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670s BC
This article concerns the period 679 BC – 670 BC. Events and trends * 677 BC—Esarhaddon leads the Assyrian army against rebellious Arab tribes, advances as far as the Brook of Egypt. * 676 BC— Zhou Hui Wang becomes emperor of the Zhou Dynasty of China. * 674 BC—Esarhaddon puts down a revolt in Ascalon supported by Taharqa, king of Kush and Egypt. In response, the Assyrians invade Egypt, but Taharqa is able to hold them off. * 673 BC—Tullus Hostilius becomes the third King of Rome. * 671 BC—Esarhaddon again invades Egypt, this time successfully, capturing Memphis as well as a number of the royal family. Significant people * Esarhaddon, King of Assyria and conqueror of Egypt (reigned 681–669 BC) * Argaeus I, who acceded to the kingship of Macedon with his father's death; he reigned from c. 678 BC to c. 640 BC * Zhou Hui Wang, ruler of China during the Zhou Dynasty Deaths * 678 BC—approximate date of death of Perdiccas I, king of Macedon * 673 BC—Numa Pom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon, Assarhaddon and Ashurhaddon (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , also , meaning " Ashur has given me a brother"; Biblical Hebrew: ''ʾĒsar-Ḥaddōn'') was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Sennacherib in 681 BC to his own death in 669. The third king of the Sargonid dynasty, Esarhaddon is most famous for his conquest of Egypt in 671 BC, which made his empire the largest the world had ever seen, and for his reconstruction of Babylon, which had been destroyed by his father. After Sennacherib's eldest son and heir Ashur-nadin-shumi had been captured and presumably executed in 694, the new heir had originally been the second eldest son, Arda-Mulissu, but in 684, Esarhaddon, a younger son, was appointed instead. Angered by this decision, Arda-Mulissu and another brother, Nabu-shar-usur, murdered their father in 681 and planned to seize the Assyrian throne. The murder, and Arda-Mulissu's aspirations of becoming king himself ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
671 BC
The year 671 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 83 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 671 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Middle East * King Esarhaddon of Assyria defeats the Kushite-Egyptian army of Pharaoh Taharqa and captures Memphis, along with a number of the royal family. He sets up a new Assyrian administration in Lower Egypt Lower Egypt ( ar, مصر السفلى '; ) is the northernmost region of Egypt, which consists of the fertile Nile Delta between Upper Egypt and the Mediterranean Sea, from El Aiyat, south of modern-day Cairo, and Dahshur. Historically, ... and withdraws. Births Deaths References {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Of Rome
The king of Rome ( la, rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom. According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city in 753 BC upon the Palatine Hill. Seven legendary kings are said to have ruled Rome until 509 BC, when the last king was overthrown. These kings ruled for an average of 35 years. The kings after Romulus were not known to be dynasts and no reference is made to the hereditary principle until after the fifth king Tarquinius Priscus. Consequently, some have assumed that the Tarquins' attempt to institute a hereditary monarchy over this conjectured earlier elective monarchy resulted in the formation of the Republic. Overview Early Rome was ruled by the king (''rex''). The king possessed absolute power over the people, no one could rule over him. The Senate was a weak oligarchy, capable of exercising only minor administrative powers, so that Rome was ruled by its king who was in effect an absolute monarch. The Senate's main function was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Numa Pompilius
Numa Pompilius (; 753–672 BC; reigned 715–672 BC) was the legendary second king of Rome, succeeding Romulus after a one-year interregnum. He was of Sabine origin, and many of Rome's most important religious and political institutions are attributed to him, such as the Roman calendar, Vestal Virgins, the cult of Mars, the cult of Jupiter, the cult of Romulus, and the office of '' pontifex maximus''. Genealogy According to Plutarch, Numa was the youngest of Pomponius's four sons, born on the day of Rome's founding (traditionally, 21 April 753 BC). He lived a severe life of discipline and banished all luxury from his home. Titus Tatius, king of the Sabines and a colleague of Romulus, gave in marriage his only daughter, Tatia, to Numa. After 13 years of marriage, Tatia died, precipitating Numa's retirement to the countryside. According to Livy, Numa resided at Cures immediately before being elected king.Livy, ''Ab urbe condita'', 1:18. Titus Livius (Livy) and Plutarch refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macedon
Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by the royal Argead dynasty, which was followed by the Antipatrid and Antigonid dynasties. Home to the ancient Macedonians, the earliest kingdom was centered on the northeastern part of the Greek peninsula,. and bordered by Epirus to the west, Paeonia to the north, Thrace to the east and Thessaly to the south. Before the 4th century BC, Macedonia was a small kingdom outside of the area dominated by the great city-states of Athens, Sparta and Thebes, and briefly subordinate to Achaemenid Persia. During the reign of the Argead king PhilipII (359–336 BC), Macedonia subdued mainland Greece and the Thracian Odrysian kingdom through conquest and diplomacy. With a reformed army containing phalanxes wielding the ''sarissa'' pike, PhilipII d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perdiccas I
Perdiccas I ( gr, Περδίκκας, Perdíkkas) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. He ruled somewhere between 650 BC and 620 BC. Herodotus Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer from the Greek city of Halicarnassus, part of the Persian Empire (now Bodrum, Turkey) and a later citizen of Thurii in modern Calabria ( Italy). He is known f ... stated: References 7th-century BC Macedonian monarchs Argead kings of Macedonia Mythology of Macedonia (ancient kingdom) Year of birth unknown {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
640 BC
The year 640 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 114 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 640 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events Europe * Theagenes becomes tyrant at Megara.E.J. Bickerman, ''Chronology of the Ancient World'' (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1968), p. 198 * Kolaios of Samos reaches the Strait of Gibraltar. Middle East * King Ashurbanipal of Assyria achieves a great victory over Elam. He captures its last king, Khumma-Khaldash III, and lays waste to the country. * King Teispes dies after a 35-year reign in which he has ruled the Elamite city of Anshan after being freed from Median supremacy. Births * Josiah, the sixteenth king of Judah (d. 609 BCE) * Pittacus of Mytilene, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (approximate date) * Stesichorus, Greek lyric poet (approximate da ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
678 BC
The year 678 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 76 ''Ab urbe condita'' . The denomination 678 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events Births Deaths * Min, Marquis of Jin * Duke Wu of Qin, ruler of the state of Qin * Perdiccas I of Macedon Perdiccas I ( gr, Περδίκκας, Perdíkkas) was king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia. He ruled somewhere between 650 BC and 620 BC. Herodotus Herodotus ( ; grc, , }; BC) was an ancient Greek historian and geographer from ... References {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kings Of Macedon
Kings or King's may refer to: *Monarchs: The sovereign heads of states and/or nations, with the male being kings *One of several works known as the "Book of Kings": **The Books of Kings part of the Bible, divided into two parts **The ''Shahnameh'', an 11th-century epic Persian poem **The Morgan Bible The Morgan Bible (mostly Morgan Library & Museum, New York, Ms M. 638), also called the Morgan Picture Bible, Crusader Bible, Shah Abbas Bible or Maciejowski Bible, is a unique medieval illuminated manuscript. It is a picture book Bible consisting ..., a French medieval picture Bible **The Pararaton, a 16th-century Javanese history of southeast Asia *The plural of any King (other), king Business *Kings Family Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Pennsylvania and Ohio *Kings Food Markets, a chain supermarket in northern New Jersey *King's (cigarette), King's Favourites, a brand of cigarettes *King's Variety Store, a chain of stores in the USA *King's (defunct discount sto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Argaeus I
Argaeus ( gr, Ἀργαῖος, Argaios) or Araeus, was according to 5th-century BC Greek writer Herodotus one of six predecessors of his contemporary, King Alexander I of Macedon (r. 498–454). Alexander I's predecessors, starting from the nearest, were according to Herodotus: Amyntas, Alcetas, Aëropus, Philip I, Argaeus, and Perdiccas I. A rival tradition is held by Livy, Pausanias, Suidas and Junianus Justinus, with Caranus as the first Macedonian king. Biography Argaeus was according to 2nd-century AD Macedonian writer Polyaenus the first king of the ancient kingdom of Macedon, who tricked and won over his superior enemies (the Taulantii king Galaurus) with women dressed as men with wreaths and ''thyrsi'' (staffs), closely related to the cult of Dionysus. After the victory, Argaeus founded a temple dedicated to ''Pseudanor'' (Fake-man). Only Alexander I's father, Amyntas, is firmly established in historical record. The eponym Argaeus for the dynasty (the '' Argead dy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
669 BC
The year 669 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as year 85 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 669 BC for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events *Taharqa, king of Kush, invades and reconquers Egypt from the Assyrian Empire. *Esarhaddon dies in Harran while on his way to recover Egypt from the Kushites. *A transit of Venus occurs. Births Deaths * Esarhaddon, king of Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the A ... References 660s BC {{BC-year-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
680s BC
This article concerns the period 689 BC – 680 BC. Events * 689 BC—King Sennacherib of Assyria sacks Babylon. * 688 BC—Icarius of Hyperesia wins the stadion race at the 23rd Olympic Games.Eusebius of Caesarea, ''Chronicle' * 685 BC—Chalcedon became a Greek colony. * 684 BC—Spring and Autumn period: Duke Zhuang, ruler of the Chinese state of Lu, defeats Duke Huan of Qi in the Battle of Changshao. * 684 BC—Cleoptolemus of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 24th Olympic Games. * 680 BC—Esarhaddon succeeds Sennacherib as king of Assyria. * 680 BC—Thalpis of Laconia wins the stadion race at the 25th Olympic Games. Deaths * 682 BC—Death of Zhou zhuang wang, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and .... References {{DEFAULTSO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
