770s BC

Events and trends

778 BC — Agamestor, King of Athens, dies after a reign of 17 years and is succeeded by his son Aeschylus.
776 BC — First Olympic Games, according to Diodorus Siculus (1st century BC).
774 BC — End of the reign of king Pygmalion of Tyre.
773 BC — Death of Shoshenq III, king of Egypt.
773 BC — Ashur-Dan III succeeds his brother Shalmaneser IV as king of Assyria.
772 BC - The Eastern Zhou Dynasty was founded.
771 BC — End of the Western Zhou Dynasty in China as "western" Rong people barbarian tribes together with Zhou vassals sack the capital Hao. The King Zhou you wang is killed. Crown Prince Ji Yijiu escapes and will reign as Zhou ping wang.
771 BC - Traditional Birthdate of Romulus and Remus, Romulus as the traditional founder of Rome.
770 BC — Beginning of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty in China as Zhou ping wang becomes the first King of the Zhou to rule from the new capital of Chengzhou (today Luoyang).