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719 BC
This article concerns the period 719 BC – 710 BC. Events and trends *719 BC—Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou dynasty becomes ruler of China. *719 BC—Revolt led by Yahu-Bihdi in Hama, Hamath is suppressed. Much of the population deported to Samaria and Hamath destroyed. *718 BC—Gyges of Lydia, Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia. *c. 717 BC—The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established. *717 BC—Assyrian king Sargon II, Sargon conquers the Syro-Hittite states, Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish. *717 BC—Sargon II founds a new Capital (political), capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin. *717–716 BC — Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistines, Philistine coast, where he defeats the pharaoh. *717 BC—Roman Empire, Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus and Remus, Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts. *716 BC—Pythagoras of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 16th Ancient Olympic Games, Olympic Games. *715 BC—Interregnum ends. Star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
716 BC
This article concerns the period 719 BC – 710 BC. Events and trends *719 BC— Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou dynasty becomes ruler of China. *719 BC—Revolt led by Yahu-Bihdi in Hamath is suppressed. Much of the population deported to Samaria and Hamath destroyed. * 718 BC— Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia. *c. 717 BC—The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established. *717 BC—Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish. *717 BC—Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin. *717– 716 BC — Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistine coast, where he defeats the pharaoh. *717 BC—Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts. * 716 BC— Pythagoras of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 16th Olympic Games. * 715 BC—Interregnum ends. Start of the reign of the second King of Rome — Numa Pompilius. * 715 BC—Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends. * 713 BC—Numa Pompili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Calendar
The Roman calendar was the calendar used by the Roman Kingdom and Roman Republic. Although the term is primarily used for Rome's pre-Julian calendars, it is often used inclusively of the Julian calendar established by Julius Caesar in 46 BC. According to most Roman accounts, #Romulus, their original calendar was established by their Roman legend, legendary list of kings of Rome, first king Romulus. It consisted of ten months, beginning in spring with March and leaving winter as an unassigned span of days before the next year. These months each had 30 or 31 days and ran for 38 nundinal cycles, each forming a kind of eight-day weeknine days inclusive counting, counted inclusively in the Roman mannerand ending with religious rituals and a Roman commerce, public market. This fixed calendar bore traces of its origin as an observational calendar, observational lunar calendar, lunar one. In particular, the most important days of each monthits kalends, nones (calendar), nones, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rome
Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2,746,984 residents in , Rome is the list of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, third most populous city in the European Union by population within city limits. The Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, with a population of 4,223,885 residents, is the most populous metropolitan cities of Italy, metropolitan city in Italy. Rome metropolitan area, Its metropolitan area is the third-most populous within Italy. Rome is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, within Lazio (Latium), along the shores of the Tiber Valley. Vatican City (the smallest country in the world and headquarters of the worldwide Catholic Church under the governance of the Holy See) is an independent country inside the city boun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
713 BC
This article concerns the period 719 BC – 710 BC. Events and trends *719 BC— Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou dynasty becomes ruler of China. *719 BC—Revolt led by Yahu-Bihdi in Hamath is suppressed. Much of the population deported to Samaria and Hamath destroyed. * 718 BC— Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia. *c. 717 BC—The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established. *717 BC—Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish. *717 BC—Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin. *717–716 BC — Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistine coast, where he defeats the pharaoh. *717 BC—Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts. *716 BC— Pythagoras of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 16th Olympic Games. * 715 BC—Interregnum ends. Start of the reign of the second King of Rome — Numa Pompilius. * 715 BC—Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends. * 713 BC—Numa Pompilius ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparta
Sparta was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (), while the name Sparta referred to its main settlement in the Evrotas Valley, valley of Evrotas (river), Evrotas river in Laconia, in southeastern Peloponnese. Around 650 BC, it rose to become the dominant military land-power in ancient Greece. Sparta was recognized as the leading force of the unified Greek military during the Greco-Persian Wars, in rivalry with the rising naval power of Classical Athens, Athens. Sparta was the principal enemy of History of Athens, Athens during the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), from which it emerged victorious after the Battle of Aegospotami. The decisive Battle of Leuctra against Thebes, Greece, Thebes in 371 BC ended the Spartan hegemony, although the city-state maintained its Independence, political independence until its forced integration into the Achaean League in 192 BC. The city nevertheless recovered m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture (''nomos'') covering the same territory. The capital and largest city of Messenia is Kalamata. Geography Physical Messenia borders on Elis to the north, Arcadia to the northeast, and Laconia to the southeast. The Ionian Sea lies to the west, and the Gulf of Messinia to the south. The most important mountain ranges are the Taygetus in the east, the Kyparissia mountains in the northwest and the Lykodimo in the southwest. The main rivers are the Neda in the north and the Pamisos in central Messenia. Off the south coast of the southwesternmost point of Messenia lie the Messinian Oinousses islands. The largest of these are Sapientza, Schiza and Venetiko. The small island Sphacteria closes off the bay of Pylos. All these islands are virtua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius (; 753–672 BC; reigned 715–672 BC) was the Roman mythology, legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus after a one-year interregnum. He was of Sabine origin, and many of Rome's most important religious and political institutions are attributed to him, such as the Roman calendar, Vestal Virgins, the cult of Mars, the cult of Jupiter, the cult of Romulus, and the office of ''pontifex maximus''. Genealogy According to Plutarch, Numa was the youngest of Pomponius's four sons, born on the day of Rome's founding (traditionally, 21 April 753 BC). He lived a severe life of discipline and banished all luxury from his home. Titus Tatius, king of the Sabines and a colleague of Romulus, gave in marriage his only daughter, Tatia (wife of Numa Pompilius), Tatia, to Numa. After 13 years of marriage, Tatia died, precipitating Numa's retirement to the countryside. According to Livy, Numa resided at Cures, Sabinum, Cures immediately before being elected king.Livy, ''Ab u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
715 BC
This article concerns the period 719 BC – 710 BC. Events and trends *719 BC— Zhou Huan Wang of the Zhou dynasty becomes ruler of China. *719 BC—Revolt led by Yahu-Bihdi in Hamath is suppressed. Much of the population deported to Samaria and Hamath destroyed. * 718 BC— Gyges becomes the ruler of Lydia. *c. 717 BC—The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established. *717 BC—Assyrian king Sargon conquers the Neo-Hittite state of Carchemish. *717 BC—Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin. *717–716 BC — Sargon II leads his armies in a sweeping attack along the Philistine coast, where he defeats the pharaoh. *717 BC—Roman legend marks this as the date that Romulus ended his rule. Interregnum starts. *716 BC— Pythagoras of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 16th Olympic Games. * 715 BC—Interregnum ends. Start of the reign of the second King of Rome — Numa Pompilius. * 715 BC—Conquest of Messenia by Sparta ends. *713 BC—Numa Pompilius, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ancient Olympic Games
The ancient Olympic Games (, ''ta Olympia''.), or the ancient Olympics, were a series of Athletics (sport), athletic competitions among representatives of polis, city-states and one of the Panhellenic Games of ancient Greece. They were held at the Panhellenic sanctuary, Panhellenic religious sanctuary of Olympia, Greece, Olympia, in honor of Zeus, and the Greeks gave them a aition, mythological origin. The originating Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC. The games were held every four years, or Olympiad, which became a unit of time in historical chronologies. These Olympiads were referred to based on the winner of their ''Stadion (running race), stadion'' sprint, e.g., "the third year of the eighteenth Olympiad when Ladas of Argos won the ''stadion''". They continued to be celebrated when Greece came under Greece in the Roman era, Roman rule in the 2nd century BC. Their last recorded celebration was in AD 393, under the emperor Theodosius I, but archaeological evidenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pythagoras Of Laconia
Pythagoras of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 16th Olympiad (716 BC). He was the first Spartan winner of the stadion race, but his crown was not the first Lacedaemonian victory, because Acanthus of Sparta won the diaulos and the dolichos four years earlier. According to Plutarch, Pythagoras later met the Roman king Numa Pompilius to introduce some Spartan influence on early Roman society.Plutarch Plutarch (; , ''Ploútarchos'', ; – 120s) was a Greek Middle Platonist philosopher, historian, biographer, essayist, and priest at the Temple of Apollo (Delphi), Temple of Apollo in Delphi. He is known primarily for his ''Parallel Lives'', ... ''Numa'' 1. See also * Olympic winners of the Stadion race References Ancient Olympic competitors 8th-century BC Spartans Ancient Spartan athletes {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interregnum
An interregnum (plural interregna or interregnums) is a period of revolutionary breach of legal continuity, discontinuity or "gap" in a government, organization, or social order. Archetypally, it was the period of time between the reign of one monarch and the next (coming from Latin ''inter-'', "between" and ''rēgnum'', "reign" [from ''rex, rēgis'', "king"]), and the concepts of interregnum and Regent, regency therefore overlap. Historically, longer and heavier interregna have been typically accompanied by widespread unrest, Civil war, civil and War of succession, succession wars between warlords, and power vacuums filled by foreign invasions or the emergence of a new power. The term also refers to the periods between the election of a new parliament and the establishment of a new government from that parliament in parliamentary democracies, usually ones that employ some form of proportional representation that allows small parties to elect significant numbers, requiring time f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
