A SELECTION OF EVENTS FROM ANCIENT HISTORY. Artificial Memory first taught by Simonides, Cæsar killed in the Senate-house, by Brutus and Cassius, 44 Dionysius of Halicarnassus, completes his history, 7 621 Eclipse of the Moon: the first on record, . 721 First law in Rome against bribery at elections, First Triumvirate, between Pompey, Cæsar and Crassus, . Grecian system of education adopted at Rome, . Lysimachus defeated and slain at Cyropedium, . 149 60 264 431 48 Rome founded, Retreat of the Ten thousand Greeks, under Xenophon, Sardinia and Corsica conquered by the Romans, Scipio "carries the war into Africa," and besieges Utica, Solar Eclipses first calculated, by Thales, The Mausoleum, the sixth wonder of the world, erected, 351 Tiberius Gracchus put to death, 133 Xerxes, king of Persia, commenced his reign, 485 FORMULAS FOR ANCIENT HISTORICAL EVENTS. Artificial Memory first taught by Simonides, 4 6 9 made him Rich and Happy. re, che, pe. The Athenian Army, under Nicias, was cap4 1 3 tured at Syracuse, during A War Time. re, te, me. The Olympic Era, was established by some 6 7 7 King or Jew. ke, ghe, je. 6 5 7 A Shilling. she, le, ghe. 0 4 4 Byzantium or Constantinople was founded, and cost more than Casar, who was killed in the Senate-house, 5 2 5 le, ne, le. 5 8 and took Cicero was banished at the instigation of 0 Clodius, and he left rather than be A Slave. se, le, ve. Cyrus captured Babylon, by 5 3 8 A Sly Move. le, me, ve. 4 0 0 Roses. re, ze, ze. Socrates was put to death, and slept as quiet- 0 7 se, ghe 6 2 1 Giant. je, ne, te. The First Eclipse of the Moon on record, 7 2 1 A Sky Window. ke, ne, de looked like Gladiators were first exhibited, and inflicted 2 6 4 on one another much Injury. ne, je, re. The Grecian System of Education, adopted at Rome, had many 1 6 4 A Teacher. te, che, re, Homer, one of the earliest poets, flourished, 9 0 7 Poesy Awake. pe, ze, ke. and made Lysimachus was defeated and slain, in 2 8 1 A New Fight. ne, fe, te. Marius defeated and captured Jugurtha, after 1 0 6 A Hot Siege. te, se, je. Parchment invented by King Attalus, was 2 1 0 used in writing Notes. ne, te, se. When the Peloponnesian War commenced, every soldier was 4 3 1 Armed. re, me, de. Pompey's Pillar, erected at Alexandria, is higher than 0 4 8 A House-roof. se, re, fe. At the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, they did not stop to At the Rise of the Achæan League, there were many 4 0 1 Rest. re, se, te. 2 8 0 Knaves. ne, ve, ze. Rome was founded, by a colony from an 7 5 3 eastern Clime. ke, le, me. 2 3 1 Sardinia and Corsica were conquered by the Romans, to gratify their Enmity. ne, me, te. Scipio carried the war into Africa, making 2 0 4 A Noisy War. ne, ze, re. The Second Punic War commenced, by en listing every 2 1 8 Native. ne, te, ve. Junto. je, ne, te. The Seven Wise Men of Greece flourished, 6 2 1 and constituted a wise Solar Eclipses were first calculated by 6 2 0 Thales, a man of Genius. je, ne, se. 5 9 4 Labor. le, be, re. Solon's Laws adopted at Athens, were the result of considerable 3 5 1 The Mausoleum, the 6th. wonder of the world, denied te. 1 3 3 A Tomb at Home. te, me, me Xerxes, king of Persia, commenced his reign, 4 8 5 before the invention of the Rifle. re, fe, le. Sacred Chronology. 1. Creation of the world, B. c. 4004 Birth of Cain, the first born of Adam and Eve, Enoch translated to heaven, Universal Deluge, in the 600th year of Noah's age, 4003 3875 3017 2348 2247 Calling of Abraham, . 1921 Sodom and Gomorrah destroyed by fire from heaven, 1897 1871 Esau sells his birth-right to Jacob, for a mess of potage, Job flourished; famous for his wisdom and patience, Moses smote the rock, and drew water from it, 1452 The Israelites enter Canaan, under Joshua, 1451 1451 1312 Jephthah sacrificed his daughter, 1188 Samson killed 1000 Philistines with a jaw-bone, 1136 David kills Goliah the Philistine giant, with his sling, Jehu King of Israel, destroyed the priests of Baal, Senacherib's army of 185,000 men, destroyed by an angel, 710 Holofernes beheaded by Judith, 657 Josiah the pious, begins to reign, 641 Jerusalem taken, and the temple burned by Nebuchadnezzar, 587 The three children saved from the fiery furnace, Cyrus took Babylon, and put an end to the Jewish captivity, 538 Darius divorces Queen Vashti, and marries Esther, Haman the enemy of the Jews, hanged on a gallows, Ezra wrote the Book of Chronicles, Apollonius defeated and slain by Judas Maccabeus, Aristobulus becomes King of Judea, Gabinius established the Sanhedrim, John the Baptist born, six months before our Saviour, |