This article concerns the period 759 BC – 750 BC.
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Events and trends
- 756 BCE—Founding of Cyzicus.
- 755 BC— Ashur-nirari V succeeds Ashur-Dan III as king of Assyria
- 755 BC— Aeschylus, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by Alcmaeon.
- 753 BC— Alcmaeon, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 2 years. He is replaced by Charops, elected Archon for a ten-year term.
- 753 BC—The city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom were thought to be founded, according to Roman tradition, and is ruled by Rome's first king, Romulus. Beginning of the Roman ' Ab urbe condita' calendar. Rome adopts the Etruscan alphabet, which the Etruscans themselves had adopted from the Greeks. Set by Varro, this was the most common date used.
- 752 BC— Romulus, first king of Rome, celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses, following the Rape of the Sabine Women. He celebrates a further triumph later in the year over the Antemnates.
- c. 750 BC— Man and Centaur, perhaps from Olympia, is made. It is now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
- c. 750 BC— Greeks establish colonies in Italy and Sicily.
- c. 750 BC – 700 BC— Funerary Vase ( Krater), from the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, is made. Attributed to the Hirschfield workshop. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Significant people
- Shoshenq V, Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt ( 767– 730 BC)
- Osorkon III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt ( 787–759 BC) [1]
- Takelot III, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (764– 757 BC)
- Rudamun, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (757– 754 BC)
- Ini, Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (754– 715 BC)
- Niumateped, chief of the Libu ( 775– 750 BC)
- Titaru, chief of the Libu (758– 750 BC)
- Ker, chief of the Libu (750– 745 BC)
- Manava, author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras. (b. 750 BC)
- Uzziah, King of Judah ( 791- 740 BC)
- 759 BC— Alexander king of Corinth killed by his successor Telestes.
- 757 BC—Birth of Duke Zhuang of Zheng
References
- ^ Mueller, Dieter; Kitchen, K. A. (1975). "The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100-650 BC)". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 12: 117. doi: 10.2307/40000028. ISSN 0065-9991. JSTOR 40000028.