarim mummies |
| 5623 | Society | Politics | 494BC | Agitation of impoverished plebs; Titus Lartius unsuccessfully advocated measures to relieve the plebs from the burdens of debt |
| 5387 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 2350BC | Akkadian Empire created by Sargon controlled Mesopotamia, the Levant, and parts of Iran |
| 5302 | Society | People | 356BC Jul. 20 | Alexander III of Macedon, the Great |
| 2929 | Society | People | 333BC Mar. | Alexander solves the Gordian Knot |
| 5217 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 332BC | Alexander's Siege of Tyre |
| 4521 | Geology | Earthquake | 67AD (Win.) | Amazing concussions and bellowings of the earth |
| 2076 | Society | Mass sickness | 585AD | An army is defeated by sickness |
| 1881 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 5BC | An earthquake destroys old Nisa and the settlements east of Bagir |
| 2233 | Geology | Earthquake | 19AD | An earthquake killed more than 100,000 people |
| 4517 | Society | Famine | 331AD | An extremely severe famine in the east causes lootings |
| 2149 | Society | Mass Death | 333AD | An innumerable multitude perish from pestilence and famine in Syria and Cilicia |
| 118 | Society | People | 532AD Jan. | An insurrection breaks out unexpectedly in Byzantinum. Procopius describes a "disease of the soul" amongst people of "factions". |
| 5229 | Society | People | 610BC | Anaximander |
| 5230 | Society | People | 585BC | Anaximenes of Miletus |
| 5442 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 3200BC | Ancient Irish ancestors came from Middle East, Pontic steppe |
| 5434 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2000BC | Andronovo culture in W. Siberia, W. Asiatic steppes; early Indo-Aryans/Iranians; Cimmerians and Saka/Scythians; Thracians |
| 2357 | Society | Prodigy | 137BC Aug. | Animal prodigies observed in Rome |
| 490 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 733AD Aug. 14 | Annular solar eclipse |
| 614 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 360AD Aug. 28 | Annular Solar Eclipse of 360 |
| 5589 | Society | People | 125BC | Antiochus of Ascalon; Middle Platonism |
| 5307 | Society | People | 310BC | Apollonius of Rhodes, author of the Argonautica, librarian at Alexandria, Homeric scholar |
| 5503 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 89BC | Appearance of new lakes, disappearance of rivers and springs in Asia Minor |
| 5304 | Society | People | 316BC | Arcesilaus, founder of the Middle Academy and Academic skepticism; opposed Stoics |
| 5349 | Archeology | Epigraphic Evidence | 715BC | Archaeologists Find Biblical-Era Seal Of King Hezekiah In Jerusalem; winged sun and ankhs |
| 5310 | Society | People | 680BC | Archilochus: earliest known Greek author to compose almost entirely on the theme of his own emotions and experiences |
| 5309 | Society | People | 289BC | Archimedes: mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer |
| 5362 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1185BC | Areas in Mesopotamia that marginally survived Late Bronze Age collapse |
| 2079 | Society | People | 588AD | Arian Goths are forced to be baptized and Arian books are burnt |
| 5303 | Society | People | 300BC | Aristo of Chios, stoic and companion of Zeno of Citium |
| 5687 | Society | Assassination | 44BC Mar. 13 | Assassination of Julius Caesar, the archetypal model of the passion of Jesus Christ |
| 5521 | Society | Assassination | 52BC | Assassination of Popularist Publius Clodius Pulcher by Milo; mob violence overtakes Rome; Pompey takes charge |
| 5311 | Society | Assassination | 578BC | Assassination of Tarquinius by the sons of Ancus Marcius |
| 5347 | Society | War | 701BC | Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem; a calamity has come down from the Lord |
| 4165 | Society | Laws and legal system | 52AD | Astrologers are expelled from Italy |
| 5327 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 168BC | At Anagnia it rained earth |
| 5328 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 168BC | At Calatia in public land for three days and two nights blood flowed |
| 5333 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 163BC | At Formiae two suns were seen during the day. |
| 5335 | Environment | Fall of Unusual Objects | 163BC | At Gabiae it rained milk |
| 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 |
| 2669 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 415BC (Aut.) | Athens launches attack on Syracuse during terrible storm |
| 2843 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 285BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
| 2728 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 238BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
| 2731 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 227BC May | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
| 5683 | Society | Politics | 57BC | Aulus Gabinius, (consul 58 BC) proconsul of Syria (57 BC); supporter of both Pompey and Caesar |
| 5527 | Society | People | 120BC | Aurelia Cotta, mother of Julius Caesar; ideal Roman matron |
| 4914 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 919AD (Win.) | Aurora over Kievan Rus' and Byzantium |
| 5089 | Society | Politics | 727BC | Babylon rebels against Assyria |
| 5438 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3000BC | Bactria–Margiana Archaeological Complex civilisation of Central Asia; monumental structures; evidence of wheeled transport |
| 5501 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 91BC | Ball of fire rolled down to earth, carried from the land to the East, covered the sun |
| 4717 | Society | War | 31BC Sep. 2 | Battle of Actium |
| 53 | Society | War | 405BC | Battle of Aegospotami, obliteration of Athenian navy, end of Peloponnesian War |
| 5493 | Society | Massacre | 102BC | Battle of Aquae Sextiae |
| 5265 | Society | Massacre | 293BC | Battle of Aquilonia; Romans vs. Samnites |
| 5611 | Society | Massacre | 105BC Oct. 6 | Battle of Arausio: catastrophic loss of entire Roman army caused by Quintus Servilius Caepio |
| 1384 | Society | Mass Death | 331BC Oct. 1 | Battle of Arbela or Gaugamela, death of Darius, end of Persian Empire |
| 2642 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 480BC Aug. 13 | Battle of Artemisium: 1/3 of Persian fleet destroyed by 3 day storm |
| 5267 | Society | Massacre | 305BC | Battle of Bovianum, end of second Samnite War, Rome acquires more territory |
| 7 | Society | Massacre | 216BC Aug. 2 | Battle of Cannae, Roman army massacred by Hannibal |
| 5510 | Society | War | 86BC | Battle of Chaeronea; Sulla over Archelaus |
| 5691 | Society | War | 52BC (Spr.) | Battle of Gergovia: Julius Caesar vs Vercingetorix; the Gauls won |
| 5358 | Society | War | 1274BC | Battle of Kadesh and subsequent peace treaty |
| 5274 | Society | War | 499BC | Battle of Lake Regillus; thirty cities revolt against Rome |
| 1393 | Society | Massacre | 217BC Jun. 24 | Battle of Lake Trasimene; Hannibal massacres Roman army |
| 5268 | Society | Massacre | 310BC | Battle of Lake Vadimo; Romans vs. Etruscans; Rome acquires more territory |
| 5573 | Society | War | 190BC | Battle of Magnesia: Rome vs Antiochus III |
| 5195 | Society | Massacre | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon |
| 2638 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon Divine Intervention |
| 5580 | Society | War | 207BC | Battle of Metaurus: Gaius Claudius Nero (consul 207 BC) & Marcus Livius Salinator defeated (and killed) Hasdrubal |
| 5518 | Society | War | 83BC | Battle of Mount Tifata; First Roman Civil War |
| 5607 | Society | War | 45BC Mar. 17 | Battle of Munda; Caesar fights for his life among the ranks |
| 5511 | Society | War | 85BC | Battle of Orchomenus; Sulla over Archelaus; Sulla's settlement |
| 1472 | Society | War | 48BC Aug. 9 | Battle of Pharsalus; Julius Caesar defeats Pompeius Magnus |
| 48 | Society | War | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea |
| 2647 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea: apparition of Athena |
| 5325 | Society | Massacre | 168BC Jun. 22 | Battle of Pydna: Lucius Aemilius Paullus and Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum against Perseus of Macedon |
| 5574 | Society | War | 217BC Jun. 22 | Battle of Raphia: Ptolemy IV Philopator of Egypt vs Antiochus III; one of the largest battles of the ancient world |
| 5606 | Society | War | 48BC | Battle of Ruspina: Caesar vs. Titus Labienus, the traitor |
| 45 | Society | War | 480BC Sep. | Battle of Salamis between Persians and Greeks; Xerxes, Themistocles, |
| 5286 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 377BC | Battle of Satricum interrupted by severe rainstorm |
| 5588 | Society | War | 46BC Feb. 7 | Battle of Thapsus: Caesar vs Optimates/Metellus Scipio |
| 5269 | Society | War | 321BC | Battle of the Caudine Forks, humiliation of the Romans by Samnites |
| 5520 | Society | Massacre | 82BC Nov. | Battle of the Colline Gate; Samnites and Populares slaughtered by Sulla |
| 5645 | Society | War | 477BC | Battle of the Cremera; 306 men of the Fabii gens sacrificed by the Veientes. |
| 2699 | Environment | Hail | 341BC | Battle of the Crimisus |
| 2900 | Society | War | 580BC | Battle of the Sagra: Apparition of the Dioscuri |
| 5251 | Society | Massacre | 218BC Dec. 21 | Battle of the Trebia, Roman army massacred by Hannibal |
| 5560 | Society | War | 191BC | Battle of Thermopylae: Rome vs. Antiochus III |
| 5492 | Society | Massacre | 101BC | Battle of Vercellae |
| 13 | Society | Massacre | 202BC Oct. 19 | Battle of Zama, Scipio Africanus vs Hannibal |
| 5696 | Society | War | 480BC | Battle with Veii; consul killed |
| 1475 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 48BC Aug. 9 | Bees swarming military standards in the camp of Pompey; sacrificial victims ran away |
| 2276 | Celestial | Wrath of God | 636AD Aug. 15 | Before the Battle of Yarmouk, 52.000 in the army of Heraclius die "by the sword of God" |
| 5352 | Society | Science | 747BC | Beginning of Babylonian Astronomical Diaries recording 21 years of instability of the orbit of Venus |
| 5351 | Society | Science | 747BC | Beginning of Babylonian Chronicles; first step in development of ancient historiography |
| 5664 | Society | People | 63BC Sep. 23 | Birth of Gaius Octavius, future 1st emperor of Rome; Imperātor Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus |
| 1420 | Society | Human Prodigies | 359AD | Birth of two-headed infant |
| 1294 | Celestial | Sun activity | 349BC | Bloody chasm in the sky, fire falling, aurora? |
| 2778 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 123BC | Bright meteor flashed from west to east |
| 2803 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 83BC Sep. | Bright meteor observed in Babylon |
| 2836 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 309BC | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
| 2759 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 141BC Mar. | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
| 2840 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 292BC May | Bright meteor with a tail, lighted up the ground, "let loose its flame", observed by Babylonians |
| 2842 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 285BC | Bright meteor, and "fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
| 2748 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 169BC Jul. 20 | Bright meteor/fireball observed in Babylon |
| 517 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 217BC | Bright meteors shot against Italy from the direction of Africa |
| 27 | Celestial | Comet | 214BC Aug. | Bright Star, Broom star in the West |
| 20 | Celestial | Comet | 611BC Aug. | Broom Star Great Bear, Big Dipper - possible Halley's sighting? |
| 46 | Celestial | Comet | 469BC | Broom Star observed in China |
| 31 | Celestial | Comet | 154BC Jan. | Broom Star observed in China |
| 21 | Celestial | Comet | 154BC Sep. | Broom Star observed in China |
| 32 | Celestial | Comet | 146BC May 13 | Broom Star observed in China |
| 25 | Celestial | Comet | 238BC May | Broom Star stretched across the heavens, China |
| 26 | Celestial | Comet | 234BC Jan. | Broom Star, and a great fall of fire, observed in China and Babylon |
| 19 | Celestial | Comet | 632BC | Broom Star, Auriga |
| 34 | Celestial | Comet | 146BC Oct. | Broom star, Bushy star observed in China |
| 40 | Celestial | Comet | 516BC | Broom Star, China |
| 41 | Celestial | Comet | 500BC | Broom Star, China |
| 51 | Celestial | Comet | 433BC | Broom Star, China |
| 58 | Celestial | Comet | 361BC | Broom Star, China |
| 61 | Celestial | Comet | 305BC | Broom Star, China |
| 170 | Celestial | Comet | 296BC | Broom Star, China |
| 4 | Celestial | Comet | 303BC | Broom Star, China, also recorded on the Parian marble of Greece |
| 9 | Celestial | Comet | 240BC May | Broom star; Comet Halley |
| 5397 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1250BC | Bryges or Briges related to Phrygians, migrated to Balkans from Lausitz culture of Poland |
| 5413 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6300BC | Bug-Dniester culture, Moldavia and Ukraine |
| 2278 | Society | Mass Death | 630AD | Bulgars are chased out of Pannonia and killed by Bavarians |
| 64 | Celestial | Comet | 135BC Jul. 3 | Bushy Star |
| 135 | Celestial | Comet | 974BC Mar. | Bushy Star Comet in the north polar region; observed in China |
| 106 | Celestial | Comet | 102BC | Bushy Star in Bootes observed in China |
| 104 | Celestial | Comet | 108BC | Bushy Star in Canis Minor, Gemini observed in China |
| 101 | Celestial | Comet | 110BC | Bushy Star in Gemini, Ursa Major, observed in China and Babylon |
| 42 | Celestial | Comet | 482BC Oct. | Bushy Star observed in China |
| 39 | Celestial | Comet | 525BC (Win.) | Bushy Star, Antares, China |
| 212 | Celestial | Comet | 61BC Jul. 24 | Bushy Star, sparkling star, eastern quarter; observed in China |
| 205 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jan. 27 | Bushy Star, Sparkling Star, western quarter near Venus; possible nova observed by Chinese |
| 5711 | Society | Politics | 45BC | Caecilia Metella wife of Publius Cornelius Lentulus Spinther; affair with Publius Cornelius Dolabella; divorce scandal |
| 5305 | Society | People | 310BC | Callimachus, catalogued the library at Alexandria |
| 5567 | Society | Politics | 59BC | Calpurnia Piso, marries Julius Caesar |
| 5411 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 1280BC | Canegrate Culture, Northern Italy; first migratory wave of the proto-Celts |
| 5264 | Society | Massacre | 291BC | Capture and colonization of Venusia by Romans |
| 2899 | Society | Mass Death | 396BC (Sum.) | Carthaginian plague during war against Sicily |
| 5431 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2800BC | Catacomb culture, Ukraine, corded ware pottery, polished battle axe, cranial deformation |
| 5422 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 7500BC | Çatalhöyük, southern Anatolia, proto-city, trade network |
| 5659 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 3 | Catilinarian 'conspirators' arrested; Cicero cannot conceal his glee |
| 5536 | Society | People | 234BC | Cato the Elder |
| 501 | Society | Mass Death | 986AD | Cattle and human pestilence |
| 2785 | Environment | Animal Mass Death | 112BC | Cattle pestilence in Babylon |
| 5714 | Society | Politics | 458BC | Census at Rome |
| 5256 | Geology | Earthquake | 198BC | Chalcis-on-Belus in northern Syria swallowed by earthquake |
| 2365 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 642AD | Chalon is burnt to the ground |
| 5698 | Society | Laws and legal system | 471BC | Change in law of tribune elections to eliminate aristocratic manipulation |
| 5259 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 198BC | Chasm opened in Lelantine Plain, Euboea, erupting a river of fiery lava |
| 5460 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6000BC | Choga Mami, Samarran culture site, S. Iraq; first evidence of canal irrigation |
| 5733 | Society | Politics | 50BC (Spr.) | Cicero deals with Brutus' financial scandal: extorting Cypriot communities |
| 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. |
| 5652 | Society | Politics | 63BC Feb. | Cicero rejects Caesar's Land Reform/support for Veterans bill |
| 5660 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 5 | Cicero's Bona Dea miracle/conspiracy Fourth Catilinarian Oration; Caesar and Cato speak; executions |
| 5293 | Society | People | 519BC | Cincinnatus, patrician opponent of justice and equality under the law |
| 429 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 806AD Aug. 30 | Circle around the Sun |
| 36 | Celestial | Comet | 137BC Apr. 9 | Circumpolar Sparkling Star in Hydra observed by Chinese |
| 4524 | Geology | Earthquake | 60AD | Cities are destroyed by an earthquake during visit of a comet |
| 5361 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Cities of Anatolia destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapes; many never re-occupied |
| 5360 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Cities of Cyprus destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapse |
| 5359 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1189BC | Cities of the Levant destroyed by fire during Late Bronze Age collapse |
| 5628 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Civil discord at Rome due to debt slavery and extreme poverty; plebs refuse military service |
| 5505 | Society | Politics | 82BC | Civil war: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, dictator of Rome |
| 1317 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 101BC | Clanging armor, trumpet sounds from sky, Battle of Vercellae |
| 1318 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 104BC | Clanging armour and the sounding of a trumpet were heard from the sky |
| 5586 | Society | People | 45BC | Claudia Pulchra Major, first wife of Brutus, divorced by him to marry Porcia Catonis |
| 5597 | Society | Politics | 59BC | Clodia Metelli Quadrantaria; sister of Publius Clodius Pulcher, enemy of Cicero; suspected of poisoning her husband, Metellus Celer |
| 5646 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1150BC | Collapse of the Terramare culture in northern Italy; settlements abandoned for several centuries |
| 5614 | Society | Laws and legal system | 394AD | College of the Vestals was disbanded and the sacred fire extinguished |
| 2906 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 478BC | Colonists abandon island of Pithecussae due to volcanic eruptions |
| 5701 | Archeology | War/Battle Evidence | 1250BC | Colossal Bronze Age battle in Germany on Tollense River near Baltic Sea; unprecedented warfare; warriors from all over Europe |
| 63 | Celestial | Comet | 136BC Sep. 22 | Comet 'spread out to unlimited size'; beginning of the reign of Attalus III |
| 2880 | Celestial | Comet | 94BC | Comet and eclipse of Posidonius |
| 1759 | Celestial | Comet | 684AD Sep. 6 | Comet blamed for months of heavy rain, lightning, and deaths of many people and animals |
| 97 | Celestial | Comet | 120BC Feb. | Comet burned brightly, filled a quarter of the heavens, sky seemed to be on fire |
| 60 | Celestial | Comet | 340BC | Comet coincided with storm at Corinth |
| 713 | Celestial | Comet | 104BC Jul. 19 | Comet during eclipse, Posidonius |
| 52 | Celestial | Comet | 425BC (Win.) | Comet during the plague of Athens |
| 15 | Celestial | Comet | 163BC Sep. | Comet Halley observed from Babylon and possibly Rome |
| 107 | Celestial | Comet | 87BC Aug. 10 | Comet Halley observed in Babylon and China |
| 28 | Celestial | Comet | 210BC Jun. | Comet in the process of breaking up: "surrounded by stars" |
| 17 | Celestial | Comet | 162BC Feb. 6 | Comet like a celestial magnolia tree observed in China; possibly Halley's |
| 1253 | Celestial | Comet | 674BC Oct. | Comet observed by Babylonians |
| 634 | Celestial | Comet | 336AD Feb. 16 | Comet of unusual size seen across the world |
| 5496 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 94BC | Comet or fireball observed in Rome; whole sky 'ablaze' |
| 38 | Celestial | Comet | 532BC (Spr.) | Comet or nova in Aquarius, China |
| 2544 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 147BC Aug. | Comet shone brightly as fiery, reddish circle; persistently red sky; observed from Babylon to Rome |
| 16 | Celestial | Comet | 162BC Sep. 5 | Comet, and meteor observed in Babylon |
| 133 | Celestial | Comet | 1059BC | Comet, broom star with tail observed in China |
| 24 | Celestial | Comet | 148BC Apr. 29 | Comet, Bushy star; observed in China |
| 1441 | Celestial | Comet | 63BC | Comet: A fiery javelin stretched to the sky from the west; firebrands seen in the west in the night time |
| 615 | Celestial | Comet | 363AD Aug. | Comets are seen during the day, other bad omens |
| 5647 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC | Complete destruction of the city of Carthage by Scipio Aemilianus; Rome flooded with slaves |
| 5380 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10800BC | Comprehensive Analysis of Impact Spherules Supports Theory of Cosmic Impact 12,800 Years Ago |
| 5537 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Conflict of the Orders develops; political struggle between the Plebeians (commoners) and Patricians (aristocrats) |
| 5400 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2900BC | Corded Ware culture, Battle Axe Culture, Single Grave Culture; major north and central European culture from the Rhine to the Volga; related to Yamna |
| 5487 | Environment | Plant Prodigies | 135BC | Corn grows on trees |
| 5226 | Society | Laws and legal system | 272BC | Creation of the Hebrew Bible Primary History |
| 5394 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2600BC | Cretan hieroglyphs, artefacts of Minoans |
| 5409 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6000BC | Cucuteni-Trypillian culture centered on modern-day Moldova with small villages to "vast settlements" |
| 2274 | Society | People | 628AD | Dagobert I is praised for his prosperous rule of Austrasia |
| 5160 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 1650BC | Dating the Eruption of Thera |
| 410 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 188BC | Daytime darkness sets in at Rome |
| 5539 | Society | Mass sickness | 365BC | Deadly pestilence strikes Rome killing many important people including Camillus |
| 5665 | Society | Politics | 14AD Aug. 19 | Death of Augustus |
| 5556 | Society | Politics | 46BC Apr. | Death of Cato the Younger, sworn enemy of Caesar |
| 5666 | Society | Politics | 30BC Aug. 12 | Death of Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of Egypt, mistress/wife of Marcus Antonius |
| 5667 | Society | Politics | 49BC | Death of Curio, supporter of Caesar, husband of Fulvia |
| 5569 | Society | Politics | 42BC Oct. 3 | Death of Gaius Cassius Longinus: leader of the assassination plot against Julius Caesar |
| 5596 | Society | Politics | 45BC Apr. 12 | Death of Gnaeus Pompeius the younger; executed by Lucius Caesennius Lento for treason |
| 5663 | Society | Politics | 13BC | Death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, supporter of Caesar, triumvir with Antony and Octavian |