BC can stand for: Before Christ, the years before the start of Anno Domini Boston College in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts British Columbia, a province...

a shorthand for Christian Era. Likewise, Before Christ, shortened as BC or B.C., is used in English to refer to all years before our present time (AD...

509 BC -the Roman Republic starts. 509 BC, September 13 - The temple of Jupiter on Rome's Capitoline Hill is dedicated on the ides (15th) of September...

century BC started on January 1, 100 BC and ended on December 31, 1 BC. An alternative name for this century is the last century BC. The AD/BC notation...

20th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2000 BC to 1901 BC. 2000 BC: Arrival of the ancestors of the Latins in Italy. 2000 BC: Town of Mantua...

The 1st millennium BC was the last millennium before the Common Era. It started on January 1, 1000 BC, and ended on December 31, 1 BC. There was a year...

546 BC—Croesus, Lydian king, is defeated by Cyrus of Persia near the River Halys. 546 BC—Cyrus of Persia completes his conquest of Lydia, and makes Pasargadae...

BC is a century which was from the year 2300 BC to 2201 BC. 2334 BC – 2279 BC: (short chronology) Sargon of Akkad's conquest of Mesopotamia. 2333 BC:...

BC is a century which was from the year 2400 BC to 2301 BC. c. 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue. c. 2360 BC:...

589 BC—Apries succeeds Psamtik II as king of Egypt. 588 BC—Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon begins siege of Jerusalem; the opera Nabucco sets the date at 587...

579 BC—Servius Tullius succeeds Lucius Tarquinius Priscus as the sixth King of Rome. 575 BC—Ishtar Gate and throne room wall, from Babylon (Iraq) is made...

669 BC - Assurbanipal succeeds his father Esarhaddon as king of Assyria 668 BC - Shamash-shum-ukin, son of Esarhaddon, becomes King of Babylon 668 BC -...

609 BC—The Babylonians defeat the Assyrian army of Ashur-uballit II and gain Harran. Ashur-uballit, the last Assyrian king, disappears from history. 609...

BC is a century which lasted from the year 2100 BC to 2001 BC. c. 2100 BC – c. 2050 BC: Nanna Ziggurat, Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq) was built. 2091 BC:...

century BC was the century that lasted from 1900 BC to 1801 BC. Hittite empire in Hattusa, Anatolia. 1900 BC: Proto-Greek invasions of Greece. c. 1900 BC: Minoan...

The 1550s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1559 BC to December 31, 1550 BC. The city of Mycenae, in the northeast Peloponnesus, becomes the most...

century BC is a century which was from the year 2900 BC to 2801 BC. c. 2900 BC – 2400 BC: Sumerian pictographs evolve into phonograms. 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian...

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BC is a century which was from the year 2600 BC to 2501 BC. c. 2900 BC – 2334 BC: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period continue. c. 2600 BC:...

BC Place is a sports stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia. The arena opened on June 19, 1983, and is the current home to the BC Lions of the Canadian...

The 0s BC, also known as the last decade BC, only had nine years which began in 9 BC and ended in 1 BC. It was the decade before Jesus Christ was born...

article talks about what happened in between 40 and 31 BC. Julius Caesar wins the civil war (49–45 BC) in the Roman Republic against the Roman Senate. He...

First Triumvirate (ca. 59–53 BC). Gallic Wars: Julius Caesar conquers much of Gaul, and leads two journeys to Britain (58–49 BC). Bak Hyeokgeose makes the...

and Cleopatra VII of Egypt at the Battle of Actium (2 September 31 BC). On August 30 BC Octavian captures Alexandria. Marcus Antonius and Cleopatra suicide...

February 25, 516 BC — The Temple in Jerusalem is completed....

happened between 60 BC and 51 BC. Philip II Philoromaeus ruled parts of Syris for a short time. Pompey, Roman general, lived 106–48 BC Mithridates VI, King...

of Carthage is thought to have lived. 804 BC - The empire of Assyria takes over the city of Damascus. 804 BC - The Egyptian ruler Pedubastis I dies. Ancient...

The 4th century BC started the first day of 400 BC and ended the last day of 301 BC. Praxiteles Alexander the Great...

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The 3rd century BC started the first day of 300 BC and ended the last day of 201 BC. Pagoda Mesopotamia...

The 5th century BC started the first day of 500 BC and ended the last day of 401 BC. It was the golden age of Classical Greece when it became powerful...

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The 4th millennium BC saw major changes in human culture. It marked the beginning of the Bronze Age and of writing. The city states of Sumer and the kingdom...

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11th century BC started the first day of 1100 BC and ended the last day of 1001 BC. The events below may have happened in this century. 1089 BC: Melanthus...

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The 22nd century BC is a century which was from the year 2200 BC to 2101 BC. 4.2 kiloyear event – the land became very dry, an event that probably lasted...

The 2nd century BC was a century that started on the first day of 200 BC and ended on the last day of 101 BC. It is considered part of the Classical period...

The 2nd millennium BC took place in between the years of 2000 BC and 1001 BC. This is the time between the Middle and the late Bronze Age. The first half...

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The 25th century BC is a century which lasted from the year 2500 BCE to 2401 BCE. c. 2900 BCE – 2334 BCE: Mesopotamian wars of the Early Dynastic period...

The BC United (BCU) is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is a conservative, neoliberal party and is considered to be centre-right...

The 8th century BC started the first day of 800 BC and ended the last day of 701 BC. Homer...

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Year 69 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Consuls: Quintus Caecilius Metellus Creticus and Quintus Hortensius. Antiochus XIII Asiaticus is...

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479 BC was a year in the 5th century BC. The Persian Wars end. for more information, see Category:479 BC deaths. Confucius (born 551 BC)....

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1700 - 1500 BC Hurrian conquest 1698 BC- King Jie of China kills his minister Guan Longfeng according to Chinese legend. The Exodus: The Israelites leave...

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Year 406 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Callicratidas becomes the navarch of the Spartan fleet, replacing Lysander. Athens wins the Battle...

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Year 496 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Hipparchos, son of Charmos wins the archonship of Athens. The former Etruscan King of Rome, Tarquinius...

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Year 495 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. A temple is built on the Circus Maximus, between the Aventine and Palatine hills, in Rome, in...

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BC—Foundation of Cadiz, Spain. 1100 BC—Tiglath-Pileser I of Assyria conquers the Hittites. c. 1100 BC—The Dorians invade Ancient Greece. c. 1100 BC—Mycenaean...

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Year 427 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Sparta's King Archidamus II is succeeded by his son Agis II. Cleon says Mytilene must be destroyed...

Year 310 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Antigonus tells Nicanor, one of his generals, to attack Babylonia from the east and his son Demetrius...

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This article is about the period 779 BC – 770 BC. 776 BC – The very first Olympic Games takes place in Athens, Greece and continues every four years....

1999–2000 Serie C1 North Winners: 1981–82 "Rosa". atalanta.it. Atalanta B.C. Archived from the original on 10 February 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2020...

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Year 101 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The Roman consuls Gaius Marius and Manius Aquillius defeat the Cimbri in the Battle of Campi Raudii...

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Year 77 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Marcus Aemilius Lepidus, consul and leader of the democratic party, is defeated by Quintus Lutatius...

84 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The First Mithridatic War comes to an end. Catullus, Roman poet (approximate date) (d. c. 54 BC) Surena...

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Year 470 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Pausanias hides in the Temple of Athena of the Brazen House to escape arrest. The Spartans wall...

390 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Ambustus, Longus, Ambustus, Fidenas, Ambustus...

Year 185 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The Roman general Scipio Africanus and his brother Lucius are accused by Cato the Elder of receiving...

Year 370 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The Spartans under King Agesilaus II invade Arcadia. After asking the Athenians for help, Arcadia...

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Year 411 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The democracy of Athens is overthrown. A "Council of Four Hundred" is set up. * Phrynichus, the...

Year 480 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. May – King Xerxes I of Persia marches from Sardis and onto Thrace and Macedonia. A force of 10...

The BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team that play in the Canadian Football League (CFL). They play their home games at BC Place in Vancouver...

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The sixteenth dynasty starts in Egypt. People make leavened bread in Egypt. Hammurabi dies in 1686 BC Heremon dies in 1684 BC, (Irish legend)...

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earliest one. c. 1300 BC–1200 BC—Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, is built. Excavated by Christos Stamatakis in 1878. c. 1300 BC–1200 BC—The palace at Pylos...

nineteenth dynasty ends in Egypt in 1186. The Trojan War ends on the 24 April 1184 BC Menestheus (in legends he is the king of Athens) dies. he has ruled for 23...

Year 380 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Persia makes the Athenians remove their general Chabrias from Egypt. Chabrias has been helping...

Year 203 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The Roman general, Publius Cornelius Scipio makes a surprise attack on the Carthaginians camp...

Year 321 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Antipater makes Antigonus commander in chief of his army in Asia Minor. He sends him with Craterus...

Year 275 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The Museum of Alexandria is founded by the Egyptian King Ptolemy II. When Pyrrhus returns from...

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201 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. On Hannibal's advice, Carthage asks for peace with the Romans. This ends the Second Punic War. Carthage...

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Year 350 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Sidon, the centre of the revolt against Persia, asks for help from its sister city of Tyre and...

Year 297 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Fabius Maximus Rullianus becomes consul for the fourth time. He defeats the Samnites in a battle...

Salome Alexandria becomes queen of Judea after her husband dies. Hycarnus II becomes the high priest of Jerusalem until 66 BC. Pamplona is built in Spain...

seem to borrow. c. 1700 BC: Lila-Ir-Tash started to rule the Elamite Empire. c. 1700 BC: Bronze Age starts in China. c. 1700 BC: Shang Dynasty starts in...

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Year 200 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Antiochus III's forces continue their invasion of Coele Syria and Palestine. Philip V of Macedon's...

BC and lasted until 30 BC, when it was invaded by the Romans. Egypt grew along the Nile River and was at its most powerful in the 2nd millennium BC....

The 3rd millennium BC spans the Early to Middle Bronze Age. This was a period of time in which the desire to conquer was common. Expansion occurred throughout...

Year 331 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Alexander leaves Egypt and leads his forces towards Phoenicia. He leaves Cleomenes of Naucratis...

February 2 for more information, see Category:429 BC deaths. Pericles or Perikles (ca. 495–429 BC), an important statesman of Athens. He also was an...

Year 358 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Artaxerxes III succeeds Artaxerxes II as King of Persia. To secure his throne he puts to death...

Year 100 BC was a year in the Pre-Julian Calendar. Chola dynasty grows. July 12 – Julius Caesar, Roman general and dictator (died 44 BC) Wikimedia Commons...

The 1790s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1799 BC to December 31, 1790 BC. During this decade, the Near East was in the midst of the Middle Bronze...

Year 230 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The city of Pergamum is attacked by the Galatians (Celts who have settled in central Anatolia)...

Year 285 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. June 26 – Egypt's Ptolemy I Soter quits ruling. He is succeeded by his youngest son by his wife...

city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War. Euripides wrote the play Alcestis Zeno of Elea died about 430 BC...

Year 385 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Tribunate of Capitolinus, Cornelius, Capitolinus...

Year 336 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The young king of Persia, Arses, objects to being controlled by Bagoas and attempts to poison...

Year 302 BC was an extended period of the pre-Julian Roman schedule. At that point, it was known as the Extended period of the Consulship of Denter and...

BC – Egyptians make papyrus (paper made of Reeds) c. 2800 BC – Kot Diji time of the Indus Valley Civilization starts c. 2700 BC – Elam grows. 2580 BC...

fifteenth dynasty starts in Egypt. Pharaoh (king) Tutimaios of Egypt dies in 1674 BC. People write Ipuwer Papyrus in 1674. Hyksos invade Egypt in 1674....

BC Transit is a transit company run by the British Columbian government that gives bus services to many towns and areas in the province. Before 1979, the...

The New Democratic Party of British Columbia (BC NDP) is a provincial political party in British Columbia, Canada. It is a social democratic party and...

Year 405 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The Athenian fleet follows the Spartan admiral, Lysander, to the Hellespont. The Athenian fleet...

464 BC is a year in the pre-Julian Roman calendar. It was at the time known as year 290. A very large earthquake happened in Sparta killing many people...

Year 473 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. The State of Wu is added by the State of Yue. The Hikawa Shrine is formed in Saitama, Saitama...

423 BC) Electra (c. 420 BC) Heracles (c. 416 BC) Trojan Women (415 BC, second prize) Iphigeneia in Tauris (c. 414 BC) Ion (c. 414 BC) Helen (412 BC) Phoenician...

Year 220 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. Together with fellow Illyrian, Scerdilaidas, Demetrius of Pharos attacks Illyrian cities under...

Year 235 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In Rome, the consul Titus Manlius Torquatus does the first ever closing of the gates of the Temple...

year 600 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 154 Ab urbe condita. The denomination 600 BC for this...

British Columbia (BC) is a province in Canada. It was originally two separate colonies of Great Britain, the colony of Vancouver Island, and the colony...

first Ancient Olympic Games, in 776 BC, was also around this time. In Roman legend, the city of Rome was founded in 753 BC. The earliest settlement at the...

Caesar Dīvī Fīlius Augustus; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August 14 AD) was the first Roman Emperor, ruling from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. He led Rome in...

Artaxiad Dynasty Queen of Armenia, r. 8–5 BC, 2 BC–2 AD, 6–11 Ariobarzan of Atropatene, Client King of Armenia, r. 1 BC–2 AD Artavazd V, Client King of Armenia...

Neolithic: Jarmo (~7000 BC– ~6000 BC) Pottery Neolithic: Hassuna (~6000 BC–? BC), Samarra (~5700 BC–4900 BC) and Halaf (~6000 BC–5300 BC) cultures Chalcolithic...

BC) 2nd dynasty (2890 - 2686 BC) 3rd dynasty (2686 - 2613 BC) 4th dynasty (2613 - 2498 BC) 5th dynasty (2498 - 2345 BC) 6th dynasty (2345 - 2181 BC)...

year zero, with 1 BC followed by year 1. It is important to not forget this when calculating lengths of time. The HE starts at 10001 BC. This is a rough...

Anthony. Mark Antony (Latin: Marcus Antonius, 14 January circa 82 BC – 1 August 30 BC), was a Roman patrician from an upper-class family. He became a general...

498-454 BC Perdiccas II 454-413 BC Archelaus 413-399 BC Craterus 399 BC Orestes 399-396 BC Archelaus II 396-393 BC Amyntus II 393 BC Pausanias 393 BC Amyntas...

family who ruled over Egypt. Their rule lasted for 275 years, from 305 BC to 30 BC. They were the final dynasty of ancient Egypt. Ptolemy, was one of Alexander...

time before people began to write. It lasted from around 4.5 billion BC – 3000 BC, during the Stone Age. The word comes from the Ancient Greek words προ...

legend, the city of Rome was founded by Romulus in c. 750 BC. It was a kingdom until 510 BC, when the last King, Lucius Tarquinius Superbus was overthrown...

Macedonia 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC). He was king of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia from 336 BC until his death in 323 BC. By the age of thirty...

the 900s BC, the Neo-Assyrian Empire became the successor to the Old Assyrian Empire (2025-1378 BC) and the Middle Assyrian Empire (1365-934 BC) and dominated...

about 4.567 billion years BC to about 542 million years BC. It starts with the beginning of the Earth, about 4.567 billion years BC. When it ends, there were...

Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (c. 63 BC – 12 BC) was a general of the Roman Empire and a statesman. He was a close friend and brother-in-law of Augustus. Agrippa's...

Gaius Julius Caesar (12 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a military commander, politician and author at the end of the Roman Republic. Caesar became...

about 4000 BC. People in Asia also discovered it on their own around 3500 BC. The Inca and Maya had wheels on children's toys around 1500 BC, but they...

British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. (BC Ferries for short) is a Canadian ferry service. It is based in Victoria, British Columbia and they are responsible...

Aristophanes (born around 450/445 BC – died around 385 BC) was a Greek writer who wrote 40 plays. However, only 11 of his plays survive in their entirety...

Dynastic Period, before 3100 BC. It ends with the Ptolemaic Dynasty, when Egypt became a province of Rome under Augustus in 30 BC. The dates given are approximate...

Aeschylus (525 BC – 456 BC) was an Ancient Greek poet and writer. He wrote about 70–90 plays. Only six of his tragedies have survived complete. Aeschylus...

reigned 722 – 705 BC) was an Assyrian king. Sargon II became co-regent with Shalmaneser V in 722 BC. Shalmaneser V died in 722 BC. From then on, Sargon...

Marcus Junius Brutus (early June 85 BC – late October 42 BC), usually referred to as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic. He is best known...

Leonidas I (Greek: Λεωνίδας; c. 530 BC–480 BC) was a king of the Greek city-the state of Sparta from about 490 BC until his death in 480. The Spartans...

First Maccabees) is a book of the Bible written in Hebrew around the year 100 BC by a Jewish author. It is part of the Old Testament in Catholic and Orthodox...

Julius Caesar (29 BC/BCE) The Temple of Vesta (7th century BC/BCE) The Temple of Castor and Pollux (484 BC/BCE) The Arch of Augustus (29–19 BC/BCE) The Forum...

from about the 5th century BC and longer texts from about the 3rd century BC. Classical Latin was used in the 1st century BC and was the official language...

between Classical Greece and Persia's Achaemenid Empire in the 5th century BC. The struggle lasted 50 years, from 499–449. Herodotus wrote a history of...

culture in ancient Italy that lasted from about 900 BC to 27 BC. The Etruscans ruled Rome until 396 BC. People living in this civilization called themselves...

(210 BC–129 BC) Cato the Younger (Uticensis 94 BC–46 BC) Chrysippus (280 BC–204 BC) Cleanthes (of Assos), (330 BC–232 BC) Diodotus, (~120 BC–59 BC), teacher...

proto-Elamite period: Proto-Elamite: c. 3200 BC – 2700 BC (Proto-Elamite script in Susa) Old Elamite period: c. 2700 BC – 1600 BC (earliest documents until the Eparti...

Babylonia was a city state in Mesopotamia in the 2nd millennium BC, over 3000 years ago. Babylonia's capital city was Babylon, which meant The Gate of...

(624–546 BC) Anaximander (610–546 BC) Anaximenes of Miletus (585–525 BC) Pythagorean Schools Pythagoras (582–496 BC) Philolaus (470–380 BC) Alcmaeon...

Philageia in the 6th century BC. He won the pankration in two Olympics, but died of a stranglehold in the Olympics of 564 BC. He was awarded the victor's...

Pindarus; c. 518 – 438 BC) was an ancient Greek poet of Thebes. He was born in Boeotia, around 518 BC. He died in Argos, at age 80 in 438 BC. He is known for...

pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She came to the throne in 1478 BC and was the second historically confirmed female pharaoh. She was a successful...

Macedonia. He ruled from 359 BC to 336 BC. He was the father of the emperor Alexander the Great, who was born in 356 BC. Philip united all of Ancient...

alphabet was borrowed from the Phoenician alphabet around the 10th century BC, with many changes to make it fit the Greek language. Some of the Phoenician...

spring of 753 BC. Marcus Porcius Cato Censorius thought that Rome was founded one year after the 7th Olympic Games. That would have been in 752 BC. Ab urbe...

Seleucus I Nicator (also known as Seleucus the Victor) (c. 358 BC – 281 BC) was one of the generals friends of Alexander who were given, or took control...

was, by tradition, a slave of African descent who lived from about 620 BC to 560 BC in Ancient Greece. The tradition is that he was at one point freed from...

during the archaic period, between the 8th and the 6th centuries BC. It continued until 146 BC and ended with the Roman conquest of Greece at the Battle of...

The Qin dynasty (/tʃɪn/ CHIN) ruled in China from 221 BC to 206 BC (15 years). It was created by the warlord Qin Shi Huang during the Warring States Period...

world, as were Ancient Egypt and the Indus Valley. Sumer started around 3500 BC. Its Sumerian grew along the Tigris and the Euphrates. The land was good for...

of the Old Kingdom Middle Egyptian language (2055 BC – 1650 BC), the Middle Kingdom (2055 BC – 1650 BC, but lasting until the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt:...

at Xia Yang (present-day Shan Xi Province, Han City) in either 145 or 135 BC. His father, Sima Tan, was also a historian. When Sima Qian was 10, he could...

supposedly founded in 753 BC. It survived the Roman Kingdom (753 BC–509 BC), the Roman Republic (509 BC–27 BC), the Roman Empire (27 BC–395 AD) and the fall...

an Indo-European language spoken in Ancient Greece from about 1500 BC to about 300 BC. Ancient Greek and Latin are very important languages. Although they...

Africa. Iron production took place in Anatolia at least as early as 1200 BC, with some evidence pointing to even earlier dates. In the Mesopotamian states...

war, which took place around 1190 BC. The manuscripts of Homer were written much later, probably later than 800 BC. What makes the history of this period...

Valley civilization or the Harrapan civilization (3300–1300 BC; mature period 2700–1700 BC), was a Bronze Age civilization that is among the four oldest...

founded by the Etruscans with the name Felsina (c. 534 BC) and became a Roman colony in 189 BC. In the 11th century Bologna began to grow again as a free...

Xenophon (c. 430 – 354 BC), also known as Xenophon of Athens, was a Greek historian, soldier, mercenary, philosopher and a contemporary and admirer of...

and flax. The first evidence we have of rice cultivation is from 5700 BC. By 6200 BC, humans had domesticated rice in China. After that, they domesticated...

invention of writing over 5,000 years ago. The first records are from 3,200 BC. Prehistory covers the period from the Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) to the...

few empires that ruled over modern-day Iran. Achaemenid Empire (550 BC – 330 BC), the first Persian Empire. Sassanid Empire (224 – 651 AD), the second...

Titus Livius (Latin: [ˈtɪtʊs ˈliːwiʊs]; 64/59 BC – AD 12/17), was a Roman historian. Today, he is best known for his work Ab Urbe Condita (From the foundation...

BCE/1 CE), also known as Herod the Great, was the King of Judea from 37 to 4 BC. At the time Judea was a client state of Rome. During his 33 year reign, Herod...

Aristotle (Stagira, Macedonia, 384 BC – Chalicis, Euboea, Greece, 7 March 322 BC) was a Greek philosopher. He was one of the most important philosophers...

ancient Theban army of the 4th century BC. The earliest surviving record of the Sacred Band by name was made in 324 BC. The unit was comprised of 150 male...

Delphi is a Greek bronze sculpture from the early Classical period, about 477 BC. It stands 1.8 m tall. It was discovered in the sanctuary of Apollo at Delphi...

English-speaking world, was an Ancient Roman poet. He was born on March 20, 43 BC in Sulmona, then called Sulmo. People today do not know when he died. It was...

Caesarion (June 23, 47 BC – August, 30 BC) was the son of Cleopatra VII. He ruled Egypt as a child with his mother Cleopatra until 30 BC. He was murdered by...

was an Ancient Roman architect and engineer who lived in the 1st century BC. Neither his name, Marcus, nor his cognomen Pollio are certain. His main work...

calendar used by the ancient Egyptians which was first introduced in 238 BC. Egyptian calendar Coptic Church This short article can be made longer. You...

Darius III (c. 380 – July 330 BC) was first named Artashata. He was called Codomannus by the Greeks. Darius III was the last Persian Shah (king) of the...

Chinese learning to farm by 5000 BC. They had started cultivating rice and possibly other types of grains. By 2500 BC, the Bronze Age had come to China...

The theatre of ancient Greece was at its best from 550 BC to 220 BC. It was the beginning of modern western theatre, and some ancient Greek plays are still...

began on 1 January 10 and ended on 31 December 19. Caesar Augustus, Roman Emperor (27 BC – 14). Tiberius, Roman Emperor (14–37). Germanicus, Roman General...

Gaozu of Han (Chinese: 漢高祖, 256 BC or 247 BC – 195 BC) was the founder of Han Dynasty. He ruled China from 202 BC until 195 BC. His name was Liu Bang (Chinese:...

moved south around 2500 BC. When the Middle Kingdom of Egypt ended, an independent kingdom of Kush developed. About 1500 BC Egyptians moved southwards...

The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC, was a battle in the second Persian invasion of Greece. It was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by...

Battle of Chaeronea was a battle in Ancient Greece. It was fought in 338 BC near the city of Chaeronea in Boeotia. It was fought between the armies of...

prehistory which started in roughly 14,000 BC to 10,000 BC. The period ended in roughly 500 BC or 400 BC to 300 BC. "Jōmon" means "patterns of plaited cord"...

held every four years throughout Classical Antiquity, from the 8th century BC to the 4th century AD. The first Olympic Games were in honour of Zeus. Olympia...

the thirteenth year of king Josiah (about 627 BC) and finished in the eleventh year of king Zedekiah (586 BC), when Jerusalem went into exile. During this...

(wɜːkɪŋˈɛtoɹɪks in Gaulish) born c.82 BC, died 46 BC. was a chieftain of the Gallic tribe of the Arverni. He led the Gauls in 52 BC against the Roman army in Gaul...

temple to honor the goddess Athena for nearly 900 years from the 5th century BC to the 5th century AD, and originally had a huge idol to her. It was a Christian...

1000 BC. After the arrival of Indo-Aryans, the kingdoms around Bengal were first described in the Atharvaveda about 1000 BC. From the 6th century BC, Magadha...

Emperor Ai of Han (27 BC-1 BC) was an emperor of the Chinese Han Dynasty. He ascended the throne when he was 20, having been made heir by his uncle Emperor...

of Yerevan dates back to the 8th century BC, with the founding of the Urartian fortress of Erebuni in 782 BC. Eventually, the letter "b" in the name Erebuni...

BC Budivelnyk Kyiv - is a Ukrainian basketball team. It was founded in 1945. Ukrainian SuperLeague (9): Gold - 1992, 1997, 2011, 2013, 2014 Silver - 1998...

world. 300 Spartans at Thermopylae: Battle of Thermopylae 480 BC Siege of Carthage: 149–146 BC Battle of Hastings – 1066 Battle of Kosovo – 1389 Battle of...

Darius the Great (c. 549 BC– 486/485 BC) was the son of Hystaspes and Persian Shah of Iran from 522 BC to 485 BC. After Darius became Shah of Persia,...

2000 BC until 800 BC. In the Middle East, it started about a thousand years earlier. For example, bronze was first used in Mesopotamia around 3300 BC. Later...

Assyria, to 539 BC, when Cyrus the Great captured the city of Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar II ruled the kingdom from 605 BC to 562 BC. Chaldea on Answers...

written in the Shiji by historian Sima Qian (145 BC-90 BC) that Huangdi reigned from 2497 BC to 2398 BC. His personal name was said to be Gongsun Xuanyuan...

367 BC – January 282 BC) was a general in the Greek army of Alexander the Great who was the king and pharaoh of ancient Egypt from 305/304 BC until...

Ancient Rome (8th century BC – 5th century AD) Roman Kingdom (753 BC to 509 BC) Roman Republic (509 BC to 27 BC) Roman Empire (27 BC to 476/1453 AD) Roman...

was a major battle of the Second Punic War. It took place on 2 August 216 BC in Cannae, Apulia, in southeastern Italy. The army of Carthage, under Hannibal...

Tribune (214 BC), Quaestor (204 BC), Aedile (199 BC), Praetor (198 BC), Consul (195 BC) together with his old patron, and finally Censor (184 BC). Late in...

Siddhartha Gautama (c. 563 BC - c. 483 BC) was an ancient Indian Philosopher and the founder of Buddhism. He is better known by the title the Buddha which...

(1445 BC-1405 BC) is the first king of Ancient Manipur (Antique Kangleipak) civilization. He is the father of King Ningthou Kangba (1405 BC-1359 BC) and...

Cyrus the Great (Persian: کوروش بزرگ, Kurush-e Bozorg, c. 590 BC or 576 – August 530 BC), was the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty in today's Iran. He...

Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (29 September 106 BC – 28 September 48 BC), otherwise known as Pompey (/ˈpɒmpiː/) or Pompey the Great, was an important military...

ago. It lasted for about 3.4 million years, and ended between 4,000 BC and 2,000 BC. About 99% of human history happened during the Stone Age. Stone Age...

Near East from 321 BC to 428 AD. Its history is divided into reigns by three royal dynasties: Orontid (321 BC–200 BC), Artaxiad (190 BC–12 AD) and Arsacid...

The Delian League was founded in 478 BC. It was an association of Greek city-states under the leadership of Athens. The League had many cities: at various...

Pericles or Perikles (ca. 495–429 BC, Greek: Περικλῆς, meaning "surrounded by glory") was a prominent and influential statesman. He also was an orator...

10th century BC: Epic of Gilgamesh (Mesopotamia) 8th century BC to 3rd century AD: Mahābhārata (Indian mythology) 8th to 6th century BC: Iliad and Odyssey...

BC - 715 BC) Sais: (725 BC - 715 BC) Napata/Memphis (715 BC - 664 BC) Sais: (664 BC - 525 BC) Sais: (404 BC - 399 BC) Mendes: (399 BC - 380 BC) Sebennytos:...

Hsia-ch'ao) was the first dynasty of China. It was founded in 2100 BC and ended in 1600 BC. Until archaeologists dug at Erlitou in Henan Province, many scientists...

Nicanor in 161 BC by Judas Maccabeus, the hero of the work. 2 Maccabees was written in Koine Greek, probably in Alexandria, Egpyt in 124 BC. It gives a revised...

Spartacus (circa 120 BC – circa 70 BC, at the end of the Third Servile War), according to Roman historians, was a gladiator-slave who became the leader...

changed China into its current form. The Xia dynasty lasted from 2070 BC until 1600 BC. It was the first ruling dynasty in Chinese history. The Xia was probably...

Themistocles (?524 BC-?460 BC) was an Ancient Greek Athenian politician and general. He fought against the Persians at the Battle of Marathon as a young...

Hipparchus (greek Ἵππαρχος; ca. 190 BC – ca. 120 BC) was a Greek astronomer, geographer, and mathematician. He lived in the Hellenistic period. He was...

Marcus Tullius Cicero (3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, consul, lawyer, political theorist and philosopher. He is often thought...

and silver coins. Croesus (595 BC – c. 546 BC) was a king of Lydia who is said to have reigned for 14 years: from 560 BC until he was defeated by the Persian...

Milo of Croton was a 6th century BC Greek wrestler. He came from the Greek city of Croton in southern Italy. He had great success as a wrestler. He won...

The First Punic War started in 264 BC. It lasted for 23 years, ending in 241 BC. It was the first of three wars fought between ancient Carthage and the...

century BC, by becoming first a tributary kingdom, then a province, of the Roman Empire. The first interference of Rome in the region dates from 63 BC, following...

Empire was the first large empire of India. The empire was founded in 322 BC by Chandragupta Maurya. Chandragupta Maurya established the Maurya empire...

Megas; c. 196 bc – 3 July 187 BC) was a Greek Hellenistic king. He was the 6th ruler of the Seleucid Empire. Antiochus ruled from 222 to 187 BC. He ruled...

The Third Punic War (149 BC to 146 BC) was the third and last of the Punic Wars. It was fought between the former Phoenician colony of Carthage, and the...

Gaius Cassius Longinus (before 85 BC – October 42 BC) was a Roman Senator, a leader of the plot to kill Julius Caesar, and the brother in-law of Brutus...

after Minos. It began in the Bronze Age between 3000 and 2700 BC. It lasted until about 1450 BC. The Minoan civilization is famous for its sea trading and...

VIII from 142 to 131 BC and again from 127 to 116 BC. She then ruled with her sons Ptolemy IX and Ptolemy X from 116 to 101 BC. Cleopatra III's uncle...

Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December 8, 65 BC - November 27, 8 BC), known to English speakers as Horace, was a famous poet in the Roman Empire. Horace was...

Hannibal (Hǎnnibal Barca, 247 BC – ? 183/2/1 BC), was a Carthaginian statesman and general who was the greatest enemy of the Roman Republic. He was the...

French: Lac Léman, date from around 3000 BC. The hill of the Old City, however, was not inhabited until 1000 BC. Later, when Rome conquered Geneva, it was...

Sophocles (497 BC, 496 BC, or 495 BC – 406 BC) was an Ancient Greek writer who wrote over 100 plays, according to the Suda. Only seven of his tragedies...

Pyrrhus or Pyrrhos (Greek: Πύρρος της Ηπείρου, Pyrrhus of Epirus; 319–272 BC) was a Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period. His life was lived...

Assyrian calendar is a lunar-based calendar that begins in the year 4750 BC.  The Assyrian calendar is inspired by an estimate of the date of the first...

Thucydides (/θjuːˈsɪdɪdiːz/; Greek: Θουκυδίδης; born around 460 BC, died around 400 BC) was an ancient Greek historian best remembered for his work on...

culture (c. 1300 BC - 750 BC) Bronze Age Hallstatt culture (c. 1200 BC - 500 BC) late Bronze Age to early Iron Age La Tene culture (c. 600 BC - 50 AD) late...

the ballistic coefficient (BC) of a bullet is a measure of its ability to overcome air resistance in flight. A high BC means it will slow down less...

'ruler' or 'king'. In the 10th and 9th centuries BC, Ancient Greece was ruled by monarchs. By the 7th century BC, they were ruled by groups of aristocrats....

It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Great Wall of Qi was started in 685 BC. The state of Qi made a fortified wall for protection against the Southern...

Republic destroyed Carthage during the Punic Wars of the 3rd and 2nd centuries BC. In later centuries, Rome started a colony in the same place that became an...

Alcibiades, son of Clinias, (c.e.450–404 BC), was a prominent Athenian statesman, orator, and general. He was the last famous member of his mother's aristocratic...

and Rāpi, meaning "healer"), was the sixth king of Babylon from 1792 BC to 1750 BC. He became king after his father abdicated, and was the first ruler...

Athens in the 6th century BC. He was one of the sons of Peisistratus, the ruler of Athens. Hippias succeeded Peisistratus in 527 BC. and became tyrant of...

Socrates (399 BC-470 BC) was one of the most famous Greek philosophers. He showed how argument, debate, and discussion could help people to understand...

birthday. In about 19 BC she married Tiberius. Their son Drusus Julius Caesar was born in 14 BC. Her father Agrippa died in March 12 BC. He was then married...

French cunéiforme. It was first used in Sumer in the late 4th millennium BC (the 'Uruk IV' period). Cuneiform writing began as a system of pictographs...

822-782 BC Fidach 782-742 BC Floclaid 742-712 BC Got 712-700 BC Ce 700-685 BC Fibaid 685-661 BC Gede-olgudach 661-581 BC Denbecan 581-481 BC Oflinecta...

functioned as a major center of scholarship. It was built in the third century BC. In ancient Latin, the library was known as the "ALEXANDRINA BYBLIOTHECE"...

the Roman proconsul Julius Caesar against tribes in Gaul between 58 BC and 50 BC. The wars gave Rome rich farmlands in Gaul (roughly France and Belgium...

conspirators who assassinated Julius Caesar. The Triumvirate lasted from 43 BC to 33 BC. It ended the effort by Marcus Tullius Cicero to make the Senate once...

historian (b. 65 BC). Terentia, first wife of Marcus Tullius Cicero (b. 98 BC). Ariobarzanes II, King of Media Atropatane (b. 40 BC). Artavasdas IV, King...

Classical Greece was the period in ancient Greece from about 500–323 BC. It had a civilisation and style which was considered by later observers to be...

Babylon from 1750 BC to 1712 BC. He was the son of Hammurabi, the conqueror of Mesopotamia. He became King after the death of his father in 1750 BC....

Numidia (202 BC – 46 BC) was an ancient Berber kingdom. It was in modern-day Algeria and a smaller part of western Tunisia in North Africa. It was the...

Euclid of Alexandria (Greek: Εὐκλείδης) (about 325 BC–265 BC) was a Greek mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt and worked at the Library of Alexandria...

Greek epic poem by Apollonius of Rhodes. It was written in the 3rd century BC. It tells the story of Jason getting the Golden Fleece. Argonautica inspired...

Zeno of Citium (sometimes called Zeno Apathea) (333 BC–264 BC) was a Syrian philosopher. He was the student of Carates of Thebes, who was the most famous...

Sophists of the 5th century BC, such as Protagoras of Abdera (480 – 411 BC), were mostly skeptics. Gorgias (485 – 380 BC) said, "Nothing exists; if anything...

Tiberius (Tiberius Julius Caesar Augustus, 16 November 42 BC – 16 March 37 AD) was the second Roman Emperor. He ruled from 14 CE to 37 CE. He was the step-son...

naval battle took place at the same time as the Battle of Thermopylae, in 480 BC. Approaching Artemisium towards the end of summer, the Persian navy was caught...

The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an Ancient Greek military conflict, fought by Athens and its allies, against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta...

live in the area from c. 1200 BC, and made a kingdom in the 8th century BC. It was ruined by Cimmerian invaders c. 690 BC, then conquered by its neighbor...

168 BC. Demetrius I Poliorcetes (294 BC – 287 BC) Antigonus II Gonatas (276 BC – 239 BC) Demetrius II (239 BC – 229 BC) Antigonus III Doson (229 BC – 221...

Sulla (c. 138 BC – 78 BC), usually called Sulla, was a Roman general and statesman. He was a praetor (a commander of an army) in 97 BC, and held the office...

Macedon 700-678 BC Argaeus I of Macedon 678-640 BC Philip I of Macedon 640-602 BC Aeropus I of Macedon 602-576 BC Alcetas I of Macedon 576-547 BC Amyntas I...

ancient Greece. He worked mostly with cups and plates between 520 and 490 BC in the red-figure style. He signed more than half his works. He was an expert...

and pretended to flee. In 250 BC, the Parthians succeeded in founding an independent kingdom, which in the 1st century BC grew into an empire extending...

Assyrian, 1950–1530 BC Middle Babylonian/Middle Assyrian, 1530–1000 BC Neo-Babylonian/Neo-Assyrian, 1000–600 BC Late Babylonian, 600 BC–100 AD "Neo-Assyrian"...

Latin: [ˈpuːbliʊs wɛrˈɡɪliʊs ˈmaroː]; traditional dates 15 October 70 BC – 21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil (/ˈvɜːrdʒɪl/ VUR-jil) in English...

3100 BC. This was followed by the period of Sumer proper. It played a leading role in the early urbanization of Sumer in the mid 4th millennium BC. At...

Marcus Aemilius Lepidus (born 88/89 BC, died 12/13 BC) was a Roman politician. He was one of the closest men to Julius Caesar. He was Caesar's deputy...

Strabo (Greek: Στράβων; 63/64 BC – ca. AD 24) was a Greek historian, geographer and philosopher. Strabo was born in a rich family from Pontus which had...

Ashurbanipal (685 BC – 627 BC), the son of Esarhaddon, was the last great king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. He established (started) the first organized...

rebuilt, the book must also be later than 515 BC. The author of Ecclesiasticus early in the 2nd century BC used some of the themes in the book of Malachi...

Maliyapham Palcha (1359 BC-1329 BC), also known as Mari Ya Phambal Cha or Koi Koi, is a king of Ancient Manipur (Antique Kangleipak) kingdom. He is the...

of Salisbury in Wiltshire, England. The site was built between 3100 BC and 1550 BC. It was used until the Bronze Age. The monument is made of a henge,...

Athens refers to the city of Athens from 508 to 322 BC. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes, after the tyranny of the Peistratids...

King Tang of Shang, in Chinese:" 湯", born Zi Lu, in Chinese:" 子履" (1617 BC - 1588 BC) was the first king of the Shang dynasty in Chinese history. He fought...

Praxiteles was the most famous of the sculptors of the 4th century BC. He was the first to sculpt the nude female form in a life-size statue. While no...

Publius Terentius Afer (fl. 166–160 BC), better known in English as Terence, was a Roman playwright. Terence was the author of six plays, all comedies...

renamed Hispania Tarraconensis. The Roman invaded the Iberian Peninsula in 218 BC and used it as a training ground for tactics against the Carthaginians, the...

recurring) c. 3500–2500 BC Elamites of Iran possibly used early forms of decimal system. [1][permanent dead link] [2] c. 2900 BC Egyptian hieroglyphs show...

Sumerian king list, Akkad (Agade) was built by Sargon of Akkad, 23th century BC, and is often called the first empire in history. Even so, it is known from...

(1902-1994) Some examples of Buddhist mystics: Siddhartha Gautama (563 BC-483 BC) Bodhidharma (440-528) Kabbalah Spirituality Supernatural This short article...

Etruscan Turan. Her cult began in Ardea and Lavinium, Latium. On August 18, 293 BC, the first temple to her was built. August 18 was then a festival called the...

unclear. Various historians claim different dates, with 1294 BC to 1279 BC and 1290 BC to 1279 BC being the most commonly used by scholars today. The name...

in the Louvre, Paris, France. It is believed to have been made about 190 BC. It was discovered in 1863. It commemorates Nike, the Greek victory in a sea...

in which the first artifacts were found. It lasted from about 1200 BC to about 275 BC. There were different periods that are now told apart mainly by the...

Epicurus (Samos, 341 BC – Athens, 270 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher. He started a school of philosophy called Epicureanism. As a boy he studied...

(Chinese: 秦始皇; literally: "First Emperor of Qin"; 18 February 259 B.C. – 10 September 210 B.C.) was the founder of the Qin dynasty and was the first emperor...

Philolaus (ca. 480 BC – ca. 385 BC, Greek: Φιλόλαος) was a Greek Pythagorean and Presocratic. He argued that all matter is composed of limited and unlimited...

of Samos was a famous Greek mathematician and philosopher (c. 569 – c. 475 BC). He is best known for the proof of an important Pythagorean theorem, This...

played as BC Augsburg from 1921 to 1969. The merging of the clubs TSV Schwaben and BC Augsburg was discussed since the late 1940s. In 1969 BC Augsburg...

Calpurnius Piso, Roman statesman and governor of Syria (b. 44 BC) Vipsania Agrippina, wife of Gaius Asinius Gallus and former wife of Tiberius (b. 36 BC)...

BC, Carthage was ruled, at least officially, by Monarchs. Monarchs of Carthage, 814 BC-308 BC Dido 814-c.760 BC -queen unknown Hanno I c.580-c.556 BC...

Anaxagoras (Greek: Ἀναξαγόρας, fl. 480 BC – 450 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher. Anaxagoras was an Ionian Greek. He was born in Asia Minor, in...

715-673 BC) introduced February and January (in that order) between December and March, increasing the length of the year to 354 or 355 days. In 450 BC, February...

columns were already used in the architecture of ancient Egypt as early as 2600 BC. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Column. This short article can be...

angel number. Most common versions include 515 and 555. the years AD 500, 500 BC. "Roman numeral | Chart & Facts". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-05-10...

28°13'40"E) by Chares of Lindos (a student of Lysippos) between 294 and 282 BC. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the World before being destroyed in an...

Nebuchadnezzar II (about 642 BC – 562 BC) was king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, and reigned ~605 BC – 562 BC. According to the Bible, he conquered Judah...

Dynasty to the end of the Fourteenth Dynasty, roughly between 2030 BC and 1640 BC. The period had two phases, the 11th Dynasty, which ruled from Thebes...

The collection of Ptah-Hotep, dated to about 2450 BC. In the second half of the second millennium BC, there are a number of writings from Ugarit, Emar...

Greece". The settlers began arriving in the 8th century BC. After the Pyrrhic War in the 3rd century BC the area was added into the Roman Republic. This short...

millennium BC, Mycenae was one of the most important centers of early Greek civilization with a strong army. The time of Greek history from about 1600 BC to about...

power in Babylon after the collapse of the First Dynasty of Babylon in 1595 BC following a Hittite sack of the city, and became rulers of northern Babylonia...

is a Greek bronze statue. It dates to the Early Classical period, ca. 460 BC. It stands 2.09 m in height. It was found in the debris of a shipwreck near...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Boston College. "Boston College". bc.edu. Retrieved 2008-06-28. This short article about a place or feature in...

by the Roman Empire. It started with the twelve tablets of civil law, 749 BC. After the law code ordered by Justinian I it continued as Byzantine law....

23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 393 AD. Its membership is 203 National Olympic Committee. It is the committee...

by the village cultures of the 'Greek Dark Ages'. Between 1200 and 1150 BC, the cultural collapse of the Mycenaean kingdoms, the Hittite Empire in Anatolia...

considered the first work of history in Western literature. Written about 440 BC in the Ionic dialect of classical Greek, The Histories tells the story of...

evidence to show that any kings existed before the middle of the 6th century BC. Many kings of Sparta are described in the Greek mythology. Lelex, a son of...

Confucius (born 551 BC, died 479 BC) was an important Chinese educator and philosopher. His original name was Kong Qiu or Zhong Ni. As a child, he was...

the year 1 BC is followed by AD 1. However, there is a year zero in astronomical year numbering (where it coincides with the Julian year 1 BC) and in ISO...

a home's assessed value for owners who are residents of British Columbia (BC), one per cent for Canadians from other provinces and two percent for owners...

about 300 BC Bordeaux was the settlement of a Celtic tribe. They named the town Burdigala. The Romans began rule of the city around 60 BC. Later it became...

series of conflicts fought between Rome and Carthage between 264 and 146 BC. They were probably the largest wars in the ancient world. The term "Punic"...

40s AD, Britain was not invaded. Augustus prepared invasions in 34 BC, 27 BC and 25 BC. The first and third were called off due to revolts elsewhere in...

a very old sport. It has been practiced at least since the eighth century BC. Homer wrote about it in his poem Iliad. At that time, Greece was made of...

Servile War: 135 BC-132 BC on Sicily, led by Eunus, a former slave claiming be a prophet, and Cleon (Cilician). Second Servile War: 104 BC-103 BC on Sicily,...

BC) Alexander V of Macedon (297-296 BC) Philip IV of Macedon (296-294 BC) Antipater II of Macedon (296-294, 279 BC) Sosthenes of Macedon (279-277 BC)...

commonly consumed meat in the world Evidence of pig husbandry dates back to 5000 BC. A simple meal to make which contains pork is afelia. Sausages, bacon and...

believed that people started living in Damascus as long ago as 8000 BC to 10,000 BC (12000 years ago). Damascus is about 50 miles inland from the Mediterranean...

Ancient Greek state of Corinth and its allies in the Achaean League in 146 BC. This was a few months after the Romans destroyed Carthage in the Third Punic...

while people from Nepal follows it as their main calendar) starting in 57 BC. The Vikram Samvat calendar starts half a century before the Gregorian calendar...

Herod may refer to: Herod the Great (born c. 74 BC, ruled 37–4 BC or 1 BC), client king of Judea who expanded the Second Temple in Jerusalem and in the...

was the ruler from 187 BC-180 BC. He succeeded Emperor Shatadhanvan, and was killed by his general Pushyamitra Sunga in 180 BC. During his rule, the Mauryan...

history of Armenia and Armenians is very ancient and goes back to at least 2000 BC. Archaeologists say that the Shulaveri-Shomu culture of the central Transcaucasus...

Demosthenes (384–322 BC, Greek: Δημοσθένης, Dēmosthénēs) was a Greek statesman and orator from ancient Athens. His speeches show the height of classical...

Anaximenes (Greek: Άναξιμένης) of Miletus (c. 585 BC-c. 525 BC) was a Greek Pre-Socratic philosopher from the latter half of the 6th century, probably...

Christian Old Testament. The book was written roughly between 760 and 720 BC and is about a man who was told by God to marry a woman who would not live...

Comet (C/-43 K1) is also known as 'Comet Caesar' and the 'Great Comet of 44 BC'. It was one of the most famous comets of ancient times. Many Romans thought...

lived in the 5th century BC, in Ancient Greece. He was important in Athenian politics . He was born in 480 BC and died in 411 BC. People also called him...

strengthened his new position. The Chinese general and strategist Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) is the earliest writer who mentioned the advantages of a bold counterattack...

pre-Socratic Greek philosopher of southern Italy. He was born about 495 BC and died about 430 BC: the exact dates are not known meaning he was around the age of...

Anaximander (/æˌnæksɪˈmændər/; Greek: Ἀναξίμανδρος Anaximandros; c. 610 – c. 546 BC) was a Pre-Socratic Greek philosopher who lived in Miletus, a city of Ionia...

was an ancient Greek philosopher. He was born in Thrace, Greece, circa 460 BC. He was a rich citizen of Abdera, in Thrace, and a student of Leucippus, another...

because of "their cruelty" (Nahum 3:19). Nineveh was burned by fire around 625 BC, after which the Assyrian empire soon came to an end. That made big changes...

Kingdom began in the 27th century BC, the Middle Kingdom in the 21st century BC, and the New Kingdom in the mid-16th century BC. However, some details are still...

The art of the Hellenistic time (from 400 B.C. to the end of the first century B.C.) in Greece) is sculpture and painting and other things. For a long...

sense. Gauls under Brennus attacked Rome at the Battle of the Allia (390 BC). The Romans later conquered and ruled Gaul. From 260 to 274, Gaul broke away...

Draco (7th century BC), also known as Dracon was the first legislator of the city of Athens in Ancient Greece. He wrote laws that were to be enforced only...

name Singidunum) was founded by the Celtic Scordis tribe in the 3rd century BC. Then it was owned by the Romans, Byzantines, Avars, Slavs, etc. In 878 it...

evidence that people lived here goes back as far as the Pfyn culture (3900-3500 BC), Various artefacts from the Bronze Age and Iron Age have been found in the...

Abbasid Empire. There were over 30 kings of the Seleucid dynasty from 323 to 63 BC. Alexander the Great had conquered the Persian Empire but later died young...

1258 BC. After 1180 BC, the empire disintegrated into several independent "Neo-Hittite" city-states, some surviving until as late as the 8th century BC. The...

700 BC. Or, when those two months were moved from the end to the beginning of the year by the decemvirs about 450 BC (Roman writers disagree). In 153 BC January...

The Battle of Marathon took place in September 490 B.C. on the plain of Marathon. It was fought between the Athenians and the Persians. Athens was supported...

BC). The entries are backed by modern research in archaeology. c. 950,000 or 840,000 BC 2010. Flints worked in south-eastern Britain. c. 800,000 BC Happisburgh...

column is in the Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae in Arcadia, ca 450–420 BC. This column stands inside the temple and does not form part of the wall....

earliest Armenian kingdoms such as Urartu was established in 861 BC and by the 6th century BC it was replaced by the Satrapy of Armenia. The Kingdom of Armenia...

Titus Lucretius Carus (ca. 98 BC – ca. 55 BC) was a Roman poet and philosopher. He is known for De rerum natura (in English:"On the Nature of the Universe")...

Marcus Licinius Crassus (c. 115 BC – 53 BC) was a Roman general and politician. He commanded the left wing of Sulla's army at the Battle of the Colline...

Cleopatra Philopator (Greek: Κλεοπάτρα Φιλοπάτωρ) 69 BC – 10 August, 30 BC, was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt. She was its last active ruler...

The earliest evidence we have of copper production is from around 6,500 BC. During the Copper Age, people used copper to produced edged weapons (such...

existed from 57 BC to 935 and is famous as the longest sustained country in Korean history. Silla was founded by King Park Hyeokgeose in 57 BC, around Gyeongju...

(221 BC – 1911, 1915–1916, 1917) Ethiopia (1137–1975) Japan (The only empire that currently exists) Ottoman Empire (1299–1923) Roman Empire (27 BC – 476)...

The Mycenaean culture (around 1600–1100 BC) was an early Greek culture during the Bronze Age on the Greek mainland and on Crete. The name Achaean was used...

poem. People spoke it without reading it. It was written in the 8th century BC. It is an epic (or very long) poem with 24 chapters written in hexameter....

was the first king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire he reigned from 626 BC to 605 BC. Lipschits 2005, p. 14. sfn error: no target: CITEREFLipschits2005 (help)...

the 35th king of Assyria. He reigned from 1920 BC to 1881 BC (Middle chronology), or 1856 to 1817 BC (short chronology). He bears the name Sargon with...

Diogenes of Sinope (412-323 BC), better known as Diogenes the Cynic or simply Diogenes Diogenes Apolloniates (about 460 BC), philosopher Diogenes the Stoic...

jidai) is a time in the history of Japan which is traditionally dated 300 BC to 300 AD. Early evidence of Yayoi culture is found on the island of Kyūshū...

were domesticated by 8,500 BC in the Near East and 6,000 BC in China. Domestication of the horse dates to around 4000 BC. Cattle have been domesticated...

usually had a picture of the emperor on it. The denarius was introduced in 211 BC, and was last made in 275 AD. By then it was made of bronze. This short article...

The Han dynasty came to power in 202 BC. They followed the laws of Confucianism and legalism. This was called 'the Han synthesis'. The Han dynasty was...

red-figure vase painter. He worked in Athens. He was active between 515 and 500 BC. He chiefly painted cups. His real name is unknown. "Carpenter Painter" is...

Empress Zhao Feiyan (c. 32 BC — 1 BC), formally Empress Xiaochen, was an empress during the Han Dynasty. Zhao Feiyan was an ordinary girl born to a poor...

by King Ningthou Kangba (1405 BC- 1359 BC). During the reign of Maliyapham Palcha (aka. Mariyafambalcha) (1359 BC- 1329 BC), the present day Meitei calendar...

Assyrian empires. The first mint was perhaps in Lydia in the 7th century BC, for coining gold, silver and electrum. The Lydian innovation spread to neighboring...

The Second Punic War was a conflict that was fought from 218 to 201 BC between the Roman Republic and Carthage. Most of Carthaginian forces were led by...

Neolithic (c. 4400 BC- 3300 BC). These were long barrows used for communal burial. Later, during the Middle Neolithic (c. 3300 BC-c. 2900 BC), people built...

jurisdictions. Ancient Sumer's Code of Ur-Nammu was compiled c. 2100-2050 BC. It is the earliest known surviving civil code. Three centuries later, the...

Orontid Dynasty, 6th Century BC to 200 BC Kingdom of Armenia (Antiquity) also known as Artaxiad or Arsacid Armenia, 190 BC to AD 387/428. Kingdom of Armenia...

Insubria during the 6th century BC. A village was founded here by Gauls in the next century. It was captured by the Romans in 196 BC. In the Middle Ages, the...

traditionally dated to 753 BC, and ended with the overthrow of the kings and the establishment of the Roman Republic in about 509 BC. What eventually became...

the story of persecution of the Jews under Ptolemy IV Philopator (222-205 BC). The name of the book seems to come from the similarities between this book...

engineer (d. c. 70) Saint Peter, one of Jesus' disciples and the first pope (d. c. 64). Didymus Chalcenterus, Greek scholar and grammarian. (b. c. 63 BC)...

most impressive structure at Olympia. The temple was built between 470 BC and 456 BC. Local limestone was the chief material used. The roof tiles, the gargoyles...

The Old Kingdom is the name for Egypt during the 3rd millennium BC when the civilization of Egypt had its first peak. It was the first of three so-called...

at a higher temperature. The oldest shaped bricks found date back to 7500 B.C. They have been found in Çayönü, a place in the upper Tigris area in south...

called Baruch in the sixth century BC, which might be true, but the Book was likely only completed in the first century BC. A manuscript of Baruch was found...

happened in 930 B.C., and that Samaria was defeated by the Assyrians in 722 BC, and that Jerusalem fell to the Babylonians in 586 BC. The information...

mathematician of the same name, see Sun Tzu (mathematician). Sun Tzu (544 BC – 496 BC) also called Sun Wu, was an ancient Chinese general, military expert...

BC: "...by making dharma (right conduct) your main focus, treat others as you treat yourself." - Mahabharata Shānti-Parva 167:9 (Hinduism) ca. 600 BC:...

League, and the Vancouver Giants, who play for the Western Hockey League. The BC Lions of the Canadian Football League are based in Vancouver. The team has...

with a population of 90,000 in 400 BC. The Romans demolished Corinth in 146 BC, built a new city in its place in 44 BC, and later made it the provincial...

China covers thousands of years. The earliest records are from about 1250 BC, but a few things are known about earlier times. Chinese history covers many...

and a marina. Zeno of Citium (c. 334 – c. 262 BC), Stoic philosopher Apollonios of Kition (1st century BC), physician, nicknamed "the Cypriot Hippocrates"...

Cato the Younger (Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis, 95 BC, Rome – April 46 BC, Utica) was a politician and statesman in the late Roman Republic, and a follower...

The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, founded about 385 BC at Akademia, a sanctuary of Athena, the goddess of wisdom, north of Athens...

had been earlier mentioned by Eudoxus in the 4th century BC and Aratus in the 3rd century BC. The Greek Aquila is probably based on the Babylonian constellation...

athletics, where a heavy disc is thrown for distance. It was invented in 708 BC in Ancient Greece. The goal is to throw the discus farther than your opponents...

decisive victory for the Greeks as it ended that war. The battle was in 479 BC near the city of Plataea in Boeotia. It was fought between the Greek allies...

Thutmose III was pharaoh in name for almost 54 years (24 April 1479 BC to 11 March 1425 BC) from the age of two and until his death at age fifty-six. For the...

time. The conic sections are known at least since 200 BC, when Apollonius of Perga (~262 BC to ~190 BC) studied of their properties. They came to more attention...

dynasty that ruled the Satrapy of Armenia until 321 BC and the Kingdom of Armenia from 321 BC to 200 BC. The origins of the dynasty are a matter of debate...

the BC NDP into the 2013 provincial election. Even though opinion polling showed that he would win the election, he lost the election to the BC Liberal...

Neolithic villages in Southwest Asia. They are dated at 10,500 to 10,100 BC. The Fertile Crescent, Egypt, and India were sites of the earliest planned...

who returned with Zerubbabel from Babylon. Chapters 1 to 6, written in 520 BC, start by telling the nation's history as a warning to the people. Then come...

56 BC), younger brother of the more famous Lucius Licinius Lucullus, was a supporter of Lucius Cornelius Sulla and consul of ancient Rome in 73 BC. As...

Huo Qubing (Chinese: 霍去病; 140 BC - 117 BC) was a Chinese general of the Han Dynasty under Emperor Wu. He was very good at shooting with his bow on a horse...

before roughly 1200 BC, as the events described in the book occur then. Some scholars believe it was written much later, perhaps in 550 BC, at the time of...

Levant as early as the 3rd millennium BC. They were not a significant culture until about 1100 BC. By the 9th century BC the Phoenicians had became the dominant...

power after their victory over the Spartans at the Battle of Leuctra in 371 BC. This short article about a place or feature can be made longer. You can help...

Columbia on November 12, 2024, aged 65. "Dix announces BC NDP shadow cabinet". The Tyee, April 26, 2011. "B.C. Premier John Horgan diagnosed with cancer, to begin...

number of the solar eclipse series which began on April 30, 1448 BC and ended on June 7, 168 BC. This short article about mathematics can be made longer. You...

Wisdom of Ben Sira, or Ecclesiasticus, is a work from the early second century BC, its original version being written in Hebrew. It is part of the Apocrypha...

Maritimae, a Roman military district created in the region by Augustus in 14 BC. The department of the Alpes-Martimes was created on 4 February 1793 with...

generations. According to tradition, the last Shang king was overthrown in 1046 BC. The succeeding dynasty was called the Zhouh dynasty. The Shang moved their...

city there are many mountains (the Alps). Romans conquered the area in 25 BC. Later, the city was conquered by the Frankish Empire after the fall of the...

the Zhou Dynasty (Traditional Chinese: 周朝), which lasted from c. 1046 BC to 256 BC for 789 years during the classical antiquity. This short article about...

is a type of curve. Menaechmus (380–320 BC) discovered the parabola, and Apollonius of Perga (262 BC–c190 BC) first named it. A parabola is a conic section...

Nabis (Greek: Νάβις) was a king of Sparta from 207 BC to 192 BC. He fought in the War against Nabis. This short article about a person or group of people...

Hatshepsut (1507–1458 BC), meaning Foremost of Noble Ladies, was the fifth Pharaoh of the 18th dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Hatshepsut reigned longer than...

China in 221 BC. Work started when he was King of Qin in 247 BC. They were constructed to protect him in the afterlife. He died in 210 BC. Over 700,000...

Iranian tribes, in the late second millennium BC (at the end of the Bronze Age). By the 6th century BC, the Medes were able to make their own empire....

Seven Wonders of the World. They were built by Nebuchadnezzar II around 600 BC. He is said to have built the gardens to please his wife, Amytis of Media...

Arles is a city in the south of France. It was built in the 6th century BC by the Greeks. Today more than 50,000 people live there. In the 1880s, the famous...

1267–1237 BC. He was the fourth and last son of Mursili II. Hattusili led the Hittite forces in the Battle of Kadesh against Egypt in 1274 BC. Hattusili...

Licinius Crassus and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus (Pompey). They made it in 60 BC to give each other power. Each person helped the others to be more powerful...

(276 – 194 BC) was a 3rd century BC Greek mathematician, geographer and astronomer. He was head of the Library of Alexandria from 240 BC until his death:...

BC. But the rebellion was defeated in 71 BC by Marcus Licinius Crassus. The rebellion had indirect effects on Roman politics for many years. In 71 BC...

taken from a potter's signature on a vase. He was active from about 510–470 BC. His work is considered some of the finest of the red figure style. He was...

gases played their part in her strange utterings. In 560 BC Croesus, King of Lydia in 580 BC, went to the Delphic Oracle and the Oracle at Thebes for...

Gaius Julius Caesar (pronounced in Latin as Gaius Julius Kaesar; c. 140 BC – c. 85 BC), was a Roman senator, a Governor of Asia, and the supporter of Gaius...

did not have a standing army until the reforms of Gaius Marius about 107 BC. Legions instead were created, used, and disbanded again. In the time of the...

ancient Roman theatre in Cartagena, Spain. The theatre was built between 5 BC and 1 BC. Media related to Ancient Roman theatre of Cartagena at Wikimedia Commons...

with Kautilya who was the Prime minister of Chandragupta Maurya (321 BC – 297 BC), the founder of the Mauryan Empire. After many revisions and additions...

founded as a Greek colony, in 627 BC. It was called Epidamnos by the Greeks, and Epidamnus by the Romans. Around 436 BC there was a civil war, which caused...

coast on the Mediterranean Sea. It was founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC as Ἀλεξάνδρεια (Alexandria), and became one of the largest and most important...

is around 117,600 (2008). Besançon is an old city. It is discovered in 58 BC and Julius Caesar writes about it in his book Commentarii de Bello Gallico...

Nectanebo II ruled in 360–342 BC. He was the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt, and the last native ruler of ancient Egypt. Under...

Daniel and Ezra, it is the language of the Jewish Talmud. In the 12th century BC, the first speakers of Aramaic started to live in what is now Syria, Iraq...

The Battle of Lade was a naval battle which occurred in 494 BC. It was fought between an alliance of the Ionian cities (joined by the Lesbians) and the...

large parts of southern Mesopotamia from the 21st century BC to the end of the 17th century BC. They established several famous city states like Babylon...

historian (b. 76 or 75 BC) Ping of Han, Emperor of China is assassinated, poisoned it is believed on the orders of Wang Mang (b. 14 BC). Wikimedia Commons...

the Kleophrades Painter. It dates to the Greek Archaic period, about 500 BC. The kylix's height with handles is 3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm) and its width with...

the Austronesian expansion around 3000-1500 BC. It reached the Middle East and Mediterranean around 1200 BC, and then Europe. See also List of citrus fruits...

Patañjali (fl. 150 BC or 2nd century BC) lived in the 2nd century. He was an Indian. He wrote the first grammar of Sanskrit language. He also wrote books...

the kingdom of Urartu in the 8th-7th cc BC. After unifying the region with his kingdom in the early 700s BC, king Argishtis I of Urartu resettled many...

are signs that Native American people lived in the area as early as 6000 BC. In 2020, 5,522 people lived in Homer. The most notable feature of Homer is...

is the Spartan. This was a capital lambda (Λ). From the late 5th century BC onward, Athenian hoplites usually used the Little Owl (Athena's sacred bird)...

Bible. The Book is an old Hebrew text, likely written in the 2nd century BC, and contains material on the origins of demons and giants, why some angels...

to read some of what they wrote. The town was started around the year 600 BC. It was started by a group from central Italy, the Osci. They chose to start...

from around 5400 BC to 4600 BC. It was the first to develop the knowledge and skills to process copper, in the late 6th millennium BC.[2] The culture is...

capital cities in Europe; the history of Sofia dates back to the 8th century BC. Many of the major, biggest universities, cultural centers and institutions...

became the main method in Europe for naming years. The year before this is 1 BC in the widely used Julian calendar. Tiberius, under orders of Augustus, stopped...

during the early Zhou Dynasty (1046 BC-771 BC). Before Zhou Dynasty, there was Shang Dynasty (1600 BC - 1046 BC). Shang Dynasty's main cultural characteristics...

Philo of Byzantium (Greek: Φίλων ὁ Βυζάντιος, about 280 BC to about 220 BC). He was also known as Philo Mechanicus. He was a Greek engineer, physicist...

Odyssey, about the end of the 8th century BC. The second from Aeschylus's Oresteia, written in the 5th century BC. As Agamemnon lay siege to Troy, his queen...

horizontal capstone (table). Most date from the early Neolithic period (4000 BC to 3000 BC). Dolmens were usually covered with earth or smaller stones to form...

researchers working on the genetics of schizophrenia. The other half he gave to BC Science World in Vancouver and to the Society for Canadian Women in Science...

was a civilization to the north of Canaan. that existed from 1200 to 900 BC. People from Phoenicia had their own language, Phoenician, which is the origin...

Mithridates VI Eupator (135–63 BC) (Greek: Μιθραδάτης) was king of Pontus during the Mithridatic dynasty. The Hellenistic kingdom was based in ancient...

Gorgias (Ancient Greek: Γοργίας, ca. 487-376 BC), Greek sophist, presocratic philosopher and rhetorician, was a native of Leontini in Sicily. Along with...

Italy. Phoenician and Greek people colonized the island in the 8th Century BC and sometimes fought wars there. Carthage controlled most of the island until...

third-class. The earliest remaining writings about levers are from the 3rd century BC. They were written by Archimedes. "Give me a place to stand, and I shall move...