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History Before Christ.

Century 24th.

• Deluge.

Century 20th.

• Abraham.
• Call of Braham.
• Ishmael.

Century 19th.

• Sodom and Gomorrah.
• Isaac.
• Sarah.
• Esau and Jacob.
• Abraham.

Century 18th.

• Ishmael.
• Joseph.
• Joseph sold.
• Isaac.
• Joseph governor of Egypt.
• The Jews settle at Goshen.

Century 17th.

• Jacob.
• Joseph.

Century 16th.

• Aaron.
• Moses.
• Flight of Moses.

Century 15th.

• Exodus.
• Plague.
• Moses.
• Joshua.

Century 14th.

• Ruth.

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Century 13th.

• Deborah.
• Gideon defeats the Midianites.

Century 12th.

• Jephtha defeats the Ammonites.
• Samson.
• Samuel

Century 11th.

• Saul.
• Goliath.
• David.
• Absalom.
• Solomon.
• Dedication of the Temple.

Century 10th.

• Kingdoms of Israel and Judah.

Century 9th.

• Translation of Elijah.
• Elisha.

Century 8th.

• Rome founded.
• Fall of the kingdom of Israel.
• Numa Pompilius.

Century 7th.

• Tullus Hostilius.
• Combat of Horatii and Curiatii.
• Judith.
• Ancus Martius.
• Tarquinius Priscus.
• First of the seventy years of captivity.

Century 6th.

• Fall of the kingdom of Judah.
• Servius Tullius.
• Return of the Jews from captivity.
• Tarquinius Superbus.
• Second Temple.
• Expulsion of Tarquinius.
• Commercial Treaty with Carthage.
• Porsenna.

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Century 5th.

• Lartius (dictator.)
• Plebsians.
• Coriolanus proscribed.
• With Veientes.
• Decemvirs—12 tables.
• Abolition of Decemvirs.
• Standing Army.
• With Veintes.

Century 4th.

• Veii.
• Rome laid in ashes by Brennus—Camillus.
• Manlius thrown from Tarpeian Rock.
• Licinian laws.
• Praetor and Ædile.
• With Samnites.
• Latins and Campanians.
• With Samnites.

Century 3rd.

• Etrurians and Samnites.
• Samnites.
• Etrurians.
• Pyrrhus.
• Defeat of Pyrrhus near Beneventum
• Lower Italy.
• First Punic.
• Dullius's naval victory.
• Sicily—with Carthage.
• Second Punic.
• Cannae.
• Zama—with Carthage.

Century 2nd.

• Cynoscephale.
• Magnesia.
• Scipio Africanus.
• Pydna—Macedonia—Persecution of the Jews—Matthias.
• Juda Maccabaeus.
• Jonathan Maccabaeus.
• Third Punic.
• Carthage.
• Simon Maccabaeus.
• Numantia—Tiberius Graccus.
• caius Graccus.page 16
• Jugurtha.
• Defeat of the Cymbri by Marius.

Century 1st.

• First Mithridadic.
• Civil.
• Marius.
• Cinna—with Mithridate.
• Second Mithridatic—Sylla (dictator).
• Sylla.
• Third Mithridatic.
• Spartacus leads the slaves.
• Defeat of Spartacus.
• Pontus.
• Syria.
• Jerusalem.
• Catilina.
• Triumvir of Julius Caesar, Pompey and Cressus.
• Gaul.
• Invasion of Britain by Julius Coesar.
• Civil.
• Pharsalia.
• Cato.
• Julian Calendar.
• Assassination of Caesar.
• Cicero—Second triumvir of Octavius. Anthony and Lepidus.
• Philipi.
• Herod.
• Actium.
• Egypt.
• Octavius takes the name of Augustus Caesar.
• Mecaenas.