| Date |
1st |
Place |
Event |
| 200 |
|
Babylon |
Earliest
Targums begun (paraphrases of the Torah). |
|
|
Babylon |
Early Torah
sages: Antigonus of Sochoh, Jose ben Johanan of Jerusalem, Jose ben Joezer
of Zereda in Samaria, Joshua ben Perahiah & Nittai of Arbel in
Galilee, Simeon ben Shetah, and Judah ben Tabbai. |
| 200 |
|
|
Rosetta Stone
engraved. |
| 200 |
|
|
Use of gears
leads to invention of ox-driven water wheel for irrigation. |
|
|
Judea |
Book of Tobit
copied at Qumran. |
| 180 |
|
Judea |
Book of
Wisdom of Jesus ben Sirach written. |
| 179 |
|
Rome |
1st stone
bridge, Pons Aemilius. |
| 175 |
|
Judea |
Antiochus IV
Epiphanes (god-manifest), Seleucid king, rules Judea and persecutes
Judeans. |
|
|
Judea |
Jerusalem
High Priest Jason built gymnasium in Jerusalem for Greek athletic games
and education. |
|
|
|
Papyrus
Rylands 458: R957, Greek Deuteronomy copied. |
| 168 |
|
Judea |
Antiochus IV
plundered & desecrated the Jerusalem Temple, erected an altar of Zeus. |
| 167 |
|
Judea |
Antiochus IV
abolishes Temple worship in Jerusalem and attempts to force Judeans to eat
pork. |
| 167 |
|
Judea |
Hasmonean
Revolt begun under Mattathias lasts until 164. |
| 165 |
|
Judea |
Jerusalem
Temple rededicated by Judah the Maccabee. |
| 165 |
|
Babylon |
Book of
Daniel written. |
| 159 |
Y |
Rome |
The first
water clock (clepsydra). |
| 150 |
|
Judea |
Book of
Judith written in Hebrew. |
| 149 |
|
China |
Hu Shin
produces dictionary of 10,000 characters. |
| 146 |
|
Greece |
Under Roman
rule. |
| 141 |
|
Judea |
Judea gains
complete victory over their Seleucis enemies and become an independent
nation. |
| 140 |
|
|
Crates of
Mallus forms his great globe of the world. |
| 139 |
|
Rome |
Cn. Cornelius
Scripio Hispanus expells Jews because they attempted to transmit (infect)
their sacred rites to the Romans. |
| 112 |
|
Judea |
Rise of
Sadducees & Pharisees. |
|
|
Judea |
Book of
Maccabees (in Hebrew). |
| 105 |
|
Alexandria |
Heron, a
mathematician, founds the first College of Technology. |
| 100 |
|
Judea |
Book of Enoch |
| 100 |
|
Judea |
Book of
Jubilees |
| 100 |
|
Judea |
Book of 1
Esdras |
| 100 |
|
Judea |
Letter of
Aristeas |
| 100 |
|
India |
Erection of
the Great Stupa at Sanchi. |
| 100 |
Y |
India |
1st Chinese
ships reach the east coast. |
| 90 |
|
Judea |
Revolt of the
Pharisees. |
| 90 |
|
Rome |
Asclepiades,
Greek physician, practices nature healing. |
| 80 |
|
Alexandria |
Comes under
Roman rule. |
| 79 |
|
Rome |
Lucullus
imports 1st cherry trees from Asia Minor. |
| 63 |
|
Judea |
Civil war
breaks out. Pompey captures Jerusalem and Judea comes under Roman
control. |
| 62 |
|
Italy |
Florence
founded. |
| 60 |
|
Switzerland |
Rome
establishes colonies. |
| 55 |
|
Gaul |
Northern part
conquered by Caesar, |
| 55 |
|
Britain |
Rome sends
punitive expeditions. |
| 54 |
|
Britain |
2nd invasion
by Romans under Caesar; Britain agrees to pay tribute. |
| 51 |
|
Egypt |
Cleopatra VII
and her brother Ptolemy XIII become joint rulers. She is the last
Egyptian queen. |
| 50 |
|
India |
Mahayana
(Greater Vehicle) Sutras of Buddhism written. |
| 47 |
|
Judea |
Younger son
of Antipater, Herod, made governor of Galilee because he of reputation of
being tough on the Judeans. |
| 47 |
|
Alexandria |
Library
destroyed by fire. |
| 47 |
|
Egypt |
Pompey
murdered by order of Cleopatra. |
| 46 |
|
Africa |
Becomes Roman
province. |
| 46 |
|
Rome |
Adoption of
Julian calendar of 365.25 days; leap year introduced. |
| 44 |
|
Rome |
Caesar is
assassinated by a group of conspirators headed by Junius Brutus and
Cassius Longinus; Mark Anthony seizes power. |
| 43 |
|
China |
Ch'ien Han
Shu is the first person to record sunspots. |
| 42 |
|
Rome |
Caesar
declared god by Senate. |
| 40 |
|
Judea |
Herod the
Great appointed King in Rome by Mark Anthony & Octavian Augustus. |
| 38 |
|
China |
Octave is
subdivided into 60 notes. |
| 37 |
|
Judea |
King Herod
the Great captured Jerusalem in July with help of Roman Legions. He
killed Antigonus and all heirs, bringing an end to the Hasmonean Dynasty. |
| 30 |
|
Egypt |
Anthony &
Cleopatra commit suicide, Octavian declares Egypt a Roman province. |
| 30 |
|
Rome |
Building of
the Pantheon begun; completed in 124 CE. |
| 27 |
|
Rome |
Octavian is
given supreme power by the Senate, with the title of Augustus. |
| 23 |
Y |
Japan |
1st recorded
wrestling match in Japan. |
| 21 |
|
Germany |
Regensburg
founded. |
| 20 |
|
Alexandria |
Jewish
philosopher Philo's birth. |
| 20 |
|
|
Birth of
Hillel |
|
|
Rome |
The
Millearium aureum erected in the Via Sacra (names, and distances from
Rome, of the chief towns in the Empire). |
| 19 |
|
Judea |
King Herod
the Great began rebuilding the Temple in Jerusalem, including the Roman
Eagle Gate. |
| 19 |
|
Rome |
Emperor
Tiberius expelled Jews from Rome for "converting many of the natives
to their ways." |
| 10 |
|
Africa |
King Herod
the Great inaugurated the new city of Caesarea. |
| 9 |
|
Arabia |
King Herod
the Great invaded Nabataea. |
| 9 |
|
Germany |
Roman army
penetrates as far as the Elbe. |
| 8 |
|
Rome |
Death of the
poets Virgil and Horace. |
| 6 |
|
Judea |
Annexed by
Rome. |
| 6 |
|
Judea |
King Herod
the Great executed the Zealots who attempted to destroy the Roman Eagle
Gate. |
| 5 |
|
Galilee |
Probable
birth of Jesus. |
| 4 |
|
Judea |
Passover riot
in Jerusalem - Josephus records that 3000 Judeans were killed. |
| 4 |
|
Judea |
Death of
Herod the Great. |
