Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] the [num ord] [noun sg] bc " in BNC.
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1 | The main , Western tradition began only in about 600BC in Asia Minor and spread to cover most of Europe , the Mediterranean world and Asia as far as India ; a separate Eastern tradition came into being in China in about the sixth century BC . |
2 | It is believed that the whole of Homer may have been passed on by oral tradition for several generations before being written down in the ninth century BC . |
3 | But linguistic and other factors indicate that the oracles were written down by the 12th century BC . |
4 | It is said that the pattern is mentioned in records dating back to the fifth century BC , which is to say that it was known well before the Roman invasion . |
5 | While these discoveries illustrated remarkably well the period of the greatest renown and prosperity of Aphrodisias ( between late Hellenistic times and the early Byzantine era , i.e. , first century BC to the seventh century AD ) , archaeological evidence for a long prehistory dating back to the fifth millennium BC was recorded in excavations of two habitation mounds , or höyük , located at the heart of the Roman city . |
6 | Eight miles from the Bauble lies the historic town of Colchester , an ancient town dating back to the 1st century BC with Roman remains , a ruined Norman castle , a 15th-century abbey , museums and excellent shopping facilities . |