page_title: 7th century BC
section_title: Significant people
hierarchical_section_title: 7th century BC / Significant people
caption_attribution_description: Mosaic Portrait of the Poet Alkman Stone tesserae, mortar Roman Period (late 2nd-3rd century AD) Jerash, Jordan This imaginary portrait of the Greek lyric poet Alkman (6th century BC) once formed part of the border of a large floor mosaic, along with portraits of other ancient Greek authors, the Seasons, and the Muses. Scenes from the life of the Greek god Dionysos filled the center of the mosaic, which probably adorned a dining room, or triclinium, in ancient Gerasa (modern Jerash). The revelries of the god of wine were an appropriate subject for a dining room, where guests consumed wine served in elegant glasses and feasted on lavishly prepared foods. The portraits o Alkman and other classic Greek writers allude to the coultured conversation and display of learning that took place at elite dinner parties throughout the Roman Mediterranean.
context_page_description: The 7th century BC began the first day of 700 BC and ended the last day of 601 BC.
  The Neo-Assyrian Empire continued to dominate the Near East during this century, exercising formidable power over neighbors like Babylon and Egypt. In the last two decades of the century, however, the empire began to unravel as numerous enemies made alliances and waged war from all sides. The Assyrians finally left the world stage permanently when their capital Nineveh was destroyed in 612 BC. These events gave rise to the Neo-Babylonian Empire, which would dominate the region for much of the following century.
context_section_description: Alyattes, king of Lydia
  Ancus Marcius, king of Rome
  Anlamani, king of Kush
  Arganthonios, king of Tartessos
  Argishti II, king of Urartu
  Battus I of Cyrene, king of Cyrene
  Cyaxares, king of Medes
  Cypselus, tyrant of Corinth
  Cyrus I of Anshan, head of the Achaemenid dynasty
  Draco, Athenian statesman
  Esarhaddon, king of Assyria
  Gaius Cluilius, king of Alba Longa
  Gyges, king of Lydia
  Guan Zhong, Prime Minister of the Chinese state of Qi
  Jeremiah Jewish prophet
  Josiah, king of Judah
  Hezekiah, king of Judah
  King Hui of Zhou, King of the Zhou Dynasty of China
  Madius, king of the Scythians
  Manasseh of Judah
  Mettius Fufetius, king of Alba Longa
  Nabopolassar, king of Babylon
  Nebuchadnezzar II, king of Babylon
  Necho I, pharaoh of Egypt
  Numa Pompilius, King of Rome
  Pittacus, Mytilene leader
  Psammetichus I, pharaoh of Egypt
  Sennacherib, king of Assyria
  Solon, one of the Seven Sages of Greece (638 BC–558 BC)
  Taharqa, pharaoh of Egypt
  Tantamani, pharaoh of Egypt
  Tullus Hostilius, king of Rome
caption: Alcman
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