752 BC

Events

 * 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.
 * Rome's first colonies were established.
 * Diocles of Messenia won the seventh Ancient Olympic Games.
 * (or 745 BC) Menahem succeeds Shallum of Israel as king of the ancient Kingdom of Israel.
 * Piye succeeds Kashta as Kushite king, and conquers Egypt founding the Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt.
 * Visakhayupa succeeds Palaka as emperor of Magadha.

Births

 * Dionysius of Halicarnassus dates the foundation of Rome to 752 BC/2 AUC (traditional date: 21 April 753 BC): "Romulus, the first ruler of the city, began his reign in the first year of the seventh Olympiad, when Charops at Athens was in the first year of his ten-year term as archon."

Deaths

 * Zechariah of Israel, king of the northern Israelite Kingdom of Israel, and son of Jeroboam II.
 * Alara of Nubia, king of Kush.