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Historical Facts from 0001 BCE and earlier

October 19, 1,450,000,002 BCE

Posted on October 19, 2020 by Joel Byers

On October 19, 1,450,000,002 BCE, the first single cell organism evolved a mitochondria. The rest of the single cell organisms sniffed and one of them, Steve, said, “Isn’t that just like Sharon, always trying something new. SHE… Continue reading →

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September 29, 61 BCE

Posted on September 29, 2020 by Joel Byers

On September 29, 61 BCE, Pompey the Great was asked what he wanted for his 45th birthday. He said, “I don’t know, might celebrate beating the Pirates of the Mediterranean first, and then later, take over the campaign against…” Continue reading →

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June 19, 240 BCE

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Joel Byers

On June 19, 240 BCE, Greek philosopher and scientist, Eratosthenes, estimated the circumference of the Earth using two sticks and got pretty darned close to its actual value. Today in the world, there are actually people who… Continue reading →

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May 31, 1279 BCE

Posted on May 31, 2020 by Joel Byers

On May 31, 1279 BCE, Ramesses II, also called Ramesses the Great became Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. He is probably the greatest Pharaoh of the Ancient Egyptian empire. He captured territory from all of his… Continue reading →

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April 10, 2404 BCE

Posted on April 10, 2020 by Joel Byers

On April 10, 2404 BCE, while Jehovah was playing the world-building video game, “Earth”, he made a critical error in judgement. He realized this game didn’t have the ability to save and restart at a prior point in time. This wouldn’t be a problem, but he hadn’t killed off all the dinosaurs yet. He also … Continue reading →

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March 10, 241 BCE

Posted on March 10, 2020 by Joel Byers

On March 10, 241 BCE, the Romans won the first Punic War by sinking the Carthaginian fleet. Quintus Valerius Falto, the Roman commander watched the final Carthaginian ship sink beneath the Mediterranean waves as he tried to think of a pun or quote to seal the glorious moment. He considered saying, “I’ll be back”, but … Continue reading →

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February 15, 399 BCE

Posted on February 15, 2020 by Joel Byers

On February 15, 399 BCE, Socrates was sentenced to death by the city of Athens for corrupting the minds of the youths and impiety toward the gods. It seemed the ‘Gadfly’ of Athens asked the ‘wrong’ philosophical questions and embarrassed the wrong people one time too many. Socrates was a rock star before there was … Continue reading →

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January 15, 588 BCE

Posted on January 15, 2020 by Joel Byers

On January 15, 588 BCE, Nebuchadrezzar II of Babylon laid siege to Jerusalem and King Zedekiah. What makes this interesting was that Nebuchadrezzar II had eleven years earlier seiged and taken Jerusalem and installed Zedekiah as its king and made Judah a vassal state of Babylon. Eleven years go by and Zedekiah thought Nebudchadrezzar II … Continue reading →

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January 10, 49 BCE

Posted on January 10, 2020 by Joel Byers

On January 10, 49 BCE, Julius Caesar defied the Roman Senate and crossed the Rubicon River with his troops. He is said to have uttered “alea iacta est” which means “the die is cast” and signaled the start of the Roman civil war which he won by defeating all of his opponents by 45 BCE. … Continue reading →

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July 21, 356 BCE

Posted on July 21, 2019 by Joel Byers

On July 21, 356 BCE, a sad, pathetic man by the name of Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus and burnt it to the ground. This temple was one of the Seven Ancient Wonders of the World. Why did he do it? Was it because he was against religion? Had one … Continue reading →

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