circa 120,000 BCE — The people later to be known as Indigenous Australians first arrive in Australia
In the traditions of the Indigenous Australian peoples, their ancestors were created with the land, at the dawn of what...
September 9, 2024
Politics & War
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
July 20, 356 BCE — Alexander the Great is born
One of the greatest conquerors and military leaders the world has ever known was born in Pella, the capital of...
November 29, 2022
May 22, 334 BCE — Alexander the Great defeats the Persian Army in the Battle of the Granicus
In the first of three major engagements during his Persian campaign, Alexander the Great and his forces defeated a numerically...
November 24, 2022
October 1, 331 BCE — Alexander the Great defeats Darius III at Arbela
In the short, glorious history of Alexander the Great’s empire-building, this victory was probably the most significant. The battle is...
November 19, 2022
January 10, 49 BCE — Caesar crosses the Rubicon
“Crossing the Rubicon” is now an expression for passing the point of no return: this is the original incident from...
October 19, 2022
February 14, 44 BCE — Julius Caesar attends his final Lupercalia
The ancient feast of the god Lupercus, Lupercalia was an annual three day festival that ran from February 13 –...
October 14, 2022
March 15, 44 BCE — Julius Caesar is assassinated
Shakespeare’s version might be better known, but the best historical account of the death of Big Julie was written by...
October 9, 2022
August 12, 30 BCE — Cleopatra commits suicide
Cleopatra VII, reputedly one of the most beautiful women ever to have lived, was the eleventh and last Ptolemy ruler...
September 29, 2022
September 9, 9 CE — Arminius’ Germanic tribes defeat the Romans in the Teutoburg Forest
The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was a stunning defeat of the Roman legions by Germanic tribesmen. 2000 years ago...
September 24, 2022
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