14 events with tag "gold"
2500 BC
ID: 5336
Nubian gold mines established - Eastern Desert mines supply Egyptian wealth, inscriptions describe waterless 12-day journeys
ID: 5336
1500 BC
ID: 5337
Peak of Nubian gold production - thousands die in Eastern Desert mines, gold funds Egyptian empire and monumental architecture
ID: 5337
300 BC
ID: 5372
Celtic coinage begins - imitating Greek and Macedonian coins, especially Philip II gold staters, shows economic sophistication
ID: 5372
106 BC
ID: 5377
Gold of Tolosa discovered - Romans loot 100,000 pounds gold and 110,000 pounds silver from Celtic temples, treasure mysteriously vanishes
ID: 5377
105 BC
ID: 5378
Battle of Arausio disaster linked to Tolosa gold - Consul Caepio who stole temple gold loses 80,000 Romans to Cimbri, worst defeat since Cannae
ID: 5378
25 BC
ID: 5327
Las Médulas gold mining begins - Romans start largest gold mining operation in empire using ruina montium technique
ID: 5327
1
ID: 5328
Peak of Las Médulas production - 20,000 pounds of gold annually, 60,000 workers, 600 kilometers of canals for hydraulic mining
ID: 5328
60
ID: 5348
Ruina montium perfected at Las Médulas - Romans collapse entire mountains using water pressure, Pliny calls it 'victory over nature'
ID: 5348
75
ID: 5329
Romans develop Dolaucothi gold mines - only known Roman gold mine in Britain, sophisticated aqueducts and water-powered machinery
ID: 5329
106
ID: 5331
Trajan conquers Dacia for gold - captures Roșia Montană mines, 165,500 kg of gold funds Forum and Column
ID: 5331
120
ID: 5349
Deep mining at Roșia Montană - galleries reach 100+ meters depth, wax tablets preserve miner contracts and slave sales
ID: 5349
250
ID: 5341
Las Médulas abandoned - gold exhausted after producing 1,635,000 kg, landscape permanently scarred, mountains collapsed
ID: 5341
271
ID: 5352
Dacia abandoned - Aurelian withdraws from Dacia, Roșia Montană gold mines lost, major economic blow to Rome
ID: 5352
1972
ID: 1896
Martial law declared in Philippines - Central bank under Marcos control; mysterious gold transactions begin
ID: 1896