Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The 464 BC Spartan earthquake occurred along the Sparta fault in the year 464 BC destroying much of what was Sparta and many other city-states in ancient Greece.Historical sources suggest that the death toll may have been as high as 20,000, although modern scholars suggest that this figure is likely an exaggeration.
The Sparta earthquake of 464 BC destroyed much of Sparta. Historical sources suggest that the death toll may have been as high as 20,000, although modern scholars suggest that this figure is likely an exaggeration. The earthquake sparked a revolt of the helots, the slave class of Spartan society.
The epicenter of this moment magnitude (M w ) 5.1 earthquake was near the small town of Sparta, Alleghany County. [1] It was the strongest earthquake recorded in North Carolina in 104 years, the second-strongest in the state's history, and the largest to strike the East Coast since the 2011 Virginia earthquake.
According to the available data, the seismic activity began on March 26 with a 5.1 Richter earthquake, while the next day a 5.2 Richter tremor occurred. The seismic tremors continued with smaller magnitudes until May 22. On the evening of that day, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 Richter occurred, while 24 hours later the main tremor struck. [78]
The latter defines Sparta to be Lacedaemonia Civitas, [20] but Isidore defines Lacedaemonia as founded by Lacedaemon, son of Semele, which is consistent with Eusebius' explanation. [21] There is a rare use, perhaps the earliest of "Lacedaemonia", in Diodorus Siculus' The Library of History, [22] but probably with Χώρα (chōra, "country ...
Sparta suffers the effects of a severe earthquake leading to a large loss of life. [1] When the Messenian helots (serfs) revolt against their Spartan masters following the severe earthquake, King Archidamus II organises the defence of Sparta. The helots fortify themselves at Mount Ithome.
Historical earthquakes is a list of significant earthquakes known to have occurred prior to the early 20th century. As the events listed here occurred before routine instrumental recordings — later followed by discoveries of Earth's tectonic plates, [1] seismotomography imaging technique, [2] observations using space satellites from outer space, [3] artificial intelligence (AI)-based ...
Pericleidas (fl. 5th century BCE) was a man of ancient Sparta-- possibly the proxenos of Athens at Sparta -- who played a role during the Peloponnesian War. [1]After the 464 BC Sparta earthquake, Pericleidas led a diplomatic mission to Athens to appeal for help putting down the revolt of the Helots against the Spartan aristocracy that the earthquake had unleashed. [2]