Ancient World
First Servile War (135-132 BC): The Slave Revolt in Sicily
Roman victory; the rebel strongholds of Tauromenium and Enna fell, Cleon was killed and Eunus died in captivity.
All Articles
Every Chronicle article on world history, newest first: battles, empires, disasters, discoveries and revolutions.
Ancient World
Battle of Artemisium (480 BC): The Sea Fight Beside Thermopylae
Indecisive; both fleets suffered heavy losses, and the Greeks withdrew to Salamis after news that Thermopylae had fallen.
Ancient World
Unfinished Obelisk of Aswan: How Egyptians Quarried Obelisks
The giant obelisk cracked while still in the bedrock and was abandoned, leaving a unique record of ancient quarrying methods.
Ancient World
Esarhaddon's Conquest of Egypt (671 BC): Assyria on the Nile
Assyria captured Memphis and drove Taharqa south, but its hold on Egypt proved short-lived and ended within about 15 years.
Prehistory
Ħaġar Qim: Malta's Hilltop Megalithic Temple Complex
One of the best-preserved prehistoric temples of Malta, listed by UNESCO in 1992 as part of the Megalithic Temples of Malta.
Prehistory
Naqada Culture: Predynastic Egypt Before the Pharaohs
The Naqada culture spread across Egypt and its rulers founded the unified Egyptian state around 3100 BC.
Prehistory
Cave of the Trois-Frères and the 'Sorcerer' Ice Age Figure
The cave's engraved Sanctuary and its 'Sorcerer' figure became central to debates about religion and shamanism in Ice Age art.
Prehistory
First Australians: How Humans Reached Australia by Sea
Modern humans completed the earliest known long sea crossings and settled all of Sahul, founding the world's longest continuous living cultures.
Prehistory
Sue the T. rex: Discovery of the Most Complete Tyrannosaurus
After a federal seizure and court battle, the skeleton was sold at auction in 1997 to the Field Museum in Chicago, where it has been displayed since 2000.
Prehistory
Anomalocaris: The Strange Apex Predator of the Cambrian Seas
Recognised in 1985 as a single animal rather than several, Anomalocaris became the best-known member of the radiodonts, early relatives of the arthropods.
Modern Era
Labor Day Hurricane (1935): The Florida Keys Catastrophe
More than 400 people died, including about 250 veterans in federal work camps; the Overseas Railroad was wrecked and replaced by the Overseas Highway.
Modern Era
Anglo-Soviet Invasion of Iran (1941): The Persian Corridor
Allied victory within days; Reza Shah abdicated in favour of his son and Iran became the main overland route for Allied aid to the Soviet Union.