The theological bias is seen in the way it judges each king of Israel on the basis of whether he recognises the authority of the temple in Jerusalem ( none do, and therefore all are " evil "), and each king of Judah on the basis of whether he destroys the " high places " ( rivals to the Temple in Jerusalem ); it gives only passing mention to important and successful kings like Omri and Jeroboam II and totally ignores one of the most significant events in ancient Israel's history, the battle of Qarqar.

" 20: 9 It may be that the images of fire raining down are an ancient vision of modern weapons, others would say a supernatural intervention by God, yet others that they refer to events in history, and some would say they are symbolic of larger ideas and should not be interpreted literally.

These events damaged his reputation among the ancient writers, though more recent historians have revised this opinion.

However, an earlier version of events by the same ancient author downplays Agrippa's role — so it is not known how large a hand he had in things.

For example, Eliade says, the portrayal of Nebuchadnezzar as a dragon in Jeremiah 51: 34 is a case in which the Hebrews " interpreted contemporary events by means of the very ancient cosmogonico-heroic myth " of a battle between a hero and a dragon.

Although not part of the modern pentathlon, it was one of the events of the ancient pentathlon, which can be dated at least back to 708 BC.

In May 1564 Arthur Golding, in his dedication to his Th ’ Abridgement of the Histories of Trogus Pompeius, attributed to his young nephew an interest in ancient history and contemporary events.

A number of ancient historians accuse Agrippina of poisoning Claudius, but details on these private events vary widely.

" ' There existed, long before this time, certain men more ancient than all those who are esteemed philosophers, both righteous and beloved by God, who spoke by the Divine Spirit, and foretold events which would take place, and which are now taking place.

Agassiz believed that the writers of the bible only knew of local events, for example Noah's flood was a local event only known to the regions that were populated by ancient Hebrews, Agassiz claimed the writers of the bible did not know about any events other than what was going on in their own region and their intermediate neighbors.

The ancient Greek lyric poet Pindar records the victories of several athletes in his Victory Odes, and two inscribed stelae recently excavated from the Lykaian hippodrome provide information about the events, participants, and winners at the games.

Recent research suggests that much of his prophetic work paraphrases collections of ancient end-of-the-world prophecies ( mainly Bible-based ), supplemented with references to historical events and anthologies of omen reports, and then projects those into the future in part with the aid of comparative horoscopy.

These rhymes seem to have come from a variety of sources, including traditional riddles, proverbs, ballads, lines of Mummers ' plays, drinking songs, historical events, and, it has been suggested, ancient pagan rituals.

Competition between people concerning who can lift the heaviest weight has been recorded in diverse and ancient civilizations as early as the earliest known recordings of such human events, including those found in Egypt, China and in ancient Greece.

The Tailteann Games were an ancient Celtic festival in Ireland, founded around 1800 BC, and the thirty-day meeting included running and stone-throwing among its sporting events.

This later expanded to include throwing and jumping events within the ancient pentathlon.

The last ancient source to mention the Chatti, if only in a quotation of Sulpicius Alexander describing events of the late 4th century, was Gregory of Tours.

These events take place amidst the ancient fortifications, with the Ionian sea in the background.

In fact, recent initiatives such as the pilota championships, literary competitions and other events show a culturally vibrant city that yet relies on its ancient traditions to express its singular identity, even those as seemingly frivolous as the Falles festival.

Few events in ancient history are as controversial as the destruction of the Library, as the historical record is both contradictory and incomplete.

A fundamental difficulty of studying ancient history is that recorded histories cannot document the entirety of human events, and only a fraction of those documents have survived into the present day.

Ussher's chronology represented a considerable feat of scholarship: it demanded great depth of learning in what was then known of ancient history, including the rise of the Persians, Greeks and Romans, as well as expertise in the Bible, biblical languages, astronomy, ancient calendars and chronology, Ussher's account of historical events for which he had multiple sources other than the Bible is usually in close agreement with modern accounts – for example, he placed the death of Alexander in 323 BC and that of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.

Other variants include chair fencing, one-hit épée ( one of the five events which constitute modern pentathlon ) and the various types of non-Olympic competitive fencing.

The long jump is the only known jumping event of Ancient Greece's original Olympics ' pentathlon events.

While cross country competitions are no longer held at the Olympics, having featured in the athletics programme from 1912 – 1924, it has been present as one of the events within the modern pentathlon competition since the 1912 Summer Olympics.

These were two events to parallel the multi-event games in athletics of the modern pentathlon and the decathlon.

It was an attempt along with the decamentathlon to produce an event for all-rounders to parallel the Olympic Games with its events the decamentathlon and pentathlon.

The modern pentathlon is a sports contest that includes five events: pistol shooting, fencing, 200 m freestyle swimming, show jumping, and a 3 km cross-country run.

He won the awards easily, winning three events, and was named to the pentathlon team, which also included future International Olympic Committee president Avery Brundage.

Although the pentathlon was primarily decided on place points, points were also earned for the marks achieved in the individual events.

Overall, Thorpe won eight of the 15 individual events comprising the pentathlon and decathlon.

* Hilversum-Equestrian ( non-jumping events ), Modern pentathlon ( running )

Greenwich Park will host equestrian events and modern pentathlon, the Royal Artillery Barracks in Woolwich will host shooting events, and The O2 arena will host gymnastics and basketball finals.

For the 1984 Summer Olympics, the community served as host to the riding, running, shooting, and fencing portions of the modern pentathlon events.

Four time Olympic athlete 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 Summer Olympics ), and first woman to qualify in three different Olympic sports events ( freestyle swimming, triathlon and modern pentathlon.

It was for these games that the five events of shooting, swimming, equestrian, fencing and cross country running were decided to make up the pentathlon.

The long jump is one of the oldest track and field events, having its roots as one of the events within the ancient Greek pentathlon contest.

As one of the events within the ancient pentathlon, the history of the discus throw dates back to 708 BC.

A pentathlon is a contest featuring five different events.

Five events were contested over one day for the Ancient Olympic pentathlon, starting with the long jump, javelin throw, and discus throw, followed by the stadion ( a short foot race ) and wrestling.

Pentathletes were considered to be among the most skilled athletes, and their training was often part of military service — each of the five events in the pentathlon was thought to be useful in war or battle.