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Ancient Chronology.

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Draco of Athens, framed his bloody code of laws,

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B. c. 621

621

620

614

Nebuchadnezzar founded the Chaldæo-Babylonian Empire, 604

Solon's Laws adopted at Athens,

Pisistratus, tyrant of Athens,

Cyrus the Great, commenced his reign in Persia, .

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594

560

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Homer's Poems supposed to be first collected into a volume, 545

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Tragedies first performed at Athens, by Thespis,

Cambyses, king of Persia, conquered Egypt,

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509

509

Ionian War, between Greece and Persia: Sardis burnt,

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Xerxes, king of Persia, commenced his reign,

Xerxes invades Greece with an army of several millions,

Artificial Memory first taught, by Simonides,
Persians defeated at the Eurymedon, by Cimon,

Cincinnatus made Dictator,

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Laws of the "Twelve Tables," compiled,

485

480

477

471

469

466

456

451

Athenians defeat the Persians at Cyprus,

449

Banishment of the Decemvirs, and death of Virginia,
The Metonic Cycle begins,

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Athenian army under Nicias, captured at Syracuse, .

Thucydides' history ends, and Xenophon's begins,
Alcibiades causes a Revolution at Athens,

Rhodes becomes a free state,

Dionysius the tyrant of Sicily, commenced his reign,
The "Thirty tyrants" rule Athens,

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Ancient Chronology.

3.

Retreat of the Ten thousand Greeks, under Xenophon, B. c. 401

Death of Socrates,

City of Delhi founded,

Rome burned by the Gauls under Brennus, and the Capitol

saved by the cackling of geese,

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Manlius Capitolinus thrown down the Tarpeian rock,
Plebeian Consuls first appointed at Rome,

400

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390

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367

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The Mausoleum, the sixth wonder of the world, erected,

351

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Alexander the Great, died at Babylon, aged 32,

323

Ptolemy Soter, the first Egyptian Ptolemy,

323

Demetrius Poliorcetes liberates Athens, and restores the

Democracy,

307

Alexander's Empire divided, after the battle of Ipsus,

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Septuagint trans. of the Old Testament, under Ptolemy Phila. 283

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First Punic War commenced-lasted twenty-three years,

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Colossus of Rhodes, thrown down by an earthquake,
Surgery first practiced at Rome,

Hannibal destroyed the fortress of Saguntum,

Second Punic War commenced-lasted sixteen years,
Hannibal crossed the Alps,

Regulus defeated and put to death by the Carthaginians,
Hamilcar, the Carthaginian, leads an army into Spain,
The Roman Senate in its greatest power—about,
Sardinia and Corsica conquered by the Romans,
Carthagena built,

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224

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Ancient Chronology.

4.

The warlike nations of the Huns, first known-about

B. C. 214

214

212

210

204

188

187

Archimedes flourished,

Marcellus captures Syracuse,

Parchment invented by King Attalus,

Scipio "carries the war into Africa," and besieges Utica,

Laws of Lycurgus abolished by Philopomen,
Voluntary exile of Scipio Africanus,

The Romans dissolve the Baotian Confederacy,
Kingdom of Macedon conquered by the Romans,
Public Library first established at Rome,
Grecian system of education adopted at Rome,
First law at Rome against bribery at elections,
Third Punic War commenced-lasted three years,

Corinth taken, and Greece reduced to a Roman province,
Extension of the Roman power, by the conquest of Greece,

Macedon, Epirus, and Carthage,

172

1682

167

164

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Adherbal, son of Micipsa, murdered by Jugurtha,

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Spartacus the Gladiator, commenced the Servile war,
Catiline's Conspiracy discovered by Cicero,

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First Triumvirate, between Pompey, Cæsar and Crassus,
Julius Cæsar's first Campaign,

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Cæsar "passes the Rubicon," and is proclaimed Dictator,

49

Pompey's Pillar erected at Alexandria,

48

Cæsar killed in the Senate-house, by Brutus and Cassius,
Second Triumvirate, between Octavius, Antony and Lepidus, 43

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FORMULAS FOR

ANCIENT CHRONOLOGY.

Babylon was supposed to be founded, by Nimrod, who

knew as much as

A Nun or a Moor

Sicyon the first kingdom in Greece, was founded by

some

Noisy Fop.

Letters were invented in Egypt, a discovery that was

Sparta was founded by Spartes,

Divine and New.

A Witty Caitiff.

Athens was supposed to be founded by Cecrops, who

went there to

Settle and Lodge.

Thebes was founded, by a colony under Cadmus, who was considered quite

Too Lawless.

Troy was founded, by persons who built the city

Wide and Large.

The Chronology of the Arundelian Marbles began, before the marbles were stolen by A Tall Thief. Lacedemon was founded by Lelia,

An Outlawed Jew

When War Chariots were first made, they looked like

Tall Houses.

Iron was discovered by the burning of Mt. Ida, and
A Weighty Horse-shoe.

made into

Erectheus the Ionian, was a chief of

Wisdom and Fame.

The Eleusinian Mysteries at Athens, was a kind of Freemasonry, where they had A Dumb Lodge. In the Olympic Games, instituted at Olympia, some of

the players wore

A White Mask.

Sicily was first settled by the Italians, who built a town

between

Ætna and the Ocean.

A Weighty Engine.

When the Argonautic Expedition sailed, it was per

haps propelled by

Tyre was founded by a colony from Egypt, and the walls adorned with A Stone Lion.

Carthage was founded by a colony from Tyre, and every man knew more than A Wooden Mummy. Agamemnon flourished, and knew more than many

Dunces.

The Trojan War was commenced, and every man fought like

A Stout Bear.

Troy was burned by the Greeks, who kindled

A White Hot Fire.

The Temple of Ephesus was burned by Erostratus, a name that sounds like

A Stout Rat.

The first Egyptian Pyramid, was supposed to be built by Cheops,

A Witty Savan.

The Ionian colonies migrated from Greece, and went to
Asia Minor, led by some

Odious Warrior.

The Amphictyonic Council, was instituted, by some

Witty Seers.

Smyrna was founded, by some one who built

A City in Style.

Homer, one of the earliest poets, flourished, and made

Poesy Awake.

The Laws and Constitution of Lycurgus, were receiv.

Favor.

ed with much The Kingdom of Macedon was founded, before Alexander the Great led that people into A Funny War. The Silver first coined, gave its authors

The Olympic Era was established by some

A Gay Fame

King or Jew.

Rome was founded, by a colony from an eastern

The Era of Nabonassar, celebrates a king of Baby

lon, not

Clime.

A Greek.

The First Messenian War, was the cause of many

A Crime.

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