  ==events and trends== * 756 bceâfounding of cyzicus. * 755 bcâashur-nirari v succeeds ashur-dan iii as king of assyria * 755 bcâaeschylus, king of athens, dies after a reign of 23 years and is succeeded by alcmaeon. * 753 bcâalcmaeon, king of athens, dies after a reign of 2 years. he is replaced by charops, elected archon for a ten-year term. thumb|romulus and remus * 753 bcâthe city of rome and the roman kingdom is founded, according to roman tradition, and is ruled by rome's first king, romulus. beginning of the roman 'ab urbe condita' calendar. rome adopts the etruscan alphabet, which the etruscans themselves had adopted from the greeks. set by varro, this was the most common date used. * 752 bcâromulus, 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. * c. 750 bcâman and centaur, perhaps from olympia, is made. it is now at the metropolitan museum of art, new york. * c. 750 bcâgreeks establish colonies in italy and sicily. * c. 750 bc â 700 bcâfunerary vase (krater), from the dipylon cemetery, athens, is made. attributed to the hirschfield workshop. it is now at the metropolitan museum of art, new york. ==significant people== * shoshenq v, pharaoh of the twenty-second dynasty of egypt (767â730 bc) * osorkon iii, pharaoh of the twenty-second dynasty of egypt (787â759 bc) * takelot iii, pharaoh of the twenty-third dynasty of egypt (764â757 bc) * rudamun, pharaoh of the twenty-third dynasty of egypt (757â754 bc) * iuput, pharaoh of the twenty-third dynasty of egypt (754â715 bc) * niumateped, king of the libyans (775â750 bc) * titaru, king of the libyans (758â750 bc) * ker, king of the libyans (750â745 bc) * manava, author of the indian geometric text of sulba sutras. (b. 750 bc) * uzziah, king of judah (791-740 bc) * 759 bcâalexander king of corinth killed by his successor telestes. * 757 bcâbirth of duke zhuang of zheng, china 
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