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This article concerns the period 759 BC – 750 BC .
Events and trends Romulus and Remus 753 BC—The city of Rome and the Roman Kingdom is founded, according to Roman tradition, and is ruled by Rome's first king, 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 Rome , celebrates the first Roman triumph after his victory over the Caeninenses , following the Rape of the Sabine Women . He celebrates a further triumph later in the year over the Antemnates .
c. 750 BC—Man and Centaur , perhaps from Olympia , is made. It is now at The Metropolitan Museum of Art , 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 . Significant people Shoshenq V , Pharaoh of the Twenty-second dynasty of Egypt (767 –730 BC )Osorkon III , Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (787 –759 BC)Takelot III , Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (764–757 BC )Rudamun , Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (757–754 BC )Iuput , Pharaoh of the Twenty-third dynasty of Egypt (754–715 BC )Niumateped , King of the Libyans (775 –750 BC )Titaru , King of the Libyans (758–750 BC )Ker , King of the Libyans (750–745 BC )Manava , author of the Indian geometric text of Sulba Sutras. (b. 750 BC )Uzziah , King of Judah (791 -740 BC )759 BC—Alexander king of Corinth killed by his successor Telestes.
757 BC —Birth of Duke Zhuang of Zheng , 
