Myth, marble & empire

Classical

800 BCE – 476 CE · 173 moments

Greece and Rome — philosophy and the forum, democracy and the legion. A world of myth and marble that still echoes in our own.

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ClassicalLa Venta Great Pyramid Completed800 BCE

Highlights from the Classical

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La Venta Great Pyramid Completed800 BCE Sappho Performs On Lesbos600 BCE Behistun Inscription Carved520 BCE Cincinnatus Defeats The Aequi At Mount Algidus458 BCE Alexander Witnesses His Father's Assassination336 BCE First Gladiatorial Games At Forum Boarium264 BCE Qin Great Wall Construction214 BCE Mithridates VI Orders The Asiatic Vespers88 BCE Bato Leads The Great Illyrian Revolt6 CE Pompeii79 CE Teotihuacan Pyramid Of The Sun Dedicated200 CE Ironworking At Meroe350 CE