The Ultimate Timeline is the new tool for the study of history, and I feel so proud to be the one to invent and promote such a magnificent tool right at the technological period of history that makes it possible. Now we can view any time in history at any place just with the click of a mouse. If you are looking at the mediterranean in the 500 years block before Jesus and you want to see what was happening in Northern Europe at that time just click on northern Europe and it will take you there. If you are looking at Northern Europe and you want to see the next 500 year block just click it on the top. It is the perfect way to scan the progress of humankind just like reading the perfectly condensed history book. Later on I will make a timeline deeper into the past and future.

I realize this timeline isn't done yet, so I will continue to grow it as a hobby until it's a masterpeice. If you happen to have created or found any timelines that could be useful to me I would appreciate having them. Just log onto the UTL yahoo group.

The design

The UTL has both the classic bar timeline design along with my revolutionary five column design. Each column corresponds to a century in a 500 year period. 500 years is the best amount of time to think of as a whole because one persons life can take up one whole century, so you can imagine how much time five centuries takes up and compare the speed of progress and change with other times and the times we live in now.

The dates of the events in each column descend with time, so in the BC timeline the dates descend in number and in the AD timeline they ascend in number. The names in red are movies with their dates that are about the event above them. This timeline is in HTML so if you want to change or add to it all you have to do is copy it and put it on your website and fill in the spaces. I thought about having a wiki timeline but at the risk of it getting too big I think it would be easier to comprehend if people just read mine or have their own personal versions of a timeline whose centuries have about 100 events, an event a year. Anymore could dilute the major events and distract the reader.

The navigation tables - On the outside you see the 500 year blocks of time for that region that you can instantly click to, and on the inside there are the regions of the world according that five hundred year block.

Links to history forums - The UTL Yahoo forum, Historum, About.com, All Empires, Axis, History, Talk History, Chronicles Network, History is Happening, History Project, UNRV History, China History Forum, Talking History, History Teachers Discussion, History world, Able to know, History Hangout, The Forum Site, SF-Fandom,

- 86 Athens is sacked by Sulla.
- 84 Britain was first known to be an island by the Romans who sailed around it.

- 70 The poet Virgil born.
- 70 Odin settled Scandinavia.
- 65 Horace, the poet was born.
- 60 The first Triumvirate of Julius Caesar, Crassus
- 57 The Sanhedrin took over ruler ship of the Jews. and Pompey were formed.
- 53 Crasus invaded Parthia
- Pompey of Rome conquered Jerusalem.
- 48 Syria became a part of Rome.
- 46 Ovid, "the love-poet of the Romans" was born. He lived 61 years and authored over 54 books.

- 43 Octavius, Lepidus and Mark Antony formed the second Triumvirate.
- 37 The Roman Senate appointed Herod, an Idumean Arab, King of Judea. He ruled for 34 years. Herod began construction of the great Jewish Temple on Mt. Moriah in Jerusalem. - 36 Lepidus was expelled from the Triumvirate.
- 31 Octavius, at Actium, defeated Cleopatra and Antony.
- 30 Egypt became a Roman province.
- 27 Octavius, being sole ruler, assumed the Imperial Purple. first Emperor of Rome. The Golden Age of Rome started. ruled 44 years. died 14 A.D.

- 200 - 196 First Roman victories over Greece.
- 198 Greek Bible translated at Alexandria by 70 Hebrew scholars.
- 174 The streets of Rome were paved.
- 170 first public bakery was started in Rome.
- 168 Macedon conquered by Rome.
- 150 - 100 The Germans meet the Romans - hate at first sight.
- 148 Macedonia becomes a Roman providence.
- 146 Corinth destroyed by the Romans.
- 146 Greece became a Roman province under the name of Athens. Carthiage was taken by Scipio and became a part of Rome.
- 146 The Greek city-states become part of the Roman Empire.
- 133 Spain became a Roman province. Pergamus became a Roman province.
-149-146 Third Punic War
- Carthage in Flames 1959

- 293 Time was first divided into hours by a sundial of L. Papirius, Cursor at Rome.
- 290 The sixth wonder of the world, the Brass Colossus of Rhodes, was built.
- 287 Archimedes was born. He invented, among other things, the screw and lever.
- 285-247 Ptolemy II of Macedonia began his rule of Egypt. During his reign he founded the Cyprian port of Famagusta.
- 260 The first Roman fleet was built.
- 250 The Parthian Empire is started.

- 221 Hannibal of Carthage defeated the Romans.

- 395 - 340 Warfare between rival Greek leagues.
- 384 Aristotle born.
- 371 Thebes defeats Sparta at Leuctra
- 359 Philip II became the king of Macedon. He first married Olympias, then Cleopatra.
- 356 Alexander III the Great born.
- 338 In Greece Philip of Macedon conquered the country and was succeeded by his son 2 years later. Athens ceased to be a major power from this point on. Philip’s League of Corinth was composed of impotent Hellenic states that had lost their collective freedom at the battle of Chaeronea.
- 338 Philip II erected Olympia’s Philippeion in Athens following his victory at Chaeronea. The round marble building was completed by his son, Alexander.
- 338 Philip of Macedonia leads the Greek City States.
- 336 - 323 Alexander the Great's reign begins.
- 336    Alexander inherited the throne of Macedonia and all of Greece. Within 4 years he conquered the entire Persian Empire.
- 333 Hittite lands and the village known as Ancyra was conquered by Macedonians led by Alexander the Great.
- 332 Alexander the Great defeated the city of Tyre. Alexandria built, walls six miles in circumference residence of the Ptolemies, the Greek sovereigns of Egypt.
- 330 Persia fell to Alexander the Great.
- Alexander the Great 1956 2004
- 323 Alexander died in Babylon at 32. His general, Ptolemy, took possession of Egypt.
- 323 - 148 Greek City States remain relatively independent. Frequent warfare continues between rival leagues.
- 323 The Macedonian empire divided into: Egypt Syria, under the King of Phrygia, Anticonus; Cappadocia, Asia Minor, under Eumenes; Bithynia, under Bas; Pergamus, under Lysimachus; Greece, under Cassander; Thrace, under Lysimachus; and Macedon under, Philip Aridaeus III.
- 312 Appius Claudius constructed the first Roman military road, 350 miles long and called the "Appian Way."

- 495 Sophocles, the dramatist was born.
- 493-429 Pericles rules Athens. He solidifies Cleistenes' reforms and masterminds the construction of the Parthenon.
- 490 First Persian invasion of Greece, the Battle of Marathon.
- 300 Spartans 1962
- 490 Battle of Marathon between Athens and Darius' Persia; Athens is overwhelmingly victorious.
- 485 Heraclitus of Ephesus flourishes. He teaches that reality is in a constant state of flux: "One cannot step into the same river twice."
- 484 Herodotus was born. Herodotus was called the father of history.
- 480 In September, thanks to the military genius of Themistocles, Athenians crush Xerxes and the Persians at the naval Battle of Salamis.
- 480 Second Persian invasion of Greece, Spartans are defeated at Thermopylae, Athens is occupied by the Persians. The Persians are finally defeated at Salamis.
- 479 Persians are defeated at Plataea.
- 477 Construction on the Parthenon begins under the guidance of Pericles.
- 472 Playwright Aeschylus submits a play called The Persians to the annual drama competition in Athens. The play tells the story of the Battle of Salamis from the Persians' perspective.
- 469-399 Life of Socrates, famous philosopher of ethics. He leaves no written work himself, but is the protagonist of Plato's dialogues.
- 469-406 Life of Sophocles, the second major Greek playwright and author of Oedipus Rex and Antigone.
- 469 Socrates was born.
- 461 - 429 Pericles enters public life, democracy is perfected and the court system is completed.
- 460 Hypocrites known as the "The Father of Medicine" was born.
- 454 Delian League, a naval alliance of Athens and other city-states, is established through talks on the isle of Delos.
- 448 Peace with the Persians
- 443 - 429 Pericles is leader of Athens during the Golden Age.
- 431-404 Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta.
- 431 - 404 The Peloponnesian War
- 430 Plague in Athens
- 429 Plato was born.
- 427 Birth of Plato, Socrates' most distinguished student.
- 411 Revolts in Athens
- 406 Soldiers were first paid in Rome.
- 404 Athens Surrenders to Sparta.