Events
Displaying events 1 - 300 of 1136 in total
ID | Category | Subcategory | Date | Summary |
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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" |
5343 | Celestial | Wrath of God | 166BC | Temple of Salus was struck from the sky |
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 |
70 | Society | War | 732AD Oct. | Saracens fight two battles near Poitiers and River Berre against Charles Martel during their conquest of Gaul |
4764 | Society | War | 636AD | Saracens kill 150,000 of Emperor Heraclius' men |
2320 | Society | War | 635AD | Gascons rebell against the Franks |
4561 | Society | War | 632AD | The wendish Slavs raid Frankish kingdom and Thuringia |
2284 | Society | War | 631AD | Wends lay waste Francia and Thuringia - Saxons cease to pay tribute |
4359 | Society | War | 594AD | In a war between Franks and Bretons many fall by the sword |
2082 | Society | War | 593AD | Invasion of the kingdom of Chlotar with great losses |
4511 | Society | War | 305AD | Wars and Revolts |
4613 | Society | War | 250AD | War between Emperor Decius' Romans and the Goths around Philippopolis |
4717 | Society | War | 31BC Sep. 2 | Battle of Actium |
5608 | Society | War | 40BC | Publius Ventidius Bassus; protege of Caesar; defeated Quintus Labienus and the Parthians |
5607 | Society | War | 45BC Mar. 17 | Battle of Munda; Caesar fights for his life among the ranks |
5588 | Society | War | 46BC Feb. 7 | Battle of Thapsus: Caesar vs Optimates/Metellus Scipio |
1472 | Society | War | 48BC Aug. 9 | Battle of Pharsalus; Julius Caesar defeats Pompeius Magnus |
5702 | Society | War | 48BC | Death of Milo, murderer of Clodius; at Compsa Castle, site of prodigies the previous years |
5606 | Society | War | 48BC | Battle of Ruspina: Caesar vs. Titus Labienus, the traitor |
5522 | Society | War | 49BC | Gaius Scribonius Curio defeated by Juba, along with aid from Attius Varus, at the Second Battle of the Bagradas River |
5681 | Society | War | 52BC Sep. | Vercingetorix defeated at the battle of Alesia |
5691 | Society | War | 52BC (Spr.) | Battle of Gergovia: Julius Caesar vs Vercingetorix; the Gauls won |
5544 | Society | War | 53BC | Marcus Licinius Crassus: wealthiest man in Roman history; patron of Julius Caesar; defeated and killed by Parthians |
5524 | Society | War | 62BC Jan. | Lucius Sergius Catilina killed at the Battle of Pistoria |
5592 | Society | War | 73BC | Third Mithridatic War; Rome vs Mithridates VI |
5514 | Society | War | 82BC | Sulla's second civil war |
5518 | Society | War | 83BC | Battle of Mount Tifata; First Roman Civil War |
5511 | Society | War | 85BC | Battle of Orchomenus; Sulla over Archelaus; Sulla's settlement |
5510 | Society | War | 86BC | Battle of Chaeronea; Sulla over Archelaus |
5513 | Society | War | 88BC | Sulla's First Civil War |
5507 | Society | War | 89BC | First Mithridatic War; Kingdom of Pontus and many Greek cities rebelled against Rome |
5504 | Society | War | 91BC (Spr.) | Roman Social War (91–88 BC) |
5610 | Society | War | 105BC | Quintus Servilius Caepio plunders the temples of Tolosa and then loses entire Roman army in Battle of Arausio |
5506 | Society | War | 112BC | Jugurthine War |
5345 | Society | War | 166BC | The Ligurian Gauls were destroyed |
5324 | Society | War | 171BC | Third Macedonian War between Rome and King Perseus of Macedon |
5573 | Society | War | 190BC | Battle of Magnesia: Rome vs Antiochus III |
5560 | Society | War | 191BC | Battle of Thermopylae: Rome vs. Antiochus III |
5315 | Society | War | 192BC | Roman-Seleucid War, Treaty of Apamea |
14 | Society | War | 196BC | Second Macedonian War |
5316 | Society | War | 200BC | Second Macedonian War fought between Philip V of Macedon, and Rome |
5580 | Society | War | 207BC | Battle of Metaurus: Gaius Claudius Nero (consul 207 BC) & Marcus Livius Salinator defeated (and killed) Hasdrubal |
10 | Society | War | 214BC | First Macedonian War |
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 |
5575 | Society | War | 218BC | Hannibal crosses the Alps into Italy: Battle of Ticinus |
6 | Society | War | 218BC | Second Punic War |
5 | Society | War | 264BC | First Punic War |
2915 | Society | War | 280BC May | Pyrrhic War |
5263 | Society | War | 298BC | Third Samnite War, peoples of Italy unite against Rome |
5269 | Society | War | 321BC | Battle of the Caudine Forks, humiliation of the Romans by Samnites |
5262 | Society | War | 326BC | Second Samnite War, Roman expansion |
3 | Society | War | 340BC | Latin War, Battle of Vesuvius, duel of Titus Manlius, Devotio of Decius Mus |
5261 | Society | War | 343BC | First Samnite War |
5297 | Society | War | 345BC | Romans capture Volscian town, Sora |
5296 | Society | War | 346BC | Second Defeat of Antium and destruction of Satricum |
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 |
5289 | Society | War | 360BC | Rome defeats coalition of Tiburtes and Gauls; Q. Servilius Ahala allegedly appointed dictator |
5285 | Society | War | 377BC | Defeat of Antium and destruction of Satricum |
5284 | Society | War | 378BC | Invasion of Volscii; revolt of plebs against patricians in Rome; Romans plunder Volscii territory |
5283 | Society | War | 380BC | Dictatorship of T. Quinctius Cincinnatus; capture of Praeneste and nine towns |
5282 | Society | War | 381BC | Roman annexation of Tusculum |
5279 | Society | War | 382BC | War between Rome and Praeneste |
5277 | Society | War | 386BC | Defection of the Latins from Rome, Volscians help the Antiates invade the Pomptine territory |
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 |
5205 | Society | War | 397BC | Siege of Syracuse by Carthaginians |
53 | Society | War | 405BC | Battle of Aegospotami, obliteration of Athenian navy, end of Peloponnesian War |
5645 | Society | War | 477BC | Battle of the Cremera; 306 men of the Fabii gens sacrificed by the Veientes. |
48 | Society | War | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea |
45 | Society | War | 480BC Sep. | Battle of Salamis between Persians and Greeks; Xerxes, Themistocles, |
5198 | Society | War | 480BC (Spr.) | Second Persian Invasion of Greece |
5696 | Society | War | 480BC | Battle with Veii; consul killed |
5642 | Society | War | 483BC | The Fabian war with Veii |
5197 | Society | War | 492BC | First Persian Invasion of Greece |
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 |
5627 | Society | War | 495BC | Rome defended against Volscians by army-of-debtors; soldiers allowed to plunder to relieve their poverty |
5274 | Society | War | 499BC | Battle of Lake Regillus; thirty cities revolt against Rome |
5273 | Society | War | 503BC | The Pometian revolt against Rome |
5641 | Society | War | 505BC | War between Rome and the Sabines/Etruscans |
5640 | Society | War | 508BC | War with Etruscan Clusium; siege of Rome |
5272 | Society | War | 508BC | Lars Porsena War between Clusium and Aricia; Rome acquires survivors as citizens |
5639 | Society | War | 509BC | War with Veii and Tarquinii, after the overthrow of the monarchy in 509 BC |
5624 | Society | War | 509BC | Horatius Cocles defends Rome at the Sublicius bridge against Etruscans, Lars Porsenna |
5194 | Society | War | 539BC Oct. | Fall of Babylon to Cyrus the Great |
2882 | Society | War | 557BC May 19 | Solar eclipse, Cyrus the Great captures Larissa |
5638 | Society | War | 571BC Nov. 25 | War with Veii and the Etruscans, under Servius Tullius |
2900 | Society | War | 580BC | Battle of the Sagra: Apparition of the Dioscuri |
5271 | Society | War | 588BC | Second Latin War; Rome acquires more territory |
2881 | Society | War | 612BC | Fall of Nineveh, Assyrian Empire collapses |
5270 | Society | War | 640BC | First Latin War; Rome against the Latins; people captured and made citizens of Rome |
5637 | Society | War | 663BC | Second War with Fidenae and Veii, under Tullus Hostilius |
5348 | Society | War | 701BC | Siege of Lachish |
5347 | Society | War | 701BC | Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem; a calamity has come down from the Lord |
5114 | Society | War | 722BC | Sargon II usurps throne - 17 years of war and mass death |
5636 | Society | War | 763BC | War with Fidenae and Veii under Romulus |
5358 | Society | War | 1274BC | Battle of Kadesh and subsequent peace treaty |
2358 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 122BC | Eruption of Mount Etna destroys city of Catania |
5366 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1021BC | Hekla 3 eruption causes 18 years of global cooling; tree ring and ice core evidence |
5155 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1650BC | Eruption of Thera Changed World |
5127 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1650BC | Eruption of Thera, Collapse of Bronze Age Mediterranean civilization, Volcanic Winter around the World |
5253 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 1780BC | Vesuvius Vented Its Wrath during Bronze Age |
5369 | Archeology | Volcanic Eruption Evidence | 10900BC | Laacher See formed by a Plinian eruption; widespread destruction; two decades of environmental disruption |
1428 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 91BC | Islands burned several days, sea burned during the Social War |
1424 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 126BC | Eruption of Etna; island emerges burning with violent blast |
2355 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 135BC | Eruption of Mount Etna: 'greater fires than normal' |
2020 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 140BC | Eruption of Mount Etna associated with fall of objects from the sky |
5323 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 186BC | Possible eruption of Vesuvius |
5322 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 188BC | Possible eruption of Vesuvius |
5321 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 190BC | Possible eruption of Vesuvius |
2903 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 198BC | Emergence of the island Hiera; the whole sea boiled and blazed |
5259 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 198BC | Chasm opened in Lelantine Plain, Euboea, erupting a river of fiery lava |
5320 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 204BC | Possible eruption of Vesuvius |
519 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 217BC | Vesuvius thundered, hurling flames and rock |
2916 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 226BC | Eruption of Methana volcano, Greece |
2907 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 350BC | Volcanic eruption, earthquakes and tsunami on the island of Pithecussae |
5210 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 360BC | Volcanic eruption on the Island of Vulcano |
2677 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 396BC | Eruption of Mount Etna during war between Carthaginians and Syracuse |
2657 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 425BC (Spr.) | Eruption of Mount Etna |
1426 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 472BC | Mount Epopos shot forth fire, collapse of land, great noise |
2906 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 478BC | Colonists abandon island of Pithecussae due to volcanic eruptions |
2658 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 479BC | Eruption of Mount Etna |
2231 | Geology | Volcanic Eruption | 1226BC | Mount Etna erupts |
4950 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 1020AD (Win.) | Harsh winter in Western Europe |
4923 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 1011AD (Win.) | Harsh winter in Kievan Rus', Europe and Northern Africa |
612 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 814AD | A severe storm occurs at Aix-la-Chapelle palace and basilica |
1453 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 53BC | Fog, lightning, violent winds afflict Crassus' army in Mesopotamia |
1442 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 63BC | Extreme heat |
1444 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 63BC | Storm at Rome tears up trees, destroys buildings, many people perished during consulship of Cicero. |
1438 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 65BC | Many towers in Rome struck with lightning; melts statues and bronze tablets |
2774 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 125BC Nov. | Snow in Babylon; severe cold |
2766 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 133BC | Hailstones as large as plums fall in Babylon; much lightning and thunder; associated with solar eclipse |
5481 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 137BC (Win.) | Severe cold and hail in Babylon |
2878 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 143BC | Heavy snowfall in Syria/Palestine during Maccabean Revolt |
5475 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 147BC | Unusual, repeated lightning strikes reported at Rome associated with comet and red sky |
5337 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 163BC | A tempestuous storm destroyed buildings and created carnage on the land |
5331 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 163BC | Severe cold and hail in Babylon |
2730 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 233BC Nov. | Heavy rain, flooding, severe cold in Babylon |
2509 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 243BC | Severe cold in Babylon |
5299 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 248BC Jan. | Severe cold in Babylon |
1320 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent Storm in the Mediterranean |
5298 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 253BC | Violent hail storm in Babylon |
5245 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 279BC | Tempest, hail, severe cold, snow, during Gallic invasion of Greece |
2709 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 316BC | Great rainstorm and hail floods Rhodes, city walls collapse, 500 killed |
2321 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 338BC | Lightning, divine fire disrupts siege of Cydonia |
5286 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 377BC | Battle of Satricum interrupted by severe rainstorm |
2814 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 384BC | Multiple tornados in Babylon |
5728 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 400BC (Win.) | Extreme cold at Rome, roads blocked, Tiber frozen |
2673 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 404BC (Win.) | Heavy snowstorm associated with the Battle of Phyle |
2670 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 413BC Sep. 13 | Escaping Athenians caught in torrential rain and massacred; End of the Sicilian Expedition |
2669 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 415BC (Aut.) | Athens launches attack on Syracuse during terrible storm |
2642 | Environment | Unusual Weather | 480BC Aug. 13 | Battle of Artemisium: 1/3 of Persian fleet destroyed by 3 day storm |
5732 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 48BC | Pergamum: noise of drums and cymbals spread throughout the city |
673 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 56BC | A "subterranean tumult" heard in association with earthquake and fireball activity |
1317 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 101BC | Clanging armor, trumpet sounds from sky, Battle of Vercellae |
5483 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 137BC | Thunder from a clear sky near Rome |
652 | Environment | Unusual Sounds | 204BC | In the temple of Juno Sospita at Lanuvium a noise was heard with a dreadful crash |
2365 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 642AD | Chalon is burnt to the ground |
4508 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 358AD Aug. 23 | A fire rages for fifty days and nights |
2265 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 188AD | Lightning destroyed the Capitol |
2260 | Environment | Unusual Fire | 110AD | The Pantheon is set on fire by lightning |
437 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 926AD | Fiery Lights in Northern Sky |
2285 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 740AD | Signs in the sun and the moon and in the stars appear before the death of Charles Martel |
4259 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 595AD | Many signs are seen in the sky |
2647 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 479BC Aug. | Battle of Plataea: apparition of Athena |
2627 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 567BC Mar. 12 | Sky glowing red in the West observed from Babylon |
134 | Celestial | Unspecified Prodigies | 1034BC (Spr.) | A new star appears near the North Star, comet or nova; observed in China |
312 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 312AD | Did a meteor over central Italy in AD 312 change the course of Roman and Christian history? |
1387 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 91BC | Possible Tunguska-like event or comet/asteroid impact in northern Italy |
1307 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 113BC | 'Night-suns’ seen in the consulship of Gaius Caccilius and Gnaeus Papirius |
2296 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 147BC | Wrath of God strikes Antioch; possible overhead comet explosion |
655 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 204BC | Shooting stars at intervals; great meteor blazed; sky lighted up at night; crashing sound |
518 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 217BC | The heavens burst open with a fearful crash, and the countenance of the Thunderer was revealed. |
54 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 373BC (Win.) | Great Comet like a flaming torch before great earthquake and tsunami that swallowed entire cities in Greece |
2645 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 480BC Sep. | Roaring sound in sky, great flame of light and dust cloud |
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 |
2638 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 490BC Sep. 12 | Battle of Marathon Divine Intervention |
5174 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 2300BC | Widespread destruction event, possible Tunguska-like |
5193 | Celestial | Tunguska-like event | 3123BC Jun. 29 | Overhead comet/asteroid explosion; Köfels’ Impact |
5156 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 1650BC | Tsunami generated by Theran eruption |
1633 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 6000BC | Towering ancient tsunami in Mediterranean, Etna avalanche |
1805 | Archeology | Tsunami Evidence | 6000BC | Storegga slide tsunami, North Sea Doggerland |
2923 | Geology | Tsunami | 144BC | Soldiers of Tryphon are drowned by a rogue wave; possible undersea landslide |
2708 | Geology | Tsunami | 325BC Nov. | Tsunami destroys much of Alexander's fleet in India |
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 |
2387 | Geology | Tsunami | 426BC Oct. | Malian Gulf tsunami during Peloponnesian War |
1425 | Geology | Tsunami | 472BC | Following volcanic eruption on Pithecussae, the sea retreated then turned back and deluged the island. |
2646 | Geology | Tsunami | 479BC Mar. 29 | Tsunami drowns Persian army ending siege of Potidea, model for Exodus story |
2825 | Environment | Tornados and Watersprouts | 367BC | Tornadoes in Babylon |
4972 | Celestial | Sun activity | 814AD | A black spot is visible on the sun |
1294 | Celestial | Sun activity | 349BC | Bloody chasm in the sky, fire falling, aurora? |
4915 | Environment | Strong Winds | 979AD (Sum.) | Severe thunderstorms and winds in Kievan Rus' |
4912 | Environment | Strong Winds | 874AD | Severe storm in the Black Sea during Askold's siege of Constantinople |
4515 | Environment | Strong Winds | 358AD Aug. 23 | Typhoons, whirlwinds and violent raging storms |
1471 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD Oct. 23 | A "divine storm" with strong wind is unleashed during the Siege of Gamala |
1482 | Environment | Strong Winds | 67AD (Win.) | Storm with violent winds, rain and lightning during the siege of the Zealot Temple |
4525 | Environment | Strong Winds | 60AD | Violent and continuous storms during visit of a comet |
4507 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 358AD Aug. 23 | Strange crashing wave-like sounds and noises echosed from hill-tops in Nicromedia |
4531 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 60AD | A great quaking and sound of a great multitude is heard |
1318 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 104BC | Clanging armour and the sounding of a trumpet were heard from the sky |
5336 | Environment | Strange Sounds | 163BC | In Cephallenia a trumpet seemed to sound in the sky |
492 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 879AD | Solar Eclipse |
71 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 814AD | Solar eclipses are frequent during the last years before Charlemagne's death |
430 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 809AD Jul. 16 | Solar Eclipse |
490 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 733AD Aug. 14 | Annular solar eclipse |
1550 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 664AD May 3 | Solar Eclipse of 664 |
2086 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 603AD Aug. 12 | A solar eclipse is observed when Bertoald was mayor of the palace to Theuderic |
2081 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 592AD Mar. 19 | A solar eclipse is observed from dawn to midday |
1220 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 563AD Oct. 3 | A solar eclipse with the sun discolored as sackcloth |
404 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 540AD Jun. 20 | Solar Eclipse |
406 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 538AD Feb. 15 | Solar eclipse |
614 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 360AD Aug. 28 | Annular Solar Eclipse of 360 |
102 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 347AD | Solar eclipse |
880 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 346AD | Solar eclipse |
2383 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 318AD | Solar eclipse |
1467 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 49BC | Solar eclipse in Rome |
2854 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 89BC Sep. 29 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2784 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 112BC Jun. 18 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2765 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 133BC Feb. 13 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2761 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 136BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2863 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 195BC Jun. 6 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2736 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 203BC May 6 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2726 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 241BC Nov. 28 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2725 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 242BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2720 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 249BC May 4 | Solar eclipse observed in Babylon |
2718 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 254BC Jan. 31 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
2717 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 256BC Sep. 16 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
2688 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 369BC Apr. 11 | Solar eclipse in 35th year of Artaxerxes II, observed in Babylon |
2678 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 394BC Aug. 14 | Solar eclipse, Spartan defeat at the Battle of Cnidus |
2675 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 400BC Jun. 21 | Solar eclipse recorded by Ennius, reported by Cicero |
2652 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 431BC Aug. 31 | Solar eclipse explained by Pericles thereby dispelling fear of the Athenians |
2649 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 463BC Apr. 30 | Solar eclipse observed by Pindar |
2360 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 478BC Feb. 17 | Solar eclipse |
2640 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 480BC Oct. 2 | Solar eclipse recorded by Herodotus |
1269 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 584BC May 28 | First predicted solar eclipse, Thales of Miletus |
2648 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 648BC Apr. 6 | Earliest solar eclipse to be chronicled by the Greeks |
2618 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 657BC Apr. 15 | Solar eclipse Assyrian astrological reports |
2615 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 669BC May 17 | Solar eclipse observed by Babylonians |
5162 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 717BC Jul. 5 | Solar eclipse, Descending cloud, blasts of wind and rain, disappearance/ascent of Romulus |
2607 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 763BC Jun. 15 | Solar eclipse, key to ancient chronology |
5093 | Celestial | Solar Eclipse | 780BC Jun. 4 | Solar eclipse observed in China |
1880 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 623AD | The wendish Slavs revolt against the Huns |
75 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 73BC | Third Servile War, Spartacus, Crassus, Pompey |
74 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 104BC | Second Servile War; Gaius Marius |
5722 | Society | Slave Rebellion | 417BC | Plot by slaves to seize Rome |
4942 | Geology | Sinkhole | 400AD | Earth is opening up and sinkholes swallow up inhabitants |
654 | Geology | Sinkhole | 203BC | Sinking earth at Arpinum made huge depression |
5301 | Society | Science | 200BC | Eratosthenes of Cyrene accurately calculates the circumference of the Earth |
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 |
2277 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 630AD | Many Northern Italian cities are destroyed and razed |
4520 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 600AD | King Theudebert's and Theuderic's army lay waste the towns and districts along the Seine |
329 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 546AD Dec. 17 | Sack of Rome by Totila |
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 |
173 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 502AD | Siege of Amida, at least 85,000 killed |
1845 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 452AD | The scourge of God and leader of the Huns Attila destroys many cities in Italy |
94 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 410AD Aug. 24 | Sack of Rome |
5647 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 146BC | Complete destruction of the city of Carthage by Scipio Aemilianus; Rome flooded with slaves |
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 |
5217 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 332BC | Alexander's Siege of Tyre |
5091 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 722BC | Deportation of Israelites - Shalmaneser V, Sargon II |
5092 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 732BC | Deportation of Israelites Tiglath-Pileser III |
5200 | Society | Sack or Destruction of City | 1188BC | Fall of Troy |
653 | Environment | Rock Falls | 204BC | Shower of stones in association with meteors, crashing sounds; fall of Magna Mater |
5503 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 89BC | Appearance of new lakes, disappearance of rivers and springs in Asia Minor |
2786 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 112BC | Euphrates river turns red |
5485 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 137BC | The Fucine lake overflowed; red water emerged from the ground |
5342 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 166BC | Water poured from foot of Equestrian statue; on the Quirinal hill blood drenched the earth |
5328 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 168BC | At Calatia in public land for three days and two nights blood flowed |
5258 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 198BC | Fountains of Arethusa in Chalcis stopped and gushed up elsewhere |
514 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 217BC | River Allia flooding |
1321 | Geology | River/Water Table Anomalies | 223BC | A river in Picenum the color of blood |
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 |
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 |
675 | Society | Prodigy | 52BC | Portents follow the decree of the Senate to tear down temples of Serapis and Isis |
1449 | Society | Prodigy | 53BC | Some statues sweated, some struck by lightning in Rome |
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 |
1440 | Society | Prodigy | 63BC | Revival of ancient augural rite; bad omens resulted |
5497 | Society | Prodigy | 94BC | Multiple prodigies recorded at Rome |
5486 | Society | Prodigy | 135BC | Talking cow, hooting owl; portents of defeat of Roman army |
2357 | Society | Prodigy | 137BC Aug. | Animal prodigies observed in Rome |
5216 | Society | Prodigy | 332BC | "Bloody bread", vision of Apollo leaving city during siege of Tyre |
5287 | Society | Prodigy | 377BC | Voice heard from temple of Mater Matuta during burning of Satricum |
5635 | Society | Prodigy | 470BC | Religious awe and fear of the gods owing to the occurrence of many prodigies and omens |
5665 | Society | Politics | 14AD Aug. 19 | Death of Augustus |
5663 | Society | Politics | 13BC | Death of Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, supporter of Caesar, triumvir with Antony and Octavian |
5666 | Society | Politics | 30BC Aug. 12 | Death of Cleopatra VII Philopator, Queen of Egypt, mistress/wife of Marcus Antonius |
5523 | Society | Politics | 30BC Aug. 1 | Death of Marcus Antonius, supporter of Julius Caesar |
5598 | Society | Politics | 35BC | Sextus Pompeius Magnus Pius: executed without trial by order of Antony via Marcus Titius |
5602 | Society | Politics | 39BC | Death of Quintus Labienus: traitor to Caesar and to Rome |
5709 | Society | Politics | 40BC | Gaius Asinius Pollio, consul 40 BC; friend of Caesar and Antony; historian, literary patron |
5545 | Society | Politics | 42BC Oct. 23 | Suicide death of Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger, leading assassin of Julius Caesar |
5569 | Society | Politics | 42BC Oct. 3 | Death of Gaius Cassius Longinus: leader of the assassination plot against Julius Caesar |
5568 | Society | Politics | 42BC | Servilius Casca, one of Caesar's assassins |
5706 | Society | Politics | 43BC | Servius Sulpicius Galba, friend, legate and assassin of Julius Caesar; condemned by Pedian law |