| Ancient Greek and Roman chronology |
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| Famous people | Year | Important Events | |
| 776 B.C. | First Olympiad | |
| 753 B.C. | Founding of Rome | |
| Death of Hipparchus | 514 B.C. | Killed by Harmodios and Aristogeiton | |
| 509 B.C. | Beginning of Roman Republic | |
| 494 B.C. | Battle of Lade | |
| 490 B.C. | Battle of Marathon | |
| 485 B.C. | Gelon becomes tyrant of Syracuse | |
| 480 B.C. | Battles of Thermopylae, Salamis | |
| 480 B.C. | Battle of Himera | |
| 479 B.C. | Battles of Plataea, Mycale | |
| Death of Gelo I | 478 B.C. | | |
| 471 B.C. | Ostracism of Themistocles | |
| 469 B.C. | Battles of Eurymedon | |
| Death of Aristides | 468 B.C. | | |
| Death of Themistocles | 459 B.C. | | |
| Death of Cimon | 450 B.C. | | |
| 431 B.C. | Starting of the Peoloponnesian war | |
| Death of Pericles | 429 B.C. | | |
| Death of Brasidas | 422 B.C. | | |
| 421 B.C. | Peace of Nicias | |
| 415 B.C. | Start of the Athenian expedtion in Sicily | |
| Death of Nicias | 413 B.C. | End of the Athenian expedtion in Sicily | |
| 406 B.C. | Battle of Ephesus/Notium | |
| 406 B.C. | Battle of Arginusae | |
| 405 B.C. | Battle of Aegospotami | |
| 405 B.C. | Dionysius I is tyrant of Syracuse | |
| 404 B.C. | Ending of the Peoloponnesian war | |
| 401 B.C. | Battle of Cunaxa | |
| Death of Socrates | 399 B.C. | | |
| 398 B.C. | Agesilaus II king of Sparta | |
| 396 B.C. | Fall of Veii | |
| Death of Lysander | 395 B.C. | | |
| 394 B.C. | Battle of Cnidus | |
| 388 B.C. | Travel I of Plato in Sicily | |
| 378 B.C. | Pelopidas frees Thebes | |
| 371 B.C. | Battle of Leuctra | |
| D. of Dionysius I of Syracuse | 367 B.C. | Dionysius II is tyrant of Syracuse | |
| 366 B.C. | Travel II of Plato in Sicily | |
| 366 B.C. | Dion exiled from Syracuse | |
| Death of Pelopidas | 364 B.C. | | |
| Death of Epaminondas | 362 B.C. | Battle of Mantinea | |
| 361 B.C. | Travel III of Plato in Sicily | |
| Death of Agesilaus II | 360 B.C. | | |
| Death of Perdiccas III | 359 B.C. | Philip II king of M. | |
| 357 B.C. | Dion back to Syracuse | |
| 355 B.C. | Apollocrates surrenders to Dion | |
| Death of Timotheus | 354 B.C. | | |
| Death of Dion of Syracuse | 354 B.C. | | |
| Death of Plato | 348 B.C. | | |
| 346 B.C. | Dionysius II restored in Syracuse | |
| 343 B.C. | Dionysius surrenders to Timoleon | |
| D. of Dionysius II of Syracuse | 343 B.C. | | |
| 339 B.C. | Battle of the Crimissus | |
| 338 B.C. | Battle of Chaeronea | |
| Death of Timoleon of Corinth | 336 B.C. | | |
| Death of Philip II of Macedon | 336 B.C. | Alexander king of M. | |
| Death of Amyntas IV | 336 B.C. | | |
| 334 B.C. | Battle of the Granicus | |
| 333 B.C. | Battle of Issus | |
| 331 B.C. | Battle of Gaugamela | |
| 326 B.C. | Battle of the Hydaspes River | |
| Death of Alexander the Great | 323 B.C. | | |
| D. of Aristotle and Demosthenes | 322 B.C. | | |
| 321 B.C. | The Caudine Forks | |
| 321 B.C. | Partition of Triparadisus | |
| D. of Antipater | 319 B.C. | Polyperchon regent of M. | |
| D. of Phocion | 318 B.C. | | |
| D. of Philip III Arrhidaeus | 317 B.C. | | |
| Death of Alexander IV | 309 B.C. | | |
| 305 B.C. | Cassander king of M. | |
| 301 B.C. | Battle of Ipsus | |
| D.of Antigonus I Monophthalmus | 301 B.C. | Demetrius I king of M. | |
| Death of Cassander | 297 B.C. | | |
D. of Demetrius I Poliorcetes
and Ptolemy I Soter I | 283 B.C. | Antigonus II king of M. | |
| D. of Lysimachus | 281 B.C. | | |
| D. of Demetrius Phalereus | 280 B.C. | | |
| 279 B.C. | Battle of Asculum | |
| 279 B.C. | Battle of Beneventum | |
| Death of Pyrrhus of Epirus | 272 B.C. | | |
| 264 B.C. | Starting of the First Punic War | |
| 260 B.C. | Battle of Mylae | |
| 241 B.C. | Ending of the First Punic War | |
| D. of Antigonus II Gonatas | 239 B.C. | Demetrius II king of M. | |
| D. of Demetrius II Aetolicus | 229 B.C. | Antigonus III king of M. | |
| D. of Seleucus III Soter | 223 B.C. | | |
| 222 B.C. | Battle of the Sellasia | |
| 222 B.C. | Antiochus III becomes king | |
| D. of Antigonus III Doson | 221 B.C. | Philip V king of M | |
| D. of Cleomenes III | 219 B.C. | | |
| 219 B.C. | Hannibal sieges Saguntum | |
| 218 B.C. | Battle of the Trebia | |
| 217 B.C. | Battle of Raphia | |
| 217 B.C. | Battle of Lake Trasimene | |
| 216 B.C. | Battle of Cannae | |
| 214 B.C. | Start of Macedonian War I | |
| 212 B.C. | Marcellus conquers Syracuse | |
| D. of two Scipiones in Spain | 211 B.C. | | |
| 209 B.C. | Reconquest of Tarentum | |
| D. of Marcus Claudius Marcellus | 208 B.C. | | |
| 207 B.C. | Battle of the Metaurus | |
| 205 B.C. | End of Macedonian War I | |
| D. of Quintus Fabius Maximus | 203 B.C. | Verrucosus, then Cunctator | |
| 202 B.C. | Battle of Zama | |
| 200 B.C. | Start of Macedonian War II | |
| 197 B.C. | Battle of Cynoscephalae | |
| 195 B.C. | Consulship of Cato the Elder | |
| 196 B.C. | Freedom of the Greek states | |
| 191 B.C. | Battle of Thermopylae | |
| 190 B.C. | Battle of Magnesia | |
| 184 B.C. | Censorship of Cato the Elder | |
| D. of Scipio Africanus | 183 B.C. | | |
| D. of Hannibal Barca | 183 B.C. | | |
| D. of Philip V of Macedon | 179 B.C. | Perseus king of M | |
| 171 B.C. | Battle of Callinicus | |
| 168 B.C. | Battle of Pydna | |
| 155 B.C. | Embassy of the 3 philosophers | |
| Death of Cato the Elder | 149 B.C. | | |
| 146 B.C. | Destruction of Carthage and Corinth | |
| 133 B.C. | Destruction of Numantia | |
| Death of Tiberius Gracchus | 133 B.C. | | |
| Death of Scipio Aemilianus | 129 B.C. | | |
| Death of Gaius Gracchus | 121 B.C. | | |
| 112 B.C. | Jugurtha stats his war | |
| 107 B.C. | Consulship I of Marius | |
| 105 B.C. | Jugurtha handed to Sulla | |
| 104 B.C. | Consulship II of Marius | |
| 103 B.C. | Consulship III of Marius | |
| 102 B.C. | Consulship IV of Marius | |
| 102 B.C. | Battle of Aquae Sextiae | |
| 101 B.C. | Consulship V of Marius | |
| 101 B.C. | Battle of Vercellae | |
| 100 B.C. | Consulship VI of Marius | |
| 091 B.C. | Start of the social war | |
| 088 B.C. | End of the social war | |
| 088 B.C. | Sulla's march on Rome I | |
| 087 B.C. | Consulship I of Cinna | |
| 086 B.C. | Sulla's Sack of Athen | |
| Death of G.Marius | 086 B.C. | Consulship VII of Marius | |
| 085 B.C. | Battle of Orchomenus | |
| 085 B.C. | Consulship III of Cinna | |
| Death of L.C. Cinna | 084 B.C. | Consulship IV of Cinna | |
| 083 B.C. | Sulla's march on Rome II | |
| 083 B.C. | Consulship of Marius the Younger | |
| Death of G. Marius the Younger | 082 B.C. | Battle of Sacriporto | |
| 082 B.C. | Battle of the Colline Gate | |
| 080 B.C. | Quintus Sertorius starts his war | |
| Death of C.Sulla | 078 B.C. | | |
| Death of Sertorius | 072 B.C. | | |
| Death of Spartacus | 071 B.C. | | |
| 070 B.C. | Prosecution of Cicero against Verres | |
| Death of L.S. Catilina | 062 B.C. | | |
| 058 B.C. | Caesar starts the Gallic War | |
| 058 B.C. | Cicero exiled | |
| 057 B.C. | Cicero back to Rome | |
| D. of Publius Clodius Pulcher | 052 B.C. | | |
| 052 B.C. | Battle of Alesia | |
| 049 B.C. | J. Caesar crosses the Rubicon | |
| Death of Pompeius Magnus | 048 B.C. | Battle of Pharsalus | |
| D. of M. P. Cato Uticensis | 046 B.C. | Battle of Thapsus | |
| 045 B.C. | Battle of Munda | |
| Death of Julius Caesar | 044 B.C. | Octavian heir of Caesar | |
| 043 B.C. | Battle of Mutina | |
| 043 B.C. | Second Triumvirate | |
| Death of Cicero | 043 B.C. | | |
| Death of Brutus and Cassius | 042 B.C. | Battle of Philippi | |
| 031 B.C. | Battle of Actium | |
| Death of Marcus Antonius | 030 B.C. | | |
| Death of Virgil | 019 B.C. | | |
| 009 A.D. | Battle of the Teutoburg |
| Death of Augustus | 014 A.D. | | |
| Death of Tiberius | 031 A.D. | | |
| Death of Caligula | 041 A.D. | | |
| Death of Claudius | 054 A.D. | | |
| Death of Nero | 068 A.D. | | |
Deaths of Galba, Otho,
Vitellius | 069 A.D. | Battles of Bedriacum | |
| Death of Vespasianus | 079 A.D. | Eruption of Mount Vesuvius | |
| Death of Titus | 081 A.D. | | |
| Death of Domitianus | 096 A.D. | | |
| Death of Nerva | 098 A.D. | | |
| Death of Trajan | 117 A.D. | | |
| Dedication of the Pantheon | 126 A.D. | | |
| Death of Hadrian | 138 A.D. | | |
| Death of Antoninus Pius | 161 A.D. | | |
| Death of Lucius Verus | 169 A.D. | Co-emperor with M.Aurelius | |
| Death of Marcus Aurelius | 180 A.D. | | |
| Death of Commodus | 192 A.D. | | |
| Death of Pertinax | 193 A.D. | | |
| Death of Didius Julianus | 193 A.D. | | |
| Death of Septimius Severus | 211 A.D. | | |
| Death of Geta | 211 A.D. | Co-emperor with Caracalla | |
| Death of Caracalla | 217 A.D. | | |
| Death of Macrinus | 218 A.D. | | |
| Death of Elagabalus | 222 A.D. | | |
| Death of Severus Alexander | 235 A.D. | | |
| Death of Maximinus Thrax | 238 A.D. | | |
| Death of Constantius I | 306 A.D. | Known as Constantius Chlorus | |
| Death of Galerius | 311 A.D. | | |
| Death of Diocletian | 312 A.D. | | |
| 313 A.D. | Edict of Milan | |
| 325 A.D. | First Council of Nicaea | |
| 330 A.D. | Constantinople capital of the Empire | |
| Death of Constantine the Great | 337 A.D. | | |
| Death of Constans I | 350 A.D. | | |
| Death of Constantius II | 361 A.D. | | |
| Death of Julian the Apostate | 363 A.D. | | |
| Death of Jovian | 364 A.D. | | |
| Death of Valentinian I | 375 A.D. | | |
| Death of Valens | 378 A.D. | Battle of Hadrianopolis | |
| Death of Theodosius I | 395 A.D. | | |
| 410 A.D. | First Sack of Rome | |
| Death of Honorius | 423 A.D. | | |
| Death of Saint Augustine | 430 A.D. | Bishop of Hippo | |
| Death of Valentinian III | 455 A.D. | | |
| Death of Majorian | 461 A.D. | | |
| Death of Libius Severus | 465 A.D. | | |
| 476 A.D. | Romulus Augustulus abdicates | |
| 476 A.D. | Odoacer king of Italy | |
| Death of Odoacer | 493 A.D. | Theoderic king of Italy | |
| Death of Severinus Boëthius | 524 A.D. | Condemned by Theodoric | |
| Death of Theoderic the Great | 526 A.D. | | |
| 529 A.D. | Justinian I closes the Platonic Academy | |
| 546 A.D. | Sack of Rome by the Ostrogoths | |
| Death of Totila | 552 A.D. | | |
| Death of Teia | 553 A.D. | | |
| Death of Justinian I | 565 A.D. | | |
| Death of Belisarius | 565 A.D. | | |
| Death of Alboin | 572 A.D. | He led Lombards in Italy | |
| Death of Authari | 590 A.D. | | |
| Death of Phocas | 610 A.D. | Got a column in Roman Forum | |
| Death of Agilulf | 616 A.D. | Arian then Catholic King | |
| Death of Adaloald | 626 A.D. | Catholic King | |
| Death of Theodelinda | 628 A.D. | Catholic, buried in S.Giovanni in Monza | |
| Death of Arioald | 636 A.D. | | |
| Death of Rothari | 652 A.D. | Codified Lombard law | |
| Death of Rodoald | 653 A.D. | Sun of Gundiperga | |
| Death of Aripert I | 661 A.D. | Chalcedonian Christian king | |
| Death of Grimuald | 671 A.D. | Arian King | |
| Death of Perctarit | 688 A.D. | Catholic King | |
| Death of Cunincpert | 700 A.D. | | |
| Death of Aripert II | 712 A.D. | | |
| Death of Pepin of Herstal | 714 A.D. | | |
| 732 A.D. | Battle of Poitiers | |
| Death of Charles Martel | 741 A.D. | | |
| Death of Liutprand | 744 A.D. | | |
| Death of Ratchis | 749 A.D. | | |
| Death of Aistulf | 756 A.D. | Desiderius king of Lombards | |
| Death of Pepin the Short | 768 A.D. | | |
| 774 A.D. | Charlemagne captures Pavia and Desiderius | |
| 778 A.D. | Battle of Roncevaux Pass | |
| 800 A.D. | Charlemagne crowned as Emperor | |
| Death of Charlemagne | 814 A.D. | | |
| D. of Louis I the Pious | 840 A.D. | | |
| D. of Lothair I | 855 A.D. | Louis II Roman Emperor | |
| D. of Louis II | 875 A.D. | Charles II Roman Emperor | |
| D. of Charles II the Bald | 877 A.D. | | |
| D. of Charles III the Fat | 888 A.D. | | |
| D. of Otto I the Great | 973 A.D. | | |
| D. of Otto II the Red | 983 A.D. | | |
| D. of Otto III | 1002 A.D. | | |
| D. of Henry II | 1024 A.D. | | |
| D. of Conrad II the Elder | 1039 A.D. | | |
| D. of Henry III the Black | 1056 A.D. | Henry IV Roman Emperor | |
| 1066 A.D. | Battle of Hastings | |
| 1076 A.D. | Henry IV Excommunicated | |
| 1077 A.D. | Humiliation of Canossa | |
| D. of Pope Gregory VII | 1085 A.D. | | |
| 1095 A.D. | Start of the Crusade I | |
| 1099 A.D. | End of the Crusade I | |
| D. of Peter Abelard | 1142 A.D. | | |
| 1147 A.D. | Start of the Crusade II | |
| 1149 A.D. | End of the Crusade II | |
| D. of Héloïse | 1164 A.D. | | |
| 1155 A.D. | Frederick Barbarossa Emperor | |
| 1176 A.D. | Battle of Legnano | |
| 1189 A.D. | Start of the Crusade III | |
| D. of Frederick Barbarossa | 1190 A.D. | | |
| 1192 A.D. | End of the Crusade III | |
| 1202 A.D. | Start of the Crusade IV | |
| 1204 A.D. | Sack of Constantinople | |
| 1204 A.D. | End of the Crusade IV | |
| 1209 A.D. | Start of the Albigensian Crusade | |
| 1217 A.D. | Start of the Crusade V | |
| 1221 A.D. | End of the Crusade V | |
| D. of Saint Francis of Assisi | 1226 A.D. | | |
| 1229 A.D. | End of the Albigensian Crusade | |
| Death of Frederick II | 1250 A.D. | | |
| Death of S. Clare of Assisi | 1253 A.D. | | |
| Death of S. Thomas Aquinas | 1274 A.D. | | |
| 1277 A.D. | Bishop Tempier's Condemnation | |
| 1282 A.D. | Sicilian Vespers | |
| D. of Pope Celestine V | 1296 A.D. | | |
| D. of Pope Boniface VIII | 1303 A.D. | | |
| Death of Henry VII | 1313 A.D. | "L'alto Arrigo" | |
| D. of Pope Clement V | 1314 A.D. | | |
| Death of Dante Alighieri | 1321 A.D. | | |
| Death of Francesco Petrarca | 1374 A.D. | | |
| Death of Giovanni Boccaccio | 1375 A.D. | | |
| 1453 A.D. | Fall of Constantinople | |
| 1492 A.D. | Fall of Granada | |
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