- from c. 8th c. BCEEurope
Illyrian and Greek Butrint
Illyrian tribes inhabited the eastern Adriatic coast, where Greek colonists from about the eighth century BCE helped develop the settlement of Buthrotum (Butrint) into a flourishing city.
Era: Illyrians, Greeks, Rome and Byzantium
Sources: Butrint · UNESCO World Heritage Centre, Albania: Medieval Culture and Illyrian Tribes · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- c. 8th century BCEAsia
The kingdom of Saba flourishes at Marib
Saba, the biblical Sheba, emerged as the dominant South Arabian kingdom, with its capital at Marib controlling the lucrative caravan trade in frankincense and myrrh.
Era: Ancient South Arabia: The Incense Kingdoms
Sources: Saba (ancient kingdom, Arabia) · Encyclopaedia Britannica, Marib: Yemen, Dam, and History · Encyclopaedia Britannica
- 782 BCEAsia
- 753 BCE (traditional)Europe
Legendary foundation of Rome
Roman tradition, fixed by the scholar Varro, dates the founding of the city to 753 BCE, with Romulus as first king. The date is legendary, but it long anchored Rome's sense of its own origins.
Era: Italic Peoples and the Rise of Rome
Sources: Ancient Rome · World History Encyclopedia, Italy (country overview and history) · Encyclopaedia Britannica
Formation in the 8th century BCE
Every event in the Terralore archive tagged formation — origins, unifications and the founding of states as each nation's archive records them, narrowed to the 8th century BCE — 4 of them, drawn from 4 nations, running from 800 BCE to 753 BCE. Each entry keeps the sources it was verified against and links back to the chronicle it came from.
- Events
- 4
- Nations
- 4
- Earliest
- 800 BCE
- Latest
- 753 BCE
- Asia
- 2
- Europe
- 2
Every entry below is the same record, with the same sources, as the one on its nation’s chronicle.