May 26, 428 BCE — Plato is born
Oddly, not the Platonic Ideal of the philosopher (although in fairness, he would have been the first to point that...
December 9, 2022
The Past
469 BCE — Socrates is born
Socrates is one of the most influential, and also most enigmatic, figures in Western Philosophy. An Athenian who lived at...
December 14, 2022
circa 605 BCE — The Hanging Gardens of Babylon are constructed
One of the Seven Wonders of the World (the original seven, now usually called the wonders of the Ancient World),...
December 19, 2022
1117 BCE — Delilah cuts Samson’s hair
Samson is one of the great heroes of Judges era of the Israelites. A judge and priest, he was also...
January 19, 2023
April 16, 1174 BCE — Odysseus reclaims the throne of Ithaca
Tradition holds that this is the day that the Odyssey ended: that Ulysses returned to Ithaca, recruited his son and...
January 24, 2023
June 11, 1184 BCE — The Trojan War ends
At least, according to the calculations of Eratosthenes, it ended on this date. You know the story: Paris and Helen,...
February 4, 2023
May 12, 1451 BCE — Joshua destroys the walls of Jericho
Moses’ right hand man and heir, Joshua was the leader who led the Israelites into Canaan after their 40 years...
March 9, 2023
June 22, 1491 BCE — The Ten Commandments are handed down to Moses
No doubt you’re familiar with the story: during the 40 years that the Israelites spent wandering in the Sinai desert...
March 14, 2023
May 21, 1491 BCE — The Israelites leave Egypt
One of the best known stories in the Bible, the Exodus or Exit from Egypt, is the escape of the...
March 19, 2023
December 18, 2348 BCE — Noah’s ark makes landfall
So God, in all his moodswingy glory, had decided to wipe out the entire human race. Except for this one...
July 2, 2023
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