Events
Displaying events 601 - 900 of 1136 in total
| ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5536 | Society | People | 234BC | Cato the Elder |
| 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 |
| 25 | Celestial | Comet | 238BC May | Broom Star stretched across the heavens, China |
| 2728 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 238BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
| 5318 | Society | People | 238BC | Philip V of Macedon |
| 9 | Celestial | Comet | 240BC May | Broom star; Comet Halley |
| 2726 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 241BC Nov. 28 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
| 2725 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 242BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
| 2509 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 243BC | Severe cold in Babylon |
| 399 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 245BC Feb. 14 | Innumerable large and small meteors traveled westward, China |
| 5578 | Society | People | 247BC | Hannibal: one of the greatest military commanders in history |
| 2723 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 248BC Jan. | Fall of fire outside of Babylonian territory observed from Babylon |
| 5299 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 248BC Jan. | Severe cold in Babylon |
| 2720 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 249BC May 4 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
| 5221 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 250BC | Giant ancient water basin found in Rome |
| 2719 | Geology | Earthquake | 252BC Feb. 19 | Earthquake followed by hailstorm in Babylon |
| 1320 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent Storm in the Mediterranean |
| 5298 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent hail storm in Babylon |
| 2718 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 254BC Jan. 31 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
| 507 | Society | Mass Death | 255BC Jul. 4 | Severe storm, destruction of Roman Fleet with massive mortality |
| 2717 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 256BC Sep. 16 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
| 5308 | Society | People | 262BC | Ptolemy IV Philopator, builder of largest human-powered vessel ever built, major antagonist of 3 Maccabees |
| 5 | Society | War | 264BC | First Punic War |
| 2848 | Society | Mass sickness | 266BC | Epidemic with many deaths in Babylon |
| 5581 | Society | People | 268BC | Marcus Claudius Marcellus, five times consul; Gallic War, Punic War, killed Viridomarus in single combat; responsible for death of Archimedes |
| 5225 | Society | People | 270BC | Quintus Fabius Pictor, earliest Roman historian |
| 5226 | Society | Laws and legal system | 272BC | Creation of the Hebrew Bible Primary History |
| 2846 | Society | Famine | 273BC | Famine in Babylon, people sold their children (for food?) |
| 5300 | Society | People | 276BC | Eratosthenes of Cyrene |
| 2901 | Society | Massacre | 277BC | Gallic army destroyed by furies and ghosts; Battle of Lysimachia |
| 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 |
| 2893 | Geology | Earthquake | 279BC (Win.) | Earthquake during Gallic invasion of Greece; thunderbolts and rocks fall from Parnassus |
| 5245 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 279BC | Tempest, hail, severe cold, snow, during Gallic invasion of Greece |
| 5246 | Society | Massacre | 279BC | Gallic invasion of Greece, Battle of Thermopylae |
| 2915 | Society | War | 280BC May | Pyrrhic War |
| 5582 | Society | People | 280BC | Fabius Maximus Cunctator: father of guerrilla warfare; five times consul, two times dictator |
| 2842 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 285BC | Bright meteor, and "fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
| 2843 | Environment | Insect Infestation | 285BC | Attack of locusts in Babylon |
| 2898 | Geology | Earthquake | 287BC | Lysimachia destroyed by earthquake killing many residents |
| 5535 | Society | Laws and legal system | 287BC | Lex Hortensia final result of the long class struggle between patricians and plebeians |
| 5309 | Society | People | 289BC | Archimedes: mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer |
| 5264 | Society | Massacre | 291BC | Capture and colonization of Venusia by Romans |
| 2840 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 292BC May | Bright meteor with a tail, lighted up the ground, "let loose its flame", observed by Babylonians |
| 5265 | Society | Massacre | 293BC | Battle of Aquilonia; Romans vs. Samnites |
| 2839 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 294BC | Very bright meteor with tail, fall of fire observed by Babylonians |
| 170 | Celestial | Comet | 296BC | Broom Star, China |
| 5263 | Society | War | 298BC | Third Samnite War, peoples of Italy unite against Rome |
| 5266 | Society | Massacre | 298BC | Etruscans and Gauls invade Rome, Battle of Volterra |
| 5550 | Society | Laws and legal system | 299BC | Valerian law allowed a Roman citizen, condemned by a magistrate to death or scourging, the right of appeal to the people |
| 2838 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 300BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
| 5303 | Society | People | 300BC | Aristo of Chios, stoic and companion of Zeno of Citium |
| 4 | Celestial | Comet | 303BC | Broom Star, China, also recorded on the Parian marble of Greece |
| 2716 | Geology | Earthquake | 303BC | Earthquakes in Ionia recorded on Parian marble, Greece |
| 61 | Celestial | Comet | 305BC | Broom Star, China |
| 5267 | Society | Massacre | 305BC | Battle of Bovianum, end of second Samnite War, Rome acquires more territory |
| 2837 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 307BC | "Fall of fire" observed by Babylonians |
| 2836 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 309BC | Bright meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
| 5268 | Society | Massacre | 310BC | Battle of Lake Vadimo; Romans vs. Etruscans; Rome acquires more territory |
| 5305 | Society | People | 310BC | Callimachus, catalogued the library at Alexandria |
| 5307 | Society | People | 310BC | Apollonius of Rhodes, author of the Argonautica, librarian at Alexandria, Homeric scholar |
| 2709 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 316BC | Great rainstorm and hail floods Rhodes, city walls collapse, 500 killed |
| 5304 | Society | People | 316BC | Arcesilaus, founder of the Middle Academy and Academic skepticism; opposed Stoics |
| 5269 | Society | War | 321BC | Battle of the Caudine Forks, humiliation of the Romans by Samnites |
| 2833 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 323BC Nov. | Fireballs recorded by Babylonians, one like a "torch" |
| 2708 | Geology | Tsunami | 325BC Nov. | Tsunami destroys much of Alexander's fleet in India |
| 5218 | Geology | Earthquake | 325BC Nov. | Earthquake associated with tsunami that destroyed much of Alexander's fleet in India |
| 5262 | Society | War | 326BC | Second Samnite War, Roman expansion |
| 2855 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 327BC Jan. 14 | Meteor with a tail observed by Babylonians |
| 1384 | Society | Mass Death | 331BC Oct. 1 | Battle of Arbela or Gaugamela, death of Darius, end of Persian Empire |
| 2700 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 331BC Oct. 1 | Fireballs, portents decide fate of Persian Empire at Battle of Gaugamela |
| 2912 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 331BC Sep. 20 | Lunar eclipse eleven days before battle of Gaugamela |
| 2707 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 332BC (Spr.) | During siege of Tyre sea monster tossed up by large wave |
| 5216 | Society | Prodigy | 332BC | "Bloody bread", vision of Apollo leaving city during siege of Tyre |
| 5217 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 332BC | Alexander's Siege of Tyre |
| 2929 | Society | People | 333BC Mar. | Alexander solves the Gordian Knot |
| 2830 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 333BC | Fireball illuminated ground recorded by Babylonians |
| 5252 | Society | People | 334BC | Zeno of Citium, founder of Stoicism |
| 5631 | Society | Expiation | 337BC | Minucia, a Vestal, tried for unchastity; convicted and buried alive near the Colline Gate |
| 2321 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 338BC | Lightning, divine fire disrupts siege of Cydonia |
| 3 | Society | War | 340BC | Latin War, Battle of Vesuvius, duel of Titus Manlius, Devotio of Decius Mus |
| 60 | Celestial | Comet | 340BC | Comet coincided with storm at Corinth |
| 2699 | Environment | Hail | 341BC | Battle of the Crimisus |
| 5232 | Society | People | 341BC | Epicurus |
| 5261 | Society | War | 343BC | First Samnite War |
| 2829 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 344BC Feb. | Meteor shower, fireballs and meteors |
| 59 | Celestial | Comet | 345BC | Timoleon's Torch; a 'Mane-shaped' comet changed into a spear |
| 5215 | Society | People | 345BC | Timaeus of Tauromenium |
| 5297 | Society | War | 345BC | Romans capture Volscian town, Sora |
| 5296 | Society | War | 346BC | Second Defeat of Antium and destruction of Satricum |
| 1294 | Celestial | Sun activity | 349BC | Bloody chasm in the sky, fire falling, aurora? |
| 2408 | Geology | Earthquake | 350BC | Earthquake at Prieni, Asia Minor; city totally destroyed |
| 2905 | Geology | Earthquake | 350BC | First recorded Persian earthquake; numerous cities, 2000 villages destroyed |
| 2907 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 350BC | Volcanic eruption, earthquakes and tsunami on the island of Pithecussae |
| 5224 | Society | People | 350BC | Diocles of Peparethus, author of earliest known Roman history |
| 2696 | Geology | Earthquake | 354BC | Phocian generals attempt to loot the temple at Delphi, earthquake occurs, terrifying everyone |
| 5292 | Society | Politics | 354BC | End of the early Latin Wars; Rome prevails |
| 5302 | Society | People | 356BC Jul. 20 | Alexander III of Macedon, the Great |
| 5290 | Society | War | 357BC | Privernum and Velitrae raid Roman territory; Gaius Marcius Rutilus defends successfully |
| 5291 | Society | War | 358BC | Renewal of treaty between Rome and the Latins; invasion by Gauls; C. Sulpicius Peticus appointed dictator, defeats Gauls |
| 5644 | Society | War | 359BC | War with Tarquinii, Falerii and Caere; 307 Romans sacrificed by the Tarquinienses |
| 2701 | Geology | Earthquake | 360BC | Earthquakes Heraclea Pontica and Orphyneum |
| 5210 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 360BC | Volcanic eruption on the Island of Vulcano |
| 5289 | Society | War | 360BC | Rome defeats coalition of Tiburtes and Gauls; Q. Servilius Ahala allegedly appointed dictator |
| 58 | Celestial | Comet | 361BC | Broom Star, China |
| 5260 | Society | People | 361BC | Titus Manlius Torquatus single combat with gigantic Gaul - David and Goliath type story |
| 5539 | Society | Mass sickness | 365BC | Deadly pestilence strikes Rome killing many important people including Camillus |
| 2825 | Environment | Tornados and Watersprouts | 367BC | Tornadoes in Babylon |
| 2826 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 367BC | Very bright fireball observed in Babylon |
| 5534 | Society | Laws and legal system | 367BC | Lex Licinia Sextia passed to modify Roman patrician monopoly on power; abolish all forms of discrimination against the plebeians |
| 2689 | Environment | Plasma Event | 368BC | Lightening and thunder from a clear sky at beginning of battle between Spartans, Arcadians and Argives |
| 2688 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 369BC Apr. 11 | Solar eclipse in 35th year of Artaxerxes II, observed 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 |
| 54 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 373BC (Win.) | Great Comet like a flaming torch before great earthquake and tsunami that swallowed entire cities in Greece |
| 1217 | Geology | Earthquake | 373BC (Win.) | Earthquake at Delos just before great earthquake and tsunami |
| 2680 | Geology | Tsunami | 373BC (Win.) | Sea rose to a vast height, a wave towering even higher drowned all the inhabitants and washed away the city of Helicê |
| 5208 | Geology | Earthquake | 373BC (Win.) | Great earthquake; Bura disappeared in a chasm of the earth, and Helice was wiped out by a wave from the sea. |
| 5209 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 373BC (Win.) | For five days before great earthquake and tsunami, creatures flee region |
| 2820 | Society | Famine | 374BC | Famine so severe people "sold" (ate?) their children in Babylon |
| 5288 | Society | Politics | 375BC | Period of anarchy in Rome |
| 5285 | Society | War | 377BC | Defeat of Antium and destruction of Satricum |
| 5286 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 377BC | Battle of Satricum interrupted by severe rainstorm |
| 5287 | Society | Prodigy | 377BC | Voice heard from temple of Mater Matuta during burning of Satricum |
| 5284 | Society | War | 378BC | Invasion of Volscii; revolt of plebs against patricians in Rome; Romans plunder Volscii territory |
| 2685 | Society | Mass Death | 379BC | Violent plague killed many Carthiginians |
| 5207 | Society | Mass sickness | 379BC | "Supernatural disaster", turmoils and fears causing panic and discord in Carthage |
| 5283 | Society | War | 380BC | Dictatorship of T. Quinctius Cincinnatus; capture of Praeneste and nine towns |
| 5281 | Society | Massacre | 381BC | M. Furius Camillus' victory at Satricum |
| 5282 | Society | War | 381BC | Roman annexation of Tusculum |
| 5279 | Society | War | 382BC | War between Rome and Praeneste |
| 2816 | Society | Mass Death | 383BC Mar. | Pestilence in Babylon |
| 5280 | Society | Mass sickness | 383BC | Pestilence in Rome |
| 2814 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 384BC | Multiple tornados in Babylon |
| 2815 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 384BC | A "fall of fire" recorded in Babylon |
| 5278 | Society | Assassination | 384BC | Marcus Manlius Capitolinus martyred - thrown off the Tarpeian Rock - for trying to help the poor |
| 5277 | Society | War | 386BC | Defection of the Latins from Rome, Volscians help the Antiates invade the Pomptine territory |
| 2679 | Geology | Earthquake | 388BC | Earthquake at Argos deters invasion |
| 5206 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 388BC | Thunderbolt falls killing several men |
| 5643 | Society | War | 389BC | Etruscans, the Volsci and the Aequi unite against Rome: Marcus Furius Camillus dictator |
| 5247 | Society | War | 390BC | Gallic invasion of Rome, Battle of the Allia |
| 2678 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 394BC Aug. 14 | Solar eclipse, Spartan defeat at the Battle of Cnidus |
| 1295 | Celestial | Other | 394BC | "Meteoric lights, beams" at Battle of Cnidus |
| 2677 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 396BC | Eruption of Mount Etna during war between Carthaginians and Syracuse |
| 2899 | Society | Mass Death | 396BC (Sum.) | Carthaginian plague during war against Sicily |
| 5205 | Society | War | 397BC | Siege of Syracuse by Carthaginians |
| 5730 | Society | Politics | 398BC | Tribunes elected are all patrician after augurs say pestilence due to plebeians in high office |
| 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 |
| 5727 | Society | Expiation | 399BC | First lectisternum held in Rome - banquest to appease the gods |
| 2675 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 400BC Jun. 21 | Solar eclipse recorded by Ennius, reported by Cicero |
| 2674 | Geology | Earthquake | 400BC | Earthquake - divine displeasure - halts invasion of Elis |
| 5728 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 400BC (Win.) | Extreme cold at Rome, roads blocked, Tiber frozen |
| 5729 | Society | Mass sickness | 400BC (Sum.) | Pestilential summer at Rome; deadly to man and beast; Sibylline Books consulted |
| 2673 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 404BC (Win.) | Heavy snowstorm associated with the Battle of Phyle |
| 53 | Society | War | 405BC | Battle of Aegospotami, obliteration of Athenian navy, end of Peloponnesian War |
| 5726 | Society | Politics | 408BC | First plebeian quaestors elected at Rome |
| 5725 | Society | Mass sickness | 410BC | Pestilence and famine, social unrest over land reform |
| 5724 | Society | Politics | 412BC | Military Tribune murdered by his troops over his resistance to land reform |
| 2670 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 413BC Sep. 13 | Escaping Athenians caught in torrential rain and massacred; End of the Sicilian Expedition |
| 1271 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 413BC Aug. 27 | Lunar eclipse caused Nicias to delay abandoning the siege of Syracuse leading to destruction of Athenian forces |
| 2665 | Geology | Earthquake | 413BC (Win.) | Earthquake in Sparta |
| 2664 | Geology | Earthquake | 414BC (Spr.) | Spartan military expedition against Argos abandoned due to earthquake |
| 5723 | Society | Politics | 414BC | Turmoil over attempt to take annexed land from aristocrats and give to the people |
| 2669 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 415BC (Aut.) | Athens launches attack on Syracuse during terrible storm |
| 5722 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 417BC | Plot by slaves to seize Rome |
| 2811 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 419BC | Numerous fireballs over several months, possible overhead meteor explosion; observed in Babylon |
| 2663 | Geology | Earthquake | 420BC (Sum.) | Earthquake felt at Athens and Corinth while Alcibiades ranting against Spartans |
| 2660 | Geology | Earthquake | 424BC Mar. 31 | Earthquake within 10 days of solar eclipse |
| 2661 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 425BC Oct. 9 | Lunar eclipse recorded by Aristophanes |
| 52 | Celestial | Comet | 425BC (Win.) | Comet during the plague of Athens |
| 2657 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 425BC (Spr.) | Eruption of Mount Etna |
| 5721 | Society | Politics | 425BC | Plebeian agitation prevents consular elections |
| 2387 | Geology | Tsunami | 426BC Oct. | Malian Gulf tsunami during Peloponnesian War |
| 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 |
| 1398 | Geology | Earthquake | 426BC (Sum.) | Multiple earthquakes in Greece during Peloponnesian War |
| 2655 | Society | Mass Death | 426BC (Win.) | Plague of Athens 3rd outbreak |
| 2346 | Society | Mass Death | 428BC (Spr.) | Plague of Athens 2nd outbreak |
| 5248 | Society | People | 428BC | Plato |
| 69 | Archeology | Epidemic Mass Grave | 430BC | Plague of Athens thought to have been Typhoid |
| 2852 | Society | Mass Death | 430BC (Sum.) | Plague of Athens 1st outbreak |
| 5241 | Society | People | 430BC | Xenophon |
| 2652 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 431BC Aug. 31 | Solar eclipse explained by Pericles thereby dispelling fear of the Athenians |
| 2653 | Geology | Earthquake | 431BC | Earthquake at Delos warning of the beginning of the Peloponnesian War |
| 51 | Celestial | Comet | 433BC | Broom Star, China |
| 5720 | Society | Mass sickness | 435BC | Epidemic in Rome during which Latins attack |
| 5719 | Society | Politics | 437BC | King of Veii executes Roman envoys; Aulus Cornelius Cossus kills him in single combat |
| 1106 | Society | Famine | 439BC | Famine in early Rome, Cincinnatus made dictator, Spurius Maelius murdered for trying to help the poor |
| 5295 | Society | People | 439BC | Spurius Maelius, advocate for the people, falsely accused and assassinated by Gaius Servilius Ahala |
| 66 | Society | People | 440BC | Heraclitus, Early Stoicism |
| 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 |
| 5538 | Society | People | 446BC | Marcus Furius Camillus: longest-reigning Roman dictator until Sulla and Caesar; passed Lex Licinia under pressure |
| 47 | Society | People | 449BC | Herodotus Writes The Histories |
| 5717 | Society | Politics | 449BC | Kidnapping and death of Verginia and overthrow of the decemviri |
| 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 |
| 5716 | Society | Laws and legal system | 451BC | Publication of the first ten of the Twelve Tables of law after agitation by plebeians |
| 5715 | Society | Laws and legal system | 455BC | Lex Icilia distributes illegally held land on the Aventine to plebeians |
| 5714 | Society | Politics | 458BC | Census at Rome |
| 5239 | Society | People | 460BC | Democritus, philosopher |
| 5700 | Society | Laws and legal system | 460BC | Riots in Rome over constitutional reforms, abuses of the aristocracy; exile of Caeso Quinctius |
| 1314 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 461BC | Rained flesh that did not turn bad |
| 5294 | Society | People | 462BC | Gaius Terentilius Harsa, plebeian tribune and advocate of formal law code for all |
| 5699 | Society | Mass sickness | 462BC | Epidemic in Rome; both consuls among the victims |
| 2649 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 463BC Apr. 30 | Solar eclipse observed by Pindar |
| 1386 | Geology | Earthquake | 464BC | Sparta destroyed by earthquake, rocks fall from mountain peaks |
| 49 | Celestial | Comet | 466BC | Meteorite falls at Aegospotami while bright comet is passing; Halley |
| 46 | Celestial | Comet | 469BC | Broom Star observed in China |
| 5212 | Society | People | 470BC | Socrates |
| 5632 | Society | Expiation | 470BC | Urbinia, a Vestal Virgin, tried and executed for unchastity |
| 5634 | Society | Mass sickness | 470BC | Pestilence attacked pregnant women killing both mothers and infants |
| 5635 | Society | Prodigy | 470BC | Religious awe and fear of the gods owing to the occurrence of many prodigies and omens |
| 5698 | Society | Laws and legal system | 471BC | Change in law of tribune elections to eliminate aristocratic manipulation |
| 1425 | Geology | Tsunami | 472BC | Following volcanic eruption on Pithecussae, the sea retreated then turned back and deluged the island. |
| 1426 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 472BC | Mount Epopos shot forth fire, collapse of land, great noise |
| 5697 | Society | Politics | 473BC | Political strife between the orders, tribune Cnaeus Genucius murdered |
| 5645 | Society | War | 477BC | Battle of the Cremera; 306 men of the Fabii gens sacrificed by the Veientes. |
| 2360 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 478BC Feb. 17 | Solar eclipse |
| 2906 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 478BC | Colonists abandon island of Pithecussae due to volcanic eruptions |
| 48 | Society | War | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea |
| 2647 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea: apparition of Athena |
| 2646 | Geology | Tsunami | 479BC Mar. 29 | Tsunami drowns Persian army ending siege of Potidea, model for Exodus story |
| 2658 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 479BC | Eruption of Mount Etna |
| 2640 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 480BC Oct. 2 | Solar eclipse recorded by Herodotus |
| 5196 | Celestial | Canonical Solar Eclipse | 480BC Oct. 2 | Solar eclipse, annular, crosses north Africa |
| 2644 | Geology | Earthquake | 480BC Sep. 20 | Earthquake on the day of the Battle of Salamis |
| 44 | Celestial | Comet | 480BC Sep. | Horn shaped Comet, Battle of Salamis |
| 45 | Society | War | 480BC Sep. | Battle of Salamis between Persians and Greeks; Xerxes, Themistocles, |
| 2645 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Sep. | Roaring sound in sky, great flame of light and dust cloud |
| 2642 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 480BC Aug. 13 | Battle of Artemisium: 1/3 of Persian fleet destroyed by 3 day storm |
| 2643 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Aug. | Thunderbolts and rocks fall from mountain peaks on Persian troops |
| 2641 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Mar. | Thunder and fiery winds, many in Persian army perish |
| 5198 | Society | War | 480BC (Spr.) | Second Persian Invasion of Greece |
| 5238 | Society | People | 480BC | Leucippus |
| 5695 | Society | Laws and legal system | 480BC | Tribune attempts to introduce land reform bill |
| 5696 | Society | War | 480BC | Battle with Veii; consul killed |
| 43 | Celestial | Comet | 481BC Oct. | Sparkling star, Bushy Star observed in China |
| 42 | Celestial | Comet | 482BC Oct. | Bushy Star observed in China |
| 5615 | Society | Expiation | 483BC | Following a series of portents the vestal virgin Oppia/Opimia was found guilty of a breach of chastity; buried alive |
| 5642 | Society | War | 483BC | The Fabian war with Veii |
| 5694 | Society | Laws and legal system | 484BC Jul. | Temple of Castor and Pollux dedicated |
| 5211 | Society | People | 484BC | Herodotus |
| 5630 | Society | Expiation | 485BC | Supernatural portents expiated by punishment of Oppia, a Vestal virgin who was convicted of unchastity |
| 5621 | Society | Politics | 486BC | Spurius Cassius Viscellinus authored agrarian law; accused of pandering to the masses and seeking kingship; executed |
| 2638 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon Divine Intervention |
| 5195 | Society | Massacre | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon |
| 2637 | Geology | Other | 490BC | Earthquake at Delos, said to be first by Herodotus |
| 5236 | Society | People | 490BC | Zeno of Elea |
| 5237 | Society | People | 490BC | Empedocles formulates 4 elements and 2 powers of the cosmos |
| 5240 | Society | People | 490BC | Protagoras, first relativist |
| 2636 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 491BC Apr. 25 | Lunar eclipse, 31st year of Darius, Ptolemy |
| 5625 | Society | Politics | 491BC | Gaius Marcius Coriolanus defects to the Volscii after enraging the patricians and plebeians |
| 5197 | Society | War | 492BC | First Persian Invasion of Greece |
| 5633 | Society | Famine | 492BC | Famine due to war |
| 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) |
| 5540 | Society | Politics | 494BC Dec. | First Secession of the Plebs due to extreme debt and wealth/political inequality |
| 5623 | Society | Politics | 494BC | Agitation of impoverished plebs; Titus Lartius unsuccessfully advocated measures to relieve the plebs from the burdens of debt |
| 5629 | Society | War | 494BC | Volscians, the Aequi, and the Sabines join forces against Rome; defense by debtor-army |
| 5275 | Society | War | 495BC | Volscian invasion; Rome's plebs refuse to fight without reforms and debt relief |
| 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 |
| 5627 | Society | War | 495BC | Rome defended against Volscians by army-of-debtors; soldiers allowed to plunder to relieve their poverty |
| 5628 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Civil discord at Rome due to debt slavery and extreme poverty; plebs refuse military service |
| 5693 | Society | Laws and legal system | 497BC Dec. | Temple of Saturn dedicated; first Saturnalia in Rome |
| 5274 | Society | War | 499BC | Battle of Lake Regillus; thirty cities revolt against Rome |
| 41 | Celestial | Comet | 500BC | Broom Star, China |
| 5391 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 500BC | La Tène culture develops from Iron Age Hallstatt culture; Celtoi, Galli; expands to Hispania, Italy, the Balkans, Asia Minor |
| 5622 | Society | Politics | 501BC | Titus Lartius first Roman dictator |
| 2633 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 502BC Nov. 19 | Lunar eclipse 20th year of Darius, analyzed by Ptolemy |
| 5273 | Society | War | 503BC | The Pometian revolt against Rome |
| 5641 | Society | War | 505BC | War between Rome and the Sabines/Etruscans |
| 5272 | Society | War | 508BC | Lars Porsena War between Clusium and Aricia; Rome acquires survivors as citizens |
| 5640 | Society | War | 508BC | War with Etruscan Clusium; siege of Rome |
| 5314 | Society | Politics | 509BC | Expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus, Founding of Roman Republic; Consuls: Lucius Iunius Brutus and Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus |
| 5624 | Society | War | 509BC | Horatius Cocles defends Rome at the Sublicius bridge against Etruscans, Lars Porsenna |
| 5639 | Society | War | 509BC | War with Veii and Tarquinii, after the overthrow of the monarchy in 509 BC |
| 5235 | Society | People | 515BC | Parmenides of Elea |
| 40 | Celestial | Comet | 516BC | Broom Star, China |
| 5293 | Society | People | 519BC | Cincinnatus, patrician opponent of justice and equality under the law |
| 5214 | Society | People | 522BC | Pindar |
| 2632 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 523BC Jul. 16 | Lunar eclipse 7th year of Cambyses analyzed by Ptolemy |
| 39 | Celestial | Comet | 525BC (Win.) | Bushy Star, Antares, China |
| 5063 | Geology | Earthquake | 525BC | Earthquake Palestine |
| 38 | Celestial | Comet | 532BC (Spr.) | Comet or nova in Aquarius, China |
| 5313 | Society | People | 534BC | Reign of Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, seventh and last King of Rome |
| 5233 | Society | People | 535BC | Heraclitus of Ephesus |
| 5194 | Society | War | 539BC Oct. | Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great |
| 2512 | Geology | Earthquake | 544BC | Earthquake predicted by Pherecydes of Syros |
| 5471 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 550BC | Lepontic Language |
| 2882 | Society | War | 557BC May 19 | Solar eclipse, Cyrus the Great captures Larissa |
| 2627 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 567BC Mar. 12 | Sky glowing red in the West observed from Babylon |
| 5213 | Society | People | 570BC | Pythagoras |
| 5231 | Society | People | 570BC | Xenophanes |
| 5638 | Society | War | 571BC Nov. 25 | War with Veii and the Etruscans, under Servius Tullius |
| 5311 | Society | Assassination | 578BC | Assassination of Tarquinius by the sons of Ancus Marcius |
| 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 |
| 2900 | Society | War | 580BC | Battle of the Sagra: Apparition of the Dioscuri |
| 1269 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 584BC May 28 | First predicted solar eclipse, Thales of Miletus |
| 5230 | Society | People | 585BC | Anaximenes of Miletus |
| 5271 | Society | War | 588BC | Second Latin War; Rome acquires more territory |
| 5375 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 600BC | The 1.4 kiloyear "Bond" event; mass migration period |