Catania

City · 729 BCE · in Europe

Capital of Kingdom of Sicily (1282–1384).

Danyang (c. 722–701 BCE): Capital of Chu (722 BCE–701 BCE).
Tengzhou (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Teng (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Fengtai County (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Cai (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Huaiyang District (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Chen (750 BCE–479 BCE).
Xincai County (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Cai (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Shangcai County (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Cai (750 BCE–451 BCE).
Aigai (750 BCE – 100 CE): Capital of Macedonian Empire (675 BCE–292 BCE).
Huazhou District (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Zheng (750 BCE–375 BCE).
Zhaoge (c. 750 BCE): Capital of Wey (750 BCE–248 BCE).
Ying (c. 701–224 BCE): Capital of Chu (701 BCE–224 BCE).

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First Olympic Games (776 BCE): Traditional date of the first Olympic Games at Olympia, a festival for Zeus with athletic contests held every four years until the late 4th century CE.
Rome (753 BCE): According to tradition Rome was founded by Romulus in 753 BCE; it grew from a settlement on the Palatine Hill into the capital of a Mediterranean empire.
Iliad (c. 750 BCE): Epic poem attributed to Homer about the Trojan War, generally dated to the 8th century BCE; with the Odyssey, a foundational work of Western literature.
Carthage (c. 814–146 BCE): Traditionally founded by Phoenician settlers from Tyre, Carthage grew into the capital of a maritime empire that dominated the western Mediterranean until Rome destroyed it.
Romulus and Remus (c. 771 BCE – 717 BCE): In Roman legend, twin sons of the god Mars, left by the Tiber and suckled by a she-wolf. Romulus founded Rome on the Palatine Hill, traditionally on 21 April 753 BCE, after killing his brother in a quarrel over its walls.
Hallstatt culture (c. 1,200–450 BCE): Late Bronze and Early Iron Age culture of Central Europe, named after the rich cemetery by the salt mines of Hallstatt, Austria.
Etruscan civilization (c. 900–27 BCE): Civilization of ancient Etruria in central Italy, organised in city-states, which strongly influenced early Rome before being absorbed by it.
Pergamon (801 BCE – 62 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Pontus (281 BCE–62), Kingdom of Pergamon (279 BCE–133 BCE).