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CHRONOLOGY. 



Cambyte* conquered Egypt. A comet appeared 

 in China, near Antares, or m Scor/tionit, and ex- 

 tended to the milky way. 



The 5th lunar eclipse observed at Babylon, or, Wed- 

 nesday. July 16th, one hour before midnight, and 

 more than 6 digits eclipsed on the northern 

 disk. 



Confucius lived. The 2d edict to rebuild Jerusalem. 



A great earthquake in China. 



The temple of Jerusalem finished March 10. The 

 pattover celebrated, April 18. 



Babylon revolt* from Darius, but is recovered two 

 years after. 



The tyranny of the Pisittratidz abolished at Athens. 



The consular government begins at Rome, on the 

 expulsion of Tarquin and his family, Feb. 26. 



First alliance between Rome and Carthage. 



The second census in Rome 130,000 citizens. 



Heraclitus the philosopher lived. Megabysus sub- 

 dues Thrace and Macedonia. War between the 

 Romans and Sabines. 



Parmenides of Elea, the philosopher, lived. 



Sardis burned by the Athenians, which occasioned 

 the invasion of Greece by the Persians. 



The sixth lunar eclipse observed at Babylon on 

 Monday, Nov. 19, 24' before midnight 3 digits 

 eclipsed on the south part of the disk. 



The lonians, after a revolt, subdued by the Persians, 

 and Miletus taken. 



The Saturnalia^ instituted at Rome 150,700 citi- 

 zens. 



Tarquin the proud dies at Cuma. 



War between the Romans and Sabines. 



Tribunes created at Rome. The Athenians build 

 the port of Pirzus. 



The kingdom of Syracuse usurped by Gelo. Co- 

 riolanus banished from Rome. The seventh lu- 

 nar eclipse observed at Babylon, on Wednesday, 

 April 25 2 digits of the moon's south limb eclip- 



The Persians defeated by Miltiades, at Marathon. 

 Coriolanus withdraws the Volsci from Rome. 

 Egypt rebels, and revolt* from the Persians. 

 Aeschylus first gains the prize of tragedy. 

 Cassius punished for usurping the sovereignty. The 



Volsci and jEqui subdued. 

 Aristides banished from Athens. Xerxes recovers 



519. 

 515. 



518. 



510. 

 509. 



508. 

 507. 

 506. 



got. 



504. 

 502. 



498. 



497. 



495. 

 494. 

 493. 



4-91. 



490. 

 488. 

 487. 

 486. 

 485. 



484. 



48S. Quzstors first created at Rome. An eruption of 



mount jtna. 



481. Xerxes begins his expedition against Greece. 

 480. Th affair of Thermopylae finished, Aug. 7th. The 



Persians defeated at Salamis in a sea-fight, Oct. 



SOth. Pindar the lyric poet flourished, ob. 4-35, 



stt. 86. A comet appeared with a curved tail, 



according to Liibiiiu /iu. 

 179. The Persian* defeated at Platsta, Sept. 22; on 



which day happened the battle of Mycale. War 



between the Romans and Hetrunans. Charon of 



Lampiacus, the biitorian, lived. 

 177 The 300 Romans, of the name of Fabius, killed by 



the Veientes near Cremona, July 17. 

 476. Valerius triumphed over the Veientes and Sabines, 



103,000 citizens in Rome. A great eruption of 



mount ./Etna. 



Thtmiitocles retire* to Xerxes in Asia. 

 470. Ciinon defeats the Persian fleet at Cyprus, and the 



TB)y near the river Eurymcdon iii Pamphylia. 



B. C. 



An eruption of Mount jEtna. Anaxagoras of Chronolo. 



imene, the philosopher, ob. 420, art. 72. v ty- 



469. An earthquake at Sparta. The Tuscans found Ca- ^^Y" 



pua. A comet appeared, according to Riccioli. 

 467. A meteoric stone, the size of a cart, fell at ./Egos- 



potamos, in Thrace. Pliny assures us, that this 



stone was preserved in his time ; and that another 



fell at Abydos, and a third at Protidea. 

 466. The Syracusans recover their liberty. A comet 



appeared for 75 days, according to l,uhinic/.ki. 

 463. Egypt revolts from the Persians, hut obtains the 



aid of the Athenians. A great pestilence in Rome. 



Sophocles, the tragic poet, ob. 406, zt. !M . 

 462. The Persians defeated by the Athenians in a naval 



engagement, in Egypt. 



461. Earthquakes and numerous prodigies in Rome. 

 460. The third Messenian war with the Lacedemonians 



begins, and continues ten years. 

 459. The Athenians begin to exercise tyranny over the 



other Grecian states. 

 458. Cincinnatus appointed dictator. War between the 



Corinthians and Megareans. 

 456. The Athenians, deserted by the Egyptians, retire 



out of Egypt by capitulation with the Persians. 



The ludi scculart* celebrated for the first time at 



Rome. 

 454. The Romans send deputies to Athens for a copy 



of Solon's laws. An eruption of jfctna. 

 453. Aristarchus, the tragic poet, flourished. 

 451. The decemvirs created at Rome, and the laws of 



the twelve tables compiled and ratified. 

 450. Cimon triumphs over the Persians by sea and land. 



Xaleucus, the lawgiver of Locri. 

 449. The decemvirs banished. The Persians make a 



shameful peace with the Greeks. 

 448. The first sacred war about the temple of Delphi. 



Hellanius, the historian, ob. 411, act. 85. 

 447. The Boeotians defeat the Athenians at Chaeronea. 

 446. A thirty years' truce- between the Athenians and 



Lacedaemonians. Thucydides banished by the 



ostracism. 

 445. Herodotus reads his history in the council at Athens 



at the age of 39 years. Military tribunes crea- 

 ted at Rome. 

 444. The Athenians send a colony to Thurium in Italy, 



of which number were Herodotus, Thucydides, 



and Lysias. Empedocles of Agrigentum, the 



philosopher, flourished. 

 443. Censors first created at Rome. 

 442. Universal peace. Euripides gained the prize of 



tragedy at Athens, at the age of 43 years, ob. 



407. zt. 78. 

 441. The battering ram, the testudo, and other military 



instruments, invented by Artemones of Clazo- 



mene. Pericles subdues Samoa. A great famine 



at Rome. 

 440. Comedies prohibited at Athens. Phidias the sculp- 



tor flourished, ob. 432. 

 439. War between Corinth and Corcyra. 

 437. Cratinus, the comic poet, ob. 431. 

 436. Malachi, the last of the prophets, delivered his pre- 

 dictions. 



435. The Romans take Fidenx. The Corinthians de- 

 feated by the Corcyrxani. Eupolis the comic 



poet lived, ob. post 1 1.3. 



434. Aristophanes, the comic poet, ob. post. 

 433. Temple of Apollo consecrated. A comet appear- 



cd in China. 



