Exploration & Expansion in the 8th century BC

12 sourced entries, 752 BCE to 700 BCE, oldest first. Also see Exploration & Expansion across every century or everything else in the 8th century BC.

• 752 BCE752 BC—Rome's first colonies were established.source
• 750 BCEc. 750 BC—Greeks establish colonies in Italy and Sicily.source
• 750 BCE750 BC—The Ionian Greeks found the cities of Cumae and Naples in the Gulf of Naples.source
• 738 BCE738 BC—The Biskupin settlement northeast of Poznań (Poland) is built.source
• 735 BCE735 BC—Naxos in Sicily founded as a colony of Chalcis in Euboea. (traditional date)source
• 734 BCE734 BC—Syracuse founded in Sicily as a joint colony of Corinth and Tenea, under the leadership of Archias of Corinth.source
• 717 BCEc. 717 BC—The Sicilian colony of Chersonesos is established.source
• 717 BCE717 BC—Sargon II founds a new capital for Assyria at Dur-Sharrukin.source
• 708 BCE708 BC—Traditional date of the foundation of Croton (modern Crotone) by colonists from Achaea.source
• 706 BCE706 BC—Traditional date when Spartan immigrants found Taras (Tarentum, the modern Taranto) colony in southern Italy.source
• 700 BCE700 BC—The Scythians start settling in Cimmerian areas, slowly replacing the previous inhabitants.source
• 700 BCEc. 700 BC—Geometric period of vases ends in Ancient Greece. Orientalizing period of vases starts. It starts in Corinth.source