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The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
First Messenian War: Sparta: Messenia: 736 BC 732 BC Syro-Ephraimite War: Assyrian Empire Kingdom of Judah: Aram Kingdom of Israel: 733 BC 733 BC Pekah-Ahaz War Judah: Israel Edom Philistia: 732 BC Before 721 BC Nubian Conquest of Egypt: Nubia Upper Egypt Hermopolis: Middle Egypt Lower Egypt: 725 BC 725 BC Colchian-Scythian war: Colchis ...
First Messenian War [1] 743 BCE 724 BCE Lelantine War: 710 BCE 650 BCE Meliac war. 690 BCE (?) 670 BCE (?) Second Messenian War: 685 BCE 668 BCE Battle of Deres: Battle of the Great Foss: 682 BCE Argos against the Sparta: Battle of Hysiae: 669 BC Greco-Punic Wars: 600 BCE 307 BCE First Sacred War: 595 BCE 585 BCE Siege of Kirrha: 585 BC Arcadia ...
220–219 BCE Second Illyrian War [2] [further explanation needed] Second Punic War (218–201 BCE) [2] 218 BC – Battle of Lilybaeum – First naval clash between the navies of Carthage and Rome during the Second Punic War; Roman victory. Battle of Cissa – Romans defeat Carthaginians near Tarraco and gain control of the territory north of ...
Shortly after the founding of the Republic, this conflict led to a secession from Rome by the Plebeians to the Sacred Mount at a time of war. The result of this first secession was the creation of the office of plebeian tribune , and with it the first acquisition of real power by the plebeians.
The Late Bronze Age collapse was a period of societal collapse in the Mediterranean basin during the 12th century BC. It is thought to have affected much of the Eastern Mediterranean and Near East, in particular Egypt, Anatolia, the Aegean, eastern Libya, and the Balkans.
206 BC – 202 BC: Civil war of the Chu-Han contention in China. 205 BC: the Cretan War (205–200 BC) begins between Macedonia and its allies against the Greek polis of Rhodes and its allies, resulting in a Rhodian victory. 202 BC: Romans defeat Carthage, ending the Second Punic War. Carthage's territories are reduced to some of its North ...
The 1st century BC, also known as the last century BC and the last century BCE, started on the first day of 100 BC and ended on the last day of 1 BC. The AD/BC notation does not use a year zero ; however, astronomical year numbering does use a zero, as well as a minus sign, so "2 BC" is equal to "year –1".