Ancient History

Highlights of Ancient History

The Acropolis
The Acropolis
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Readings in the histories of the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, the Classical Age and the Ancient Ages as a whole by some of the greatest writers.

Some Years listed below are approximate.

YearTitleAuthor(s)
c 5900 BCThe Dawn Of CivilizationGaston Maspero
3800 BCArcheological Excavation of CreteDr. Edgar J. Banks
3800 BCThe Origin of Greek Alphabet DiscoveredJames Baikie| |David G. Hogarth
c 2500 BCPyramid Builders of EgyptGeorge Rawlinson| |Arthur Gilman
c 2000 BCThe Earliest JewsLeopold von Ranke
1754 BCCode of HammurabiHammurabi
c 2200-275 BCThe Ancient City of BabylonGeorge Rawlinson
c 1600-1046 BCFirst Imperial Dynasty of ChinaWolfram Eberhard
1235 BCTheseus Founds AthensPlutarch
1200 BCHow the Indian Caste System BeganGustave Le Bon| |William W. Hunter
1184 BCFall of TroyGeorge Grote
953 BCSolomon Builds the Great TempleHenry Hart Milman
753 BCThe Foundation of RomeBarthold Georg Niebuhr
612 BCAssyrian Empire DestroyedFrancois Lenormant| |Emile Chevallier
600 BCCyrus Begins the Persian EmpireGeorge Grote
594 BCSolon’s Early Greek LegislationGeorge Grote
585 BCThe Ancient OlympicsGeorge Grote
551 BCConfuciusRobert K. Douglas
510 BCRomans Establish RepublicHenry G. Liddell
c 500 BCThe Foundation of BuddhismThomas W. Rhys-Davids
490 BCThe Battle of MarathonSir Edward Shepherd Creasy
480 BCBattle of ThermopylaeHerodotus
450 BCDecemvirate In RomeHenry G. Liddell
444 BCPericlesPlutarch
430 BCThe Great Plague at AthensGeorge Grote
413 BCSyracuse Defeats AthensSir Edward S. Creasy
400 BCCrisis of Xenophon’s Quest for HomeXenophon
399 BCThe Last Days of SocratesPlato
388 BCBrennus Burns RomeBarthold Georg Niebuhr
331 BCAlexander the Great Wins the Battle of GaugamelaSir Edward S. Creasy
322 BCAlexander the Great Reduces TyreOliver Goldsmith
YearTitleAuthor(s)
280 BCPyrrhus Attacks RomePlutarch
264-149 BCRome Versus CarthageFlorus
207 BCBattle of MetaurusSir Edward Creasy
202 BCScipio Africanus Crushes Hannibal At Zama And Subjugates CarthageLivy
200 BCTartars Invade China 200 BCDemetrius Charles Boulger
165-141 BCMaccabaeus Liberates JudeaJosephus
133 BCThe Gracchi and Their ReformTheodor Mommsen
52 BCCaesar Conquers GaulNapoleon III
51 BCCleopatra, Caesar and AntonyJohn P. Mahaffy
44 BCJulius Caesar MurderedBarthold Georg Niebuhr| |Plutarch
40 BCDeath of Antony and CleopatraHenry George Liddell
9 ADArminius Drives Romans Out of GermanySir Edward Creasy

 

YearTitleAuthor(s)
14 ADGermanicus in GermanyTacitus
c. 30 ADThe Crucifixion of Jesus ChristFrederic William Farrar
33 ADChristianity AppearsJ. Ernest Renan, Isaac M. Wise, and |John Cardinal Newman
60 ADRomans Conquer BritainOliver Goldsmith
64 ADNero’s Rome BurnsHenryk Sienkiewic| |Tacitus
64-68 ADNero Persecutes the ChristiansFrederic William Farrar
70 ADRomans Crush Jewish Revolt; Destroy Great TempleJosephus
79 ADVolcano Buries PompeiiPliny| |Edward Bulwer-Lytton
100-200Roman Empire’s Extent and DefenseEdward Gibbon
100-200Roman Empire’s Society and EconomyEdward Gibbon
100-200Roman Empire’s GovernmentEdward Gibbon
132 ADThe Jews’ Final Revolt Against RomeCharles Merivale
155 ADEarly Christian MartyrsHomersham Cox
177Christians Persecuted in GaulFrançois P. G. Guizot
180 ADCommodus’ Bad ReignEdward Gibbon
184 ADRomance of the Three KingdomsLuo Guanzhong
240 ADReign of Persia’s King Sapor IGeorge Rawlinson
312 ADRoman Emperor Constantine ConvertedJohann L. Von Mosheim
325Arianism and the First Nicene CouncilJohann L. Von Mosheim| |Arthur P. Stanley
330 ADConstantinople FoundedEdward Gibbon
360Early Career of Julian the ApostateEdward Gibbon
395Final Division of Roman EmpireJohn B. Bury
410The Visigoths Sack RomeEdward Gibbon
441Attila the Hun Invades the Eastern Roman EmpireEdward Gibbon
451Attila the Hun Invades the Western Roman EmpireSir Edward S. Creasy| |Edward Gibbon
452Venice FoundedThomas Hodgkin| |John Ruskin
Early History of PrintingHenry George Bohn

Prehistory

YearTitleAuthor(s)
4.6 BYAThe Moon BeginsJack Le Moine
122 MYADinosaur True Colors RevealedJack Le Moine
7,000 BCThe Green SaharaJack Le Moine

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