753 BC

Millennium:	1st millennium BC
Centuries:	9th century BC 8th century BC 7th century BC
Decades:	770s BC 760s BC 750s BC 740s BC 730s BC
Years:	756 BC 755 BC 754 BC 753 BC 752 BC 751 BC 750 BC

753 BC in various calendars

Gregorian calendar	753 BC DCCLIII BC
Ab urbe condita	1
Ancient Egypt era	XXIII dynasty, 128
Ancient Greek era	6th Olympiad, year 4
Assyrian calendar	3998
Balinese saka calendar	N/A
Bengali calendar	−1345
Berber calendar	198
Buddhist calendar	−208
Burmese calendar	−1390
Byzantine calendar	4756–4757
Chinese calendar	丁亥年 (Fire Pig) 1945 or 1738     — to — 戊子年 (Earth Rat) 1946 or 1739
Coptic calendar	−1036 – −1035
Discordian calendar	414
Ethiopian calendar	−760 – −759
Hebrew calendar	3008–3009
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	−696 – −695
- Shaka Samvat	N/A
- Kali Yuga	2348–2349
Holocene calendar	9248
Iranian calendar	1374 BP – 1373 BP
Islamic calendar	1416 BH – 1415 BH
Javanese calendar	N/A
Julian calendar	N/A
Korean calendar	1581
Minguo calendar	2664 before ROC 民前2664年
Nanakshahi calendar	−2220
Thai solar calendar	−210 – −209
Tibetan calendar	阴火猪年 (female Fire-Pig) −626 or −1007 or −1779     — to — 阳土鼠年 (male Earth-Rat) −625 or −1006 or −1778

Romulus and Remus suckling from the Capitoline Wolf (late 15th century)

Events

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Europe

• April 21: Romulus and Remus legendarily found the city of Rome (according to the calculations of the Roman scholar Varro Reatinus). According to the legend, Romulus and Remus are the sons of Rhea Silvia, daughter of Numitor, king of Alba Longa, and descended from Aeneas. Alba Longa is an ancient Latin city, located in the Alban Hills in Central Italy. Before the birth of the twin brothers, Numitor is deposed by his younger brother, Amulius, who forces Rhea to become a vestal virgin, so that she will not give birth to rival claimants to his title. However, Rhea is impregnated (raped) by the war god Mars and gives birth to Romulus and Remus. Amulius orders the infants to be drowned in the Tiber River, but they survive and wash ashore at the foot of the Palatine Hill – where they are suckled by a she-wolf until they are found by the shepherd Faustulus. Reared by Faustulus and his wife, the twins later become leaders of a band of young shepherd warriors. After learning their true identity, they attack Alba Longa, killing the wicked Amulius, and restore their grandfather to the throne. The twins decide to found a town on the site where they had been saved as infants. Romulus and Remus soon become involved in a quarrel, however, Remus is slain by his brother. Romulus then becomes ruler of the settlement, which is named Rome after him. To populate his town, Romulus offers asylum to fugitives and exiles.

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Chronology

• Beginning of the Roman Ab urbe condita calendar.