Editing 750s BC (section)

==Events and trends==
* 756 BCE—Founding of [[Cyzicus]].<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Hornblower|editor1-first=Simon|editor2-last=Spawforth|editor2-first=Antony|editor3-last=Eidinow|editor3-first=Esther|editor1-link=Simon Hornblower|editor3-link=Esther Eidinow|title=[[Oxford Classical Dictionary]]|edition=4|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]|page=408|isbn=978-0-199-54556-8|quote=Cyzicus, a colony possibly founded by *Corinthians in 756 BC}}</ref>
* c. 756 BC–Founding of [[Trabzon]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IqxJAAAAcAAJ&dq=%22756+BC%22&pg=PA336|last=Grote|first=George|author-link= George Grote|title=History of Greece|year=1849|publisher=[[John Murray (publishing house)|John Murray]]|volume=3|edition=2|page=336|access-date=25 November 2022}}</ref>
* 755 BC—[[Ashur-nirari V]] succeeds [[Ashur-Dan III]] as king of [[Assyria]]
* 755 BC—[[Aeschylus of Athens|Aeschylus]], [[eponymous archon]] of Athens, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by [[Alcmaeon (King of Athens)|Alcmaeon]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Assyrian King List - Livius|url=https://www.livius.org/sources/content/anet/564-566-the-assyrian-king-list/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=www.livius.org}}</ref>
* 753 BC—[[Alcmaeon (King of Athens)|Alcmaeon]], [[eponymous archon]] of Athens, dies after a reign of 2 years. He is replaced by [[Charops (Decennial archons)|Charops]], elected [[Archon]] for a ten-year term.
[[Image:Lupa Capitolina, Rome.jpg|thumb|Romulus and Remus]]
* 753 BC—The city of [[Rome]] and the [[Roman Kingdom]] were thought to be [[Founding of Rome|founded]], according to Roman tradition, and is ruled by Rome's first king, [[Romulus and Remus|Romulus]]. Beginning of the Roman '[[Ab urbe condita]]' calendar. Rome adopts the [[Etruscan alphabet]], which the [[Etruscans]] themselves had adopted from the [[Greeks]]. Set by [[Varro]], this was the most common date used.
* 752 BC—[[Romulus]], first king of [[ancient Rome|Rome]], celebrates the first [[Roman triumph]] after his victory over the [[Caenina (Town)|Caeninenses]], following the [[Rape of the Sabine Women]].  He celebrates a further triumph later in the year over the [[Antemnae|Antemnates]].<ref name="Livy-AUC-1-10">[[Livy]], ''[[Ab Urbe Condita Libri (Livy)|Ab urbe condita]]'', 1:10</ref>
* 752 BC—Rome's first [[Colonia (Roman)|colonies]] were established.<ref name="Livy-AUC-1-10" />
* 752 BC—[[Diocles of Messenia]] won the seventh [[Ancient Olympic Games]].<ref>Eusebius. [http://www.attalus.org/translate/eusebius2.html ''Chronicon''] (English translation from Latin, original Greek lost) at Attalus.org.</ref>
* 752 BC (or 745 BC)—[[Menahem]] succeeds [[Shallum of Israel]] as king of the ancient [[Kingdom of Israel (Samaria)|Kingdom of Israel]].<ref>{{Cite book |first=Edwin |last=Thiele |title=[[The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings]] |location=New York |publisher=Macmillan |year=1951 |isbn=9780825438257 }}</ref>
* 752 BC—[[Piye]] succeeds [[Kashta]] as [[Kingdom of Kush|Kush]]ite king, and conquers Egypt founding the [[Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt]].
* 752 BC—Visakhayupa succeeds Palaka as emperor of [[Magadha (Mahajanapada)|Magadha]].
* 751 BC—first [[Nubian pyramids|pyramids built by the Nubians]] in [[El-Kurru]]<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mitchell |first1=Joseph |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qp_tAAAAMAAJ&q=the+first+nubian+pyramid+BC |title=Taking Sides: Clashing Views in World History, Volume 1: The Ancient World to the Pre-Modern Era , Expanded |last2=Mitchell |first2=Helen Buss |date=2009-03-27 |publisher=McGraw-Hill Education |isbn=978-0-07-812758-8 |language=en}}</ref>
* 750 BC—King [[Sardur II]] shows the cities in the kingdom of [[Urartu]] strengthen against the [[Cimmerians]].
* 750 BC—The Ionian Greeks found the cities of [[Cumae]] and [[Naples]] in the [[Gulf of Naples]].
* 750 BC—[[Romulus]], the legendary [[Founding of Rome|co-founder of Rome]], holds the first [[Roman triumph]] to celebrate a military victory following [[the Rape of the Sabine Women]].
* c. 750 BC—[[Man and Centaur]], perhaps from [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]], is made. It is now at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]].
* c. 750 BC—[[Greeks]] establish colonies in [[Italy]] and [[Sicily]].
* c. 750 BC – 700 BC—[[Funerary Vase]] ([[Krater]]), from the [[Dipylon Cemetery]], [[Athens]], is made. Attributed to the [[Hirschfield]] workshop. It is now at The [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], [[New York City|New York]].