List of solar eclipses in antiquity
Historical solar eclipses (2000 BC- 1 CE)

List of solar eclipses in antiquity

Section Title: Historical solar eclipses (2000 BC- 1 CE)
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Year (BC)	Date	Eclipse Type	Saros Series	Eclipse Magnitude	Gamma	Ecliptic Conjunction (UT)	Geatest Eclipse (UT)	Duration (Min & Sec)	Description

2137	22 Oct	Annular	09	0.9736	0.3842	03:29:45	03:25:29	00:02:52	Ho and Hi, the Drunk Astronomers. [1] [2]

1375	3 May	Total	16	1.0295	0.7755	04:42:56	04:51:04	00:02:07	Early Mesopotamian records. [3]

1302	5 June	Total	26	1.0805	0.2982	02:07:46	02:10:48	00:06:25	Early Chinese eclipse. [4]

1178	16 Apr	Total	39	1.0599	0.5187	10:06:17	10:00:58	00:04:33	Odyssey Eclipse. [5] [6]

899	21 Apr	Annular	53	0.9591	0.8964	22:32:15	22:21:56	00:03:04	China's 'Double-Dawn' Eclipse [7] [8]

763	15 Jun	Total	44	1.0596	0.2715	08:11:13	08:14:01	00:05:00	Assyrian Eclipse [9] [10]

648	6 Apr	Total	38	1.0689	0.6898	08:24:05	08:31:03	00:05:02	Archilochus' Eclipse [11] [12]

585	28 May	Total	57	1.0798	0.3201	14:25:41	14:22:26	00:06:04	Thales Eclipse (Medes vs. Lydians), firstly recorded in Herodotus History. [13] [14] [15]

557	19 May	Total	48	1.0258	0.3145	12:49:02	12:52:26	00:02:22	The Siege of Larisa, firstly recorded by Xenophon. [16]

480	2 Oct	Annular	65	0.9324	0.4951	11:56:54	11:51:01	00:07:57	Xerxes' Eclipse. recorded by Herodotus History. [17]

431	3 Aug	Annular	48	0.9843	0.8388	14:45:34	14:54:52	00:01:05	Peloponnesian War. [18] [19]

424	21 Mar	Annular	42	0.9430	0.9433	07:43:30	07:54:29	00:04:39	8th Year of Peloponnesian War. [20]

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There are 12 historical solar eclipses observed from 2137 BC to 424 BC.

final_sentence: There are 12 historical solar eclipses observed from 2137 BC to 424 BC.