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    900-801 BC 9th century BC 800-701 BC 8th century BC 700-601 BC 7th century BC 600-501 BC 6th century BC 500-401 BC 5th century BC ... Timeline Creator (Years) A nifty Microsoft Excel spreadsheet that allows the user to enter years and sort events by categories. The spreadsheet maps out the events by category in a tabled view that allows the ...
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    The numbers go backward from year 1, so 500 BC is earlier than 200 BC. AD stands for the Latin phrase 'Anno Domini', which means 'in the year of our Lord'. AD is used for the years after Jesus was born. Unlike BC, AD years move forward from year 1. There is no year 0—the timeline goes directly from 1 BC to AD 1.
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    Imagine living a city where every citizen was trained to be a warrior from the moment of their birth. This was the reality of the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta. It rose to prominence around the 8th century BC and became known for its military dominance and strange social structure. Through a notorious education system called the agoge, young boys were taught how to hone their discipline ...
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    The Roman Empire was renowned for its military prowess, but one of its most enigmatic and haunting mysteries involves the fate of the Ninth Legion. The Ninth Legion, also known as Legio IX Hispana, was a renowned unit of the Roman army that was stationed in Britain during the reign of Emperor Hadrian in the second century AD. However, by the third century AD, the Ninth Legion had disappeared ...
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    This era, spanning the late 9th to the mid-10th century, was characterized by rampant political intrigue, familial power struggles, and a series of short-lived papacies, many of which ended under suspicious or violent circumstances. Sergius III's papacy was no exception to this trend of volatility and controversy.
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    The Mines of Laurion, a cluster of ancient mines located in the southern tip of Attica in Greece, have played a pivotal role in shaping the course of Greek, and particularly Athenian, history. The earliest evidence of mining activity at Laurion dates back to the Bronze Age, but it was not until the end of the 6th century BC that these mines gained considerable fame. The discovery of rich ...
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    The Peloponnesian War was a brutal conflict which was fought between 431 BC and 404 BC between the Athenian Empire and the Peloponnesian League, which was led by Sparta. In total, the war lasted for 27 years and resulted in the dramatic downfall of the Athenian Empire and the rise of Sparta as the dominant Greek city-state. It would be the most traumatic and influential struggle in all of ...
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    The Magyars, originally a nomadic people from the Ural-Altaic region, migrated into the Carpathian Basin at the end of the 9th century. From there, they launched a series of raids across Europe, particularly targeting Central Europe and parts of Western Europe. Their fast, horse-mounted attacks wreaked havoc on the regions they targeted.
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    The Gallic invasion of Rome in 390 BC remains one of the most significant events in early Roman history, a pivotal moment that dramatically altered the course of the Roman Republic. This incursion was led by the Senones, a Gallic tribe, under the leadership of Brennus. The Gauls, a collection of Celtic tribes inhabiting areas in what is now France, Belgium, and Northern Italy, were known for ...
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    When digging up ancient artefacts during an excavation, archaeologists have a variety of approaches for dating archaeological sites or the items discovered there. In particular, with the advent of absolute dating methods, such as radiocarbon dating and dendrochronology, scientists could pinpoint precise timelines for the first time.
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