Events
Displaying events 601 - 900 of 1136 in total
ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
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2766 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 133BC | Hailstones as large as plums fall in Babylon; much lightning and thunder; associated with solar eclipse |
2769 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 131BC | Hail of small stones falls in Babylon |
5390 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 2400BC | Gutian people in Zagros mountains; pale in complexion and blonde; rapacious barbarians from east central Asia |
5416 | Society | Politics | 2214BC | Gutian dynasty of Sumer, destruction of Akkad |
207 | Celestial | Nova | 69BC Jul. 23 | Guest Star, Nova, observed by Chinese |
209 | Celestial | Comet | 69BC Aug. 20 | Guest Star, Comet Swift-Tuttle |
213 | Celestial | Comet | 49BC Apr. 14 | Guest Star, Bushy star, Cassiopeia; observed in China |
4939 | Geology | Earthquake | 400AD | Grievous earthquakes overturning houses and entire cities from their foundations |
2709 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 316BC | Great rainstorm and hail floods Rhodes, city walls collapse, 500 killed |
497 | Society | Mass Death | 962AD | Great Mortality/Fever in 962 |
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. |
54 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 373BC (Win.) | Great Comet like a flaming torch before great earthquake and tsunami that swallowed entire cities in Greece |
5410 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 900BC | Golasecca culture, Northern Italy |
5388 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 11000BC | Göbekli Tepe predates pottery, metallurgy, and the invention of writing or the wheel |
5517 | Society | Assassination | 48BC Sep. 29 | Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus murdered by servants of Ptolemy XIII |
5489 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 14000BC | Giant Megaliths in Siberia Largest in the World |
65 | Celestial | Comet | 135BC Aug. 31 | Giant comet stretched across the heavens at the birth of Mithradates; entire sky 'on fire' |
5221 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 250BC | Giant ancient water basin found in Rome |
2320 | Society | War | 635AD | Gascons rebell against the Franks |
5247 | Society | War | 390BC | Gallic invasion of Rome, Battle of the Allia |
5246 | Society | Massacre | 279BC | Gallic invasion of Greece, Battle of Thermopylae |
2901 | Society | Massacre | 277BC | Gallic army destroyed by furies and ghosts; Battle of Lysimachia |
5294 | Society | People | 462BC | Gaius Terentilius Harsa, plebeian tribune and advocate of formal law code for all |
5533 | Society | People | 121BC | Gaius Sempronius Gracchus murdered by Roman Senate |
5522 | Society | War | 49BC | Gaius Scribonius Curio defeated by Juba, along with aid from Attius Varus, at the Second Battle of the Bagradas River |
5613 | Society | Politics | 100BC Dec. | Gaius Memmius "a man fiercely hostile to the power of the nobles" murdered during consular elections |
5491 | Society | People | 157BC | Gaius Marius, general, consul, uncle and role model of Julius Caesar |
5625 | Society | Politics | 491BC | Gaius Marcius Coriolanus defects to the Volscii after enraging the patricians and plebeians |
5572 | Society | Politics | 66BC | Gaius Licinius Macer: annalist, people's rights activist; defamed, prosecuted and ruined by Cicero, commits suicide |
3076 | Society | People | 100BC Jul. 12 | Gaius Julius Caesar, Birth, GJC Era |
5703 | Society | Politics | 50BC | Gaius Claudius Marcellus Minor, consul 50 BC, opposed Caesar; was later pardoned |
5668 | Society | Politics | 49BC | Gaius Claudius Marcellus Maior, consul 49 BC, opponent of Caesar; started civil war; fled Rome with Pompeius |
5709 | Society | Politics | 40BC | Gaius Asinius Pollio, consul 40 BC; friend of Caesar and Antony; historian, literary patron |
5562 | Society | Laws and legal system | 59BC | Gaius Antonius Hybrida (the monster) co-consul with Cicero; prosecuted and exiled for taking part in the Catilinarian conspiracy |
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 |
4553 | Geology | Earthquake | 105AD | Four cities of Asia and two of Greece overthrown by an earthquake |
5258 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 198BC | Fountains of Arethusa in Chalcis stopped and gushed up elsewhere |
5165 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 753BC Apr. 21 | Founding of Rome |
5209 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 373BC (Win.) | For five days before great earthquake and tsunami, creatures flee region |
1425 | Geology | Tsunami | 472BC | Following volcanic eruption on Pithecussae, the sea retreated then turned back and deluged the island. |
5615 | Society | Expiation | 483BC | Following a series of portents the vestal virgin Oppia/Opimia was found guilty of a breach of chastity; buried alive |
1453 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 53BC | Fog, lightning, violent winds afflict Crassus' army in Mesopotamia |
5276 | Society | Politics | 493BC | Foedus Cassianum, military alliance between the Latin cities with Rome |
2254 | Environment | Flood | 162AD (Spr.) | Flood of the Tiber |
5332 | Environment | Plasma Event | 163BC | Flock of goats killed by lightning |
4808 | Society | People | 642AD | Flaochad struck down by fever |
4257 | Geology | Other | 599AD | Fish are killed by boiling lake water in Lake of Thun |
5540 | Society | Politics | 494BC Dec. | First Secession of the Plebs due to extreme debt and wealth/political inequality |
5261 | Society | War | 343BC | First Samnite War |
2905 | Geology | Earthquake | 350BC | First recorded Persian earthquake; numerous cities, 2000 villages destroyed |
5 | Society | War | 264BC | First Punic War |
1269 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 584BC May 28 | First predicted solar eclipse, Thales of Miletus |
5726 | Society | Politics | 408BC | First plebeian quaestors elected at Rome |
5197 | Society | War | 492BC | First Persian Invasion of Greece |
5507 | Society | War | 89BC | First Mithridatic War; Kingdom of Pontus and many Greek cities rebelled against Rome |
10 | Society | War | 214BC | First Macedonian War |
5727 | Society | Expiation | 399BC | First lectisternum held in Rome - banquest to appease the gods |
5270 | Society | War | 640BC | First Latin War; Rome against the Latins; people captured and made citizens of Rome |
5417 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2181BC | First Intermediate Period of Egypt, Divided Egypt, famine, chaos |
5657 | Society | Politics | 63BC Nov. 8 | First Catilinarian oration by Cicero: a study in propaganda and intimidation |
2700 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 331BC Oct. 1 | Fireballs, portents decide fate of Persian Empire at Battle of Gaugamela |
2833 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 323BC Nov. | Fireballs recorded by Babylonians, one like a "torch" |
2914 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 644BC Dec. 24 | Fireball observed in Babylon and China; falling stones |
5482 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 137BC (Spr.) | Fireball observed from Babylon |
1308 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 86BC | Fireball like "burning shield scattering sparks", observed in Rome |
2830 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 333BC | Fireball illuminated ground recorded by Babylonians |
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 |
1328 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 215BC | Fire shone out at sea; possible plasma event or fireball |
138 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 679AD | Fire from Heaven burned Coldingham, Scotland |
5499 | Geology | Outgassing | 91BC | Fire erupted from the earth at Aeneria (Ischia) |
2356 | Geology | Outgassing | 126BC | Fire and gases erupting from the sea off northern Sicily; many fish killed, people sickened, killed |
1394 | Geology | Earthquake | 217BC | Fifty-seven earthquakes in the year of the Battle of Lake Trasimene; cities overthrown, rivers diverted, cliffs torn away |
1473 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 48BC Aug. 9 | Fiery torch, thunderbolt, seen over Caesar's camp, falls on Pompey's camp |
437 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 926AD | Fiery Lights in Northern Sky |
4258 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 600AD | Fiery balls and a great number of glowing spears in the western skies |
4940 | Environment | Drought | 400AD | Fierce droughts and fiery whirlwinds descending from above |
2820 | Society | Famine | 374BC | Famine so severe people "sold" (ate?) their children in Babylon |
4686 | Society | Mass Death | 24BC | Famine leads to distempers and a pestilential disease in men |
2942 | Society | Famine | 24BC | Famine in Syria: People eat many things that did not used to be eaten |
4945 | Society | Famine | 994AD | Famine in Kievan Rus' |
498 | Society | Famine | 976AD | Famine in England |
1106 | Society | Famine | 439BC | Famine in early Rome, Cincinnatus made dictator, Spurius Maelius murdered for trying to help the poor |
4936 | Society | Famine | 874AD | Famine in Constantiople |
2846 | Society | Famine | 273BC | Famine in Babylon, people sold their children (for food?) |
5192 | Society | Famine | 610BC | Famine in Babylon reported with lunar eclipse observation |
5191 | Society | Famine | 612BC | Famine in Babylon reported with lunar eclipse observation |
5633 | Society | Famine | 492BC | Famine due to war |
4559 | Society | Famine | 162AD (Spr.) | Famine after flood of the Tiber |
4938 | Society | Famine | 400AD | Famine |
4514 | Society | Famine | 305AD | Famine |
2745 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 176BC | Falling fire observed in Babylon |
5200 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 1188BC | Fall of Troy |
2881 | Society | War | 612BC | Fall of Nineveh, Assyrian Empire collapses |
2723 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 248BC Jan. | Fall of fire outside of Babylonian territory observed from Babylon |
2791 | Celestial | Falling Fire | 106BC Feb. 28 | Fall of fire observed in Babylon |
5194 | Society | War | 539BC Oct. | Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great |
5582 | Society | People | 280BC | Fabius Maximus Cunctator: father of guerrilla warfare; five times consul, two times dictator |
5617 | Society | Laws and legal system | 73BC | Fabia, chief Vestal acquitted of incestum with Lucius Sergius Catilina. |
1442 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 63BC | Extreme heat |
5728 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 400BC (Win.) | Extreme cold at Rome, roads blocked, Tiber frozen |
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 |
2773 | Celestial | Meteor or Meteorite | 125BC | Exploding fireball observed in Babylon |
5172 | Society | Mass Migration | 2300BC | Exodus event? |
5379 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10900BC | Evidence from central Mexico supporting the Younger Dryas extraterrestrial impact hypothesis |
5377 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10800BC | Evidence for deposition of 10 million tonnes of impact spherules across four continents 12,800 years ago |
2786 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 112BC | Euphrates river turns red |
73 | Society | Massacre | 135BC | Eunus and the First Servile War against Rome |
5643 | Society | War | 389BC | Etruscans, the Volsci and the Aequi unite against Rome: Marcus Furius Camillus dictator |
5266 | Society | Massacre | 298BC | Etruscans and Gauls invade Rome, Battle of Volterra |
5571 | Society | Laws and legal system | 120BC | Establishment of senatus consultum ultimum in Roman constitutional practice; tool used for oppression |
2670 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 413BC Sep. 13 | Escaping Athenians caught in torrential rain and massacred; End of the Sicilian Expedition |
5127 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1650BC | Eruption of Thera, Collapse of Bronze Age Mediterranean civilization, Volcanic Winter around the World |
5155 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1650BC | Eruption of Thera Changed World |
2355 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 135BC | Eruption of Mount Etna: 'greater fires than normal' |
2677 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 396BC | Eruption of Mount Etna during war between Carthaginians and Syracuse |
2358 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 122BC | Eruption of Mount Etna destroys city of Catania |
2020 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 140BC | Eruption of Mount Etna associated with fall of objects from the sky |
2657 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 425BC (Spr.) | Eruption of Mount Etna |
2658 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 479BC | Eruption of Mount Etna |
2916 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 226BC | Eruption of Methana volcano, Greece |
1424 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 126BC | Eruption of Etna; island emerges burning with violent blast |
5459 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5400BC | Eridu: earliest city in southern Mesopotamia |
5301 | Society | Science | 200BC | Eratosthenes of Cyrene accurately calculates the circumference of the Earth |
5300 | Society | People | 276BC | Eratosthenes of Cyrene |
2848 | Society | Mass sickness | 266BC | Epidemic with many deaths in Babylon |
5699 | Society | Mass sickness | 462BC | Epidemic in Rome; both consuls among the victims |
5720 | Society | Mass sickness | 435BC | Epidemic in Rome during which Latins attack |
5232 | Society | People | 341BC | Epicurus |
5242 | Other | Other | 2100BC | Epic of Gilgamesh stories composed |
5126 | Society | Politics | 700BC | End of Villanovan, rise of Etruscan in Italy |
5292 | Society | Politics | 354BC | End of the early Latin Wars; Rome prevails |
5183 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1900BC | End of Harappan Civilization, floods, earthquakes |
5237 | Society | People | 490BC | Empedocles formulates 4 elements and 2 powers of the cosmos |
2903 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 198BC | Emergence of the island Hiera; the whole sea boiled and blazed |
5463 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 3300BC | Egyptian hieroglyphs |
5363 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1070BC | Egyptian empire falls during Late Bronze Age collapse |
4953 | Celestial | Lunar Eclipse | 817AD Feb. 5 | Eclipse of the moon |
5182 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2300BC | Earthquakes, crustal movement, floods, Indus Valley |
1443 | Geology | Earthquake | 63BC | Earthquakes mentioned by Cicero, probably in Italy |
2716 | Geology | Earthquake | 303BC | Earthquakes in Ionia recorded on Parian marble, Greece |
5169 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 2100BC | Earthquakes in Anatolia |
2701 | Geology | Earthquake | 360BC | Earthquakes Heraclea Pontica and Orphyneum |
5184 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 1175BC | Earthquakes destroyed Bronze Age civilization |
2660 | Geology | Earthquake | 424BC Mar. 31 | Earthquake within 10 days of solar eclipse |
5152 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Earthquake Site destruction and abandonment in Palestine/Syria |
2706 | Geology | Earthquake | 656BC Mar. | Earthquake recorded by Assyrians |
2512 | Geology | Earthquake | 544BC | Earthquake predicted by Pherecydes of Syros |
5057 | Geology | Earthquake | 4000BC | Earthquake Palestine - Jericho |
5079 | Geology | Earthquake | 1588AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5078 | Geology | Earthquake | 1458AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5075 | Geology | Earthquake | 1293AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5077 | Geology | Earthquake | 1293AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5076 | Geology | Earthquake | 1212AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5080 | Geology | Earthquake | 1202AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5074 | Geology | Earthquake | 1068AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5081 | Geology | Earthquake | 991AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5072 | Geology | Earthquake | 749AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5073 | Geology | Earthquake | 660AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5069 | Geology | Earthquake | 502AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5071 | Geology | Earthquake | 419AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5067 | Geology | Earthquake | 112AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5066 | Geology | Earthquake | 33AD | Earthquake Palestine |
5064 | Geology | Earthquake | 140BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5063 | Geology | Earthquake | 525BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5062 | Geology | Earthquake | 1050BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5061 | Geology | Earthquake | 1560BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5060 | Geology | Earthquake | 2100BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5059 | Geology | Earthquake | 2700BC | Earthquake Palestine |
5058 | Geology | Earthquake | 3300BC | Earthquake Palestine |
2644 | Geology | Earthquake | 480BC Sep. 20 | Earthquake on the day of the Battle of Salamis |
2925 | Geology | Earthquake | 31BC Sep. | Earthquake kills ten to thirty thousand men and brings destruction upon cattle |
2902 | Geology | Earthquake | 69BC | Earthquake in Syria; a hundred and seventy thousand people, and several cities, were destroyed |
2665 | Geology | Earthquake | 413BC (Win.) | Earthquake in Sparta |
5082 | Geology | Earthquake | 1312AD | Earthquake in Palestine |
98 | Geology | Earthquake | 344AD | Earthquake in Neocaesarea |
4555 | Geology | Earthquake | 110AD | Earthquake in Galatia |
90 | Geology | Earthquake | 335AD | Earthquake in Cyprus, many places collaps |
4913 | Geology | Earthquake | 876AD | Earthquake in Byzantium, many towns destroyed |
105 | Geology | Earthquake | 348AD | Earthquake in Beirut |
2796 | Geology | Earthquake | 94BC Jul. | Earthquake in Babylon |
2747 | Geology | Earthquake | 171BC | Earthquake in Babylon |
4166 | Geology | Earthquake | 51AD | Earthquake in Apamea |
2719 | Geology | Earthquake | 252BC Feb. 19 | Earthquake followed by hailstorm in Babylon |
2663 | Geology | Earthquake | 420BC (Sum.) | Earthquake felt at Athens and Corinth while Alcibiades ranting against Spartans |
4523 | Geology | Earthquake | 117AD Nov. 10 | Earthquake during Hadrian's reign |
2893 | Geology | Earthquake | 279BC (Win.) | Earthquake during Gallic invasion of Greece; thunderbolts and rocks fall from Parnassus |
5157 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 1650BC | Earthquake caused by Theran Eruption |
5500 | Geology | Earthquake | 91BC | Earthquake at Regium; part of the city and walls destroyed |
2408 | Geology | Earthquake | 350BC | Earthquake at Prieni, Asia Minor; city totally destroyed |
2637 | Geology | Other | 490BC | Earthquake at Delos, said to be first by Herodotus |
2653 | Geology | Earthquake | 431BC | Earthquake at Delos warning of the beginning of the Peloponnesian War |
1217 | Geology | Earthquake | 373BC (Win.) | Earthquake at Delos just before great earthquake and tsunami |
2679 | Geology | Earthquake | 388BC | Earthquake at Argos deters invasion |
2917 | Geology | Earthquake | 89BC | Earthquake at Apamea |
5218 | Geology | Earthquake | 325BC Nov. | Earthquake associated with tsunami that destroyed much of Alexander's fleet in India |
5502 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 160BC Feb. 28 | Earthquake and tsunami strikes Levant during Maccabean revolt |
5166 | Archeology | Earthquake Evidence | 2300BC | Earthquake and crustal warping in Anatolia, Black Sea, and Rhodes |
2674 | Geology | Earthquake | 400BC | Earthquake - divine displeasure - halts invasion of Elis |
2920 | Geology | Earthquake | 680BC | Earth quaked for a whole day during Esarhaddon's reign |
4942 | Geology | Sinkhole | 400AD | Earth is opening up and sinkholes swallow up inhabitants |
5439 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5500BC | Early metallurgy: copper smelting, Belovode, Serbia: Vinča culture |
5469 | Archeology | Pestilence Evidence | 1686BC | Early Divergent Strains of Yersinia pestis found in Kytmanovo, Russia |
1613 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 910BC | Early construction at Rome |
5353 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 100BC | Early compositions of Jewish Sibylline Oracles in Alexandria |
2648 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 648BC Apr. 6 | Earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks |
5173 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 2300BC | Dust from unknown source |
2707 | Environment | Animal Prodigies | 332BC (Spr.) | During siege of Tyre sea monster tossed up by large wave |
4952 | Environment | Drought | 1025AD | Drought in Western Europe dries up streams and springs |
4951 | Environment | Drought | 1022AD (Sum.) | Drought in Western Europe |
4921 | Environment | Drought | 1001AD | Drought in Western Europe |
4922 | Environment | Drought | 1008AD | Drought in Kievan Rus' |
4917 | Environment | Drought | 994AD | Drought in Kievan Rus' |
4949 | Environment | Drought | 1014AD Apr. 5 | Drought in Germany |
4512 | Environment | Drought | 305AD | Drought |
2787 | Celestial | Halo | 110BC | Double halo around the sun observed in Babylon |
5490 | Celestial | Halo | 108BC | Double halo around the sun associated with pestilence in Babylon |
5392 | Archeology | Mass Migration Evidence | 950BC | Dorian invasion hypothesis becomes Dorian migration and settling after collapse of Bronze Age |
5430 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 5500BC | Dnieper–Donets culture, north of Black Sea, late Cro-Magnons contemporaneous with Samara culture, succeeded by Yamna |
5224 | Society | People | 350BC | Diocles of Peparethus, author of earliest known Roman history |
312 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 312AD | Did a meteor over central Italy in AD 312 change the course of Roman and Christian history? |
5283 | Society | War | 380BC | Dictatorship of T. Quinctius Cincinnatus; capture of Praeneste and nine towns |
35 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC | Destruction of Corinth |
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 |
5239 | Society | People | 460BC | Democritus, philosopher |
4941 | Environment | Flood | 400AD | Deluges of rain |
2077 | Environment | Flood | 586AD | Deluges flood Burgundy |
5277 | Society | War | 386BC | Defection of the Latins from Rome, Volscians help the Antiates invade the Pomptine territory |
5285 | Society | War | 377BC | Defeat of Antium and destruction of Satricum |
5602 | Society | Politics | 39BC | Death of Quintus Labienus: traitor to Caesar and to Rome |
5702 | Society | War | 48BC | Death of Milo, murderer of Clodius; at Compsa Castle, site of prodigies the previous years |
5651 | Society | Politics | 63BC Jun. | Death of Metellus Pius, Caesar elected Pontifex Maximus |
5547 | Society | People | 121BC | Death of Marcus Fulvius Flaccus (consul 125 BC): ally of the Gracchi |
5600 | Society | Politics | 48BC | Death of Marcus Caelius Rufus in rebellion against Caesar |
5523 | Society | Politics | 30BC Aug. 1 | Death of Marcus Antonius, supporter of Julius Caesar |
5663 | Society | Politics | 13BC | Death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, supporter of Caesar, triumvir with Antony and Octavian |
5596 | Society | Politics | 45BC Apr. 12 | Death of Gnaeus Pompeius the younger; executed by Lucius Caesennius Lento for treason |
5569 | Society | Politics | 42BC Oct. 3 | Death of Gaius Cassius Longinus: leader of the assassination plot against Julius Caesar |
5667 | Society | Politics | 49BC | Death of Curio, supporter of Caesar, husband of Fulvia |
5666 | Society | Politics | 30BC Aug. 12 | Death of Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of Egypt, mistress/wife of Marcus Antonius |
5556 | Society | Politics | 46BC Apr. | Death of Cato the Younger, sworn enemy of Caesar |
5665 | Society | Politics | 14AD Aug. 19 | Death of Augustus |
5539 | Society | Mass sickness | 365BC | Deadly pestilence strikes Rome killing many important people including Camillus |
410 | Environment | Dust/Ash Veil | 188BC | Daytime darkness sets in at Rome |
5160 | Archeology | Dating Evidence | 1650BC | Dating the Eruption of Thera |
2274 | Society | People | 628AD | Dagobert I is praised for his prosperous rule of Austrasia |
5409 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6000BC | Cucuteni-Trypillian culture centered on modern-day Moldova with small villages to "vast settlements" |
5394 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 2600BC | Cretan hieroglyphs, artefacts of Minoans |
5226 | Society | Laws and legal system | 272BC | Creation of the Hebrew Bible Primary History |
5487 | Environment | Plant Prodigies | 135BC | Corn grows on trees |
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 |
5537 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Conflict of the Orders develops; political struggle between the Plebeians (commoners) and Patricians (aristocrats) |
5380 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 10800BC | Comprehensive Analysis of Impact Spherules Supports Theory of Cosmic Impact 12,800 Years Ago |
5647 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC | Complete destruction of the city of Carthage by Scipio Aemilianus; Rome flooded with slaves |
615 | Celestial | Comet | 363AD Aug. | Comets are seen during the day, other bad omens |
1441 | Celestial | Comet | 63BC | Comet: A fiery javelin stretched to the sky from the west; firebrands seen in the west in the night time |
24 | Celestial | Comet | 148BC Apr. 29 | Comet, Bushy star; observed in China |
133 | Celestial | Comet | 1059BC | Comet, broom star with tail observed in China |
16 | Celestial | Comet | 162BC Sep. 5 | Comet, and meteor observed in Babylon |
2544 | Archeology | Comet/Asteroid Evidence | 147BC Aug. | Comet shone brightly as fiery, reddish circle; persistently red sky; observed from Babylon to Rome |
38 | Celestial | Comet | 532BC (Spr.) | Comet or nova in Aquarius, China |
5496 | Celestial | Fire in the sky | 94BC | Comet or fireball observed in Rome; whole sky 'ablaze' |
634 | Celestial | Comet | 336AD Feb. 16 | Comet of unusual size seen across the world |
1253 | Celestial | Comet | 674BC Oct. | Comet observed by Babylonians |
17 | Celestial | Comet | 162BC Feb. 6 | Comet like a celestial magnolia tree observed in China; possibly Halley's |
28 | Celestial | Comet | 210BC Jun. | Comet in the process of breaking up: "surrounded by stars" |
107 | Celestial | Comet | 87BC Aug. 10 | Comet Halley observed in Babylon and China |
15 | Celestial | Comet | 163BC Sep. | Comet Halley observed from Babylon and possibly Rome |
52 | Celestial | Comet | 425BC (Win.) | Comet during the plague of Athens |
713 | Celestial | Comet | 104BC Jul. 19 | Comet during eclipse, Posidonius |
60 | Celestial | Comet | 340BC | Comet coincided with storm at Corinth |
97 | Celestial | Comet | 120BC Feb. | Comet burned brightly, filled a quarter of the heavens, sky seemed to be on fire |
1759 | Celestial | Comet | 684AD Sep. 6 | Comet blamed for months of heavy rain, lightning, and deaths of many people and animals |
2880 | Celestial | Comet | 94BC | Comet and eclipse of Posidonius |
63 | Celestial | Comet | 136BC Sep. 22 | Comet 'spread out to unlimited size'; beginning of the reign of Attalus III |
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 |
2906 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 478BC | Colonists abandon island of Pithecussae due to volcanic eruptions |
5614 | Society | Laws and legal system | 394AD | College of the Vestals was disbanded and the sacred fire extinguished |
5646 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1150BC | Collapse of the Terramare culture in northern Italy; settlements abandoned for several centuries |
5597 | Society | Politics | 59BC | Clodia Metelli Quadrantaria; sister of Publius Clodius Pulcher, enemy of Cicero; suspected of poisoning her husband, Metellus Celer |
5586 | Society | People | 45BC | Claudia Pulchra Major, first wife of Brutus, divorced by him to marry Porcia Catonis |
1318 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 104BC | Clanging armour and the sounding of a trumpet were heard from the sky |
1317 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 101BC | Clanging armor, trumpet sounds from sky, Battle of Vercellae |
5505 | Society | Politics | 82BC | Civil war: Lucius Cornelius Sulla Felix, dictator of Rome |
5628 | Society | Politics | 495BC | Civil discord at Rome due to debt slavery and extreme poverty; plebs refuse military service |
5359 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1189BC | Cities of the Levant destroyed by fire during Late Bronze Age collapse |
5360 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Cities of Cyprus destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapse |
5361 | Archeology | Mass destruction of unknown origin | 1190BC | Cities of Anatolia destroyed during Late Bronze Age collapes; many never re-occupied |
4524 | Geology | Earthquake | 60AD | Cities are destroyed by an earthquake during visit of a comet |
36 | Celestial | Comet | 137BC Apr. 9 | Circumpolar Sparkling Star in Hydra observed by Chinese |
429 | Environment | Atmospheric Prodigies | 806AD Aug. 30 | Circle around the Sun |
5293 | Society | People | 519BC | Cincinnatus, patrician opponent of justice and equality under the law |
5660 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 5 | Cicero's Bona Dea miracle/conspiracy Fourth Catilinarian Oration; Caesar and Cato speak; executions |
5652 | Society | Politics | 63BC Feb. | Cicero rejects Caesar's Land Reform/support for Veterans bill |
5662 | Society | Politics | 63BC Dec. 29 | Cicero gives up his consulship, jeered by the crowd. |
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 |
5733 | Society | Politics | 50BC (Spr.) | Cicero deals with Brutus' financial scandal: extorting Cypriot communities |
5460 | Archeology | Cultural Evidence | 6000BC | Choga Mami, Samarran culture site, S. Iraq; first evidence of canal irrigation |
5259 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 198BC | Chasm opened in Lelantine Plain, Euboea, erupting a river of fiery lava |