Timeline of Eighty Famous Stories Retold
timeline by period
Flip through a grand, golden-edged anthology that spans myth, empire, philosophy, and human grit.
** ca. (occurred around)
Traditional BC (Before Christ) and AD (Anno Domini) "in the year of the Lord"
Avoiding direct religious references: BCE (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era)
Ancient & Classical World
2000 BC
ca. 2000 BC PersiaThe White-Headed Zal
ca. 1200 BCIsrael The Ungrateful Guest
ca. 12th c. BCTroyThe Fall of Troy
ca. 12th c. BCIthacaPenelope’s Web
753 BC RomeHow Rome Was Founded
ca. 700 BCIndiaThe Blind Men and the Elephant
ca. 560 BC
ca. 560 BCLydiaAs Rich as Croesus
ca. 510 BCRomeHoratius at the Bridge
ca. 500 BCPersiaThe Barmecide Feast
5th c. BCSpartaA Laconic Answer
ca. 480 BCGreeceThe Brave Three Hundred
ca. 458 BCRomeCincinnatus
ca. 400 BCSyracuseDamon and Pythias
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399 BC
399 BCAthensSocrates and His House
4th c. BCSicilyThe Sword of Damocles
4th c. BCAthensDiogenes the Wise Man
ca. 344 BCMacedoniaAlexander and Bucephalus
ca. 340 BCRomeHow Decius Mus Saved Rome
333 BCGordiumThe Gordian Knot
ca. 323 BCBabylonWhy Alexander Wept
ca. 3rd c. BCSyracuseEureka
ca. 250 BC
ca. 250 BCRomeRegulus
ca. 240 BCRomeThe Bell of Atri
218–202 BCCarthage/ItalyHannibal the Hero of Carthage
146 BCCarthageDelenda est Carthago
ca. 140 BCRomeCornelia’s Jewels
ca. 100–44 BCRomeJulius Caesar
49 BCRubicon RiverCrossing the Rubicon
1st c. AD RomeAndroclus and the Lion
Medieval Period
ca. 800 AD
ca. 800 ADBaghdadThe King and His Hawk
ca. 890 ADEnglandKing Alfred and the Cakes
ca. 890 ADEnglandKing Alfred and the Beggar
ca. 1030 ADEnglandKing Canute on the Seashore
1087 ADEnglandThe Sons of William the Conqueror
1120 ADEnglish ChannelThe White Ship
12th c.
12th c.EnglandA Story of Robin Hood
12th c.EuropeKing Richard and Blondel
1190 ADAsia MinorFrederick Barbarossa
1200sEnglandKing John and Prince Arthur
1200sEnglandKing John and the Abbot
1200sEnglandThe Kingdoms
1215 ADEnglandKing John and the Magna Charta
ca. 13th c.EnglandFriar Bacon and the Brazen Head
1306 ADScotlandBruce and the Spider
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1307 AD
1307 ADSwitzerlandThe Story of William Tell
ca. 1386 ADSwitzerlandArnold Winkelried
14th c.ScotlandThe Black Douglas
15th c.EnglandWhittington and His Cat
15th c.AustriaMaximilian and the Goose Boy
1450sGermanyThe First Printer
Age of Discovery to Enlightenment
ca. 1450s
ca. 1450sGermanyJohn Gutenberg and the Voices
ca. 1490sSpainColumbus and the Egg
1513 ADPanamaUpon a Peak in Darien 1st story
1513 AD Panama Upon a Peak in Darien 2nd story
1513 AD CaribbeanThe Fountain of Youth
ca. 1580sItalyGalileo and the Lamps
ca. 1583 ADNewfoundlandSir Humphrey Gilbert
ca. 1585–1618 ADEngland/AmericasSir Walter Raleigh
1586 ADNetherlandsSir Philip Sidney
1607 AD
1607 ADVirginiaPocahontas
ca. 1600s EnglandThree Men of Gotham
ca. 1600s EnglandOther Wise Men of Gotham
1666 ADEnglandSir Isaac Newton and the Apple
1700sEnglandThe Miller of the Dee
1700sGermanyThe Endless Tale
1700sScotlandThe Inchcape Rock
1746 ADVirginiaGeorge Washington and His Hatchet
1765 ADScotlandJames Watt and the Teakettle
1798 ADFranceCasabianca
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19th Century & Beyond
1700s
ca. 17th–19th c. FranceThe Man in the Iron Mask
1700sEnglandDoctor Goldsmith
1700sEnglandJohnson and His Father
1800s
ca. 1800sItalyAntonio Canova
ca. 1800sFranceThe Ungrateful Soldier
ca. 1800sGermanyPeter Klaus the Goatherd
1800 ADThe AlpsHow Napoleon Crossed the Alps
1800sUSAWebster and the Woodchuck
1838 ADEnglandGrace Darling
1840sFrancePicciola
1850sGermanyMignon
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