BC (Before Christ)
Special effects by Ray Harryhausen in One Million Years B.C. (1967) - Don Chaffey [Amazon.com] [FR] [DE] [UK]
Year of the birth of Jesus (c. 6-4 BC — c. 30 AD) [...]
Anno Domini [...]
Anno Domini (Latin: "In the year of the Lord"), or more completely Anno Domini Nostri Jesu Christi ("in the year of our Lord Jesus Christ"), commonly abbreviated AD or A.D., is the designation used to number years in the dominant Christian Era in the world today. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anno_Domini [Nov 2004]Ancient [...]
Queer Timeline BC [...]
Author Unknown About 2500 B.C. > The Epic of Gilgamesh - a tale of love between two "friends"; the harsh king of Uruk, Gilgamesh; and a stranger, Enkidu, sent by the gods to temper the king. About 1900 B.C. > Sodom and Gomorrah - According to Chapter 19 of the Book of Genesis, the cities are destroyed by fire and brimstone. Centuries later, this story was interpreted by Philo of Alexandria and other religious writers as an angry God's punishment for the homosexuality of the inhabitants. 594 B.C. > Solon rules Athens - Empowered to write new law code, Solon declares the death penalty for any unauthorized adult male who mingled in a schoolyard with boys below the age of puberty. He apparently had no problem with relationships between adult men and post-pubescent youth... his own poetry includes such unmistakably homoerotic lines as "Boys in the flower of their youth are loved." 580 B.C. > Sappho's School for Girls - Situated on the Greek isle of Lesbos, Sappho's school for girls flourished, as did the exquisitie love poems she wrote to her students. About 393-387 B.C. > During this decade long period, Plato wrote The Sumposium, Phaedrus" among other works in which he spoke of the free expression of love between adult males. About 371 B.C. > The Sacred Band of Thebes - A military unit formed in Greece consisting of some 150 male couples, believing that men fight alongside their lovers would die together rather than shame one another. The Band was annihilated by Philip of Macedon and his son, Alexander the Great, during the Battle of Chaeronea.
Alternative Sexuality Timeline
http://www.backdrop.net/bdsm-history/timeline.html [Jul 2004]BC:
Ca. 50's 00 BC
Creation of rock drawings at Ti-n-Lalan,
near Fezzan in Libya, showing an animal headed creature with a gigantic penis,
and an animal/man hybrid, having sex.
Ca. 2500 BC
Gilgamesh, King of
Uruk, in the Sumerian poem cycles that constitute one of the oldest known
pieces of literature, meets Enkidu, the only man who rivals him for strength
and bravery. They become lovers and particularly enjoy wrestling with each
other.
2355 - 2261 BC
The reign of Egyptian King Pepy II Neferkare who,
in what may be history's first homosexual short story, makes nocturnal visits
to have sex with his general, Sisinne.
Ca. 1900 BC
Destruction of the
cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Too bad the bible is not more explicit about the
reason. The interpretation hinges on the Hebrew word meaning "to know." The
term is used 943 times in the Old Testament; only 15 of these times is it a
euphemism for sexual activity. In the New Testament, the only reference to
Sodom (Luke 10:10) identifies the sin as inhospitality. The story of Sodom and
Gomorrah probably had nothing to do with sexuality. [AA]
1503-1354 BC
The
reign of Egyptian Queen Hatshepsut who adopted male dress and even wore a false
beard.
Ca. 1250 BC
The Ani Papyrus shows the rite of the "animation of
the phallus." It appears to be one of the earliest recorded examples of a blow
job.
Ca. 1000 BC
The Israelite king Saul demands of David, as a
bride-price for his daughter Michal, 100 Philistine foreskins.
Ca. 730
BC
"Krimon warms the heart of Simias" is one of several lines of homosexual
graffiti that constitute one of the earliest know uses of the Greek alphabet.
[AA]
7th Century BC
Ashurbanipal, the last Assyrian king, dresses in
women?s clothing most of the time. The cross-dressing is used to justify his
eventual overthrow.[TOL]
600 BC
After this date it becomes customary for
Greek hoplites, the upper class warriors who fight in the phalanx, each to take
a boy of 12 as a lover to train until he is 18 and can hunt and fight. In Crete
a ritual kidnapping consecrates the pairing.
580's BC
Sappho?s famed
girls? school flourishes on the isle of Lesbos. Her ezusite love poems to
students are the earliest known lesbian writings. [AA]
Ca. 540 BC
The
Etruscan Tomb of the Bulls at Tarquinia, with its fresco depicting one man
anally penetrating another.
418 BC, Dec. 25
Birth of Epaminondas, one of
the great military geniuses of the ancient world. Like other Greek warriors he
loved boys, but for him delight in boys was complete, he never married or
produced an heir. His two favorite boys fell in battle and, by his order, were
buried with him in his tomb. [Greif 82]
382 BC, April 18
Birth of Philip
II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great. In 350 BC he leaves on a military
expedition, taking with him 800 boys to be used for the pleasure of himself and
his officers.
378 BC
The Sacred Band of Thebes is formed. This military
unit consists entirely of 150 male couples and is based upon the belief that
men fighting alongside their lovers would die rather than shame one another.
[TOL]
356 BC, July 20
The birth of Alexander of Macedonia—known to
history as Alexander the Great—king, general, world conqueror, and lover
of men, particularly Hephaiston, whose death in 324 he mourns extravagantly,
and the eunuch slave boy Bagoas, who had been a favorite of Persian king
Darius.
338 BC
The Sacred Band of Thebes is annihilated by Philip of
Macedon and his son Alexander at the Battle of Chaeronea. The 300 stood their
ground and perished.
333 BC
Alexander of Macedonia begins his campaign to
conquer the Persian Empire, and takes Egypt and much of Asia before turning
back in central India.
324 BC
The death of Hephaiston, lover of Alexander
the Great.[G30]
323 BC, June 10
Death of Alexander the Great.
300
BC
Addeaus of Macedon is quoted as saying, "When you meet a boy who pleases
take action at once. Don't be polite, just grab him by the balls and strike
while the iron is hot."
186 BC
The Roman Senate attempts to suppress the
Bacchanalian rites in which, according to the historian Livy, there is more
debauchery among the men with each other than with the women.
100 BC, July
13
Birth of Gaius Julius Caesar in Rome. "Wife to every man and husband to
every woman." [Greif 82]
71 BC
Revolt of Roman slaves, led by Spartacus.
The revolution is crushed by consuls Pompey and Crassus and the slaves are
crucified along the Appian Way.
10 BC, Aug. 1
Birth of Claudius, Emperor
of Rome. Robert Graves? novels, and Masterpiece Theatre?s production of I
Claudius enlightened us, but not about Emperor Claudius? contributions to the
gladiatorial games or of his male lovers.
1 BC
Publication of Ovid?s Ars
Amatoria, the first self-help sex manual. --http://www.backdrop.net/bdsm-history/timeline.html [Jul 2004]
Socrates
The most famous victim of hemlock poisoning is probably Socrates. After being condemned to death for impiety in 399 BC, Socrates was given a potent solution of the hemlock plant. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conium#Socrates [Feb 2005]
First brothel
In Greece, Solon instituted the first of Athens' brothels (oik`iskoi) in the 6th century BC, and with the earnings of this business he built a temple dedicated to Aprodites Pandemo (or Qedesh), patron goddess of this commerce. The greek word for prostitute is porne, derived from the verb pernemi (to sell), with the evident modern evolution. The procuring was however severely forbidden. --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution#History [Sept 2004]
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